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Highly skilled, performance-driven, and accomplished IT professional, with 20+ years of demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in various highly competitive industries, progressive markets, and fast-paced environments. Coordinate between technical and non-technical individuals. Proven ability to implement technology-based solutions to resolve business problems, enhance competitiveness, increase revenues, and improve customer service offerings. Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills. My career history includes introducing key technology solutions using available tools and technologies in the changing needs of a dynamic business environment.
Most recently (June 2021), I held a DOD TS Clearance.
Last Periodic Review - May 2016.
Able to obtain a United States Government Collateral Clearance.
o External Attack Surface Management
o Threat Hunting
o Deception Technology
o Threat Intelligence
o Vulnerability Management
o Privilege Access Management
o Least Privilege
o Secure Access Management
o Penetration Testing
o Identity Governance & Administration
o Data Storage Technologies
o Compute (Servers)
o Virtualization
o Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
o Networking
o Cloud
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I lead the Federal Solutions Engineering team at VulnCheck, driving technical strategy and customer engagement to deliver advanced vulnerability intelligence solutions for government agencies worldwide. In this leadership role, I manage key technical relationships, oversee proof-of-concept initiatives, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our solutions align with the evolving security needs of federal customers. Technical and Strategic Impact: • Expertly guide federal customers through adoption, deployment, and optimization of VulnCheck’s API-driven, exploit-focused vulnerability intelligence. • Develop custom automation and scripting solutions to integrate VulnCheck data into client workflows and security platforms. • Partner with offensive and defensive security teams (red/blue teams, SOC analysts) to tailor solutions that support mission-critical operations. • Leverage deep cybersecurity knowledge to influence both sales strategy and product development. Key Leadership Responsibilities: • Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering professional growth and technical excellence. • Serve as the primary technical advisor and strategic partner for federal prospects and customers. • Drive technical validation through PoC engagements, securing critical wins in highly competitive federal deals. • Collaborate closely with product management to shape roadmap priorities based on customer feedback and federal security challenges. • Oversee integration and adoption of VulnCheck solutions within complex government security ecosystems, ensuring seamless workflow alignment. • Champion best practices in vulnerability intelligence to enhance federal agencies’ security posture.

- Leads the Federal Solutions team to manage multi-agency deal cycles, addressing mission-critical challenges. - Mentors and drives success across the Federal Solutions Engineering function. - Manages technical relationships with customers, collaborating with sales to identify and deliver solutions that meet business needs. - Guides sales discovery processes, designs solutions aligned with customer objectives and presents tailored product demonstrations. - Delivers technical briefings and drives validation of Censys technologies with government agencies. - Maintains expertise in Censys platforms, including Search and Exposure Management, to provide informed customer support. - Collaborates with Product and Engineering teams to incorporate customer feedback and shape the product roadmap. - Documents technical considerations and contributes to internal knowledge bases for team and partner use. - Performs additional duties as needed to support organizational goals. Sales Stats/Accomplishments: *FY2024 - Federal SE of the Year Award *FY2024 - Presidents Club Censys for Government_Federal Cyber Defense_Digital_250414.pdf Three Steps for Protecting the AUKUS Supply Chain from Cyber Threats - Defense Opinion Spring Cyber Solutions Fest 2025: Attack Surface & Vulnerability Management Track

•Manage and expand a globally dispersed team (UK, Spain, USA) of Presales Engineering resources •Directly support and contribute to the multi-million-dollar pipeline •Facilitate trust and a strong team bond through collective and one on one mentorship to keep the Presales Engineering Organization unified and morale high •Navigate a cross-matrixed organization; working closely with the Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and Development teams for the benefit of our customers and prospects •Work closely with the CRO and Founders/CxO suite to ensure revenue goals are being met •Support a global sales team of Account Executives (Middle East, USA, UK, Germany, Australia, France, Spain, and Asia) •Directly support strategic regions (Middle East & USA) and opportunities as the Chief Presales Engineering resource •Contribute to the overall strategy of the Sales organization and specific opportunities •Evangelize the cybersecurity benefits of Deception Technology via trade shows, conferences, industry events, podcasts, and webinars •Establish SOPs and SLAs with supporting materials to streamline presales processes i.e. Proof of Values, Demos, Technical Proposal Responses, etc. •Create training resources to ensure existing and new presales engineers are unified in their messaging •Lead all Business Development (BD) efforts for Public Sector in the USA, in addition to key Commercial Accounts in the USA •Member of the interview panel to screen potential candidates for the Sales Organization •Recruit and train strategic channel partners •Work with third-party consultants to penetrate targeted verticals and accounts Skills: Presentations · Panel Discussions · MITRE ATT&CK Framework · Solution Architecture · Technology Leadership · Communication · Business Development · Teaching · Soft Skills · Performance Reviews · Cybersecurity Tools · Pre-IPO · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Startups · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Deception · Technical Leadership · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Global Leadership · Solution Selling · Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Team Leadership · ATT&CK Fundamentals · Cybersecurity · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Team Building · Start-ups Management · Public Speaking · Writing Securing from Within: Building a Strong Defense against Insider Threats How CounterCraft Supports Zero Trust 5 Ways to Stop Insider Threats in Government | CounterCraft LinkedIn Live | LinkedIn

• Architect adaptive access control, Identity Governance & Administration, and Penetration/Phishing solutions that demonstrate the vision of a next generation security and identity strategy. • Work closely with prospects, partners and customers, the SecureAuth development team, and other cross functional SecureAuth teams. • React and adjusts quickly to changing conditions, and comes up with practical ideas and solutions for dealing with obstacles. • Communicate to prospects and partners ‘Why SecureAuth and Why now’ • Train partner SAs on our solution and value proposition • Understand customer requirements and articulate the business value using SecureAuth’s solution • Execute product demos, proof of values, RFP responses, and architecture diagrams/workflows. • Provide feedback to sales management, product management, engineering, and marketing on core customer requirements • Excellent objection handling, presentation and communication skills • Ability to work in a fast-paced, exciting and dynamic environment • Effective and efficient problem-solving skills with a focus on providing the best possible solution • Excellent communication skills including on-the-fly whiteboarding • A passionate team player who strives to serve the customer Skills: Presentations · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Enterprise Security · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking

• Contributes to strategic account planning exercises, engagement excellence strategy and technical execution excellence across all Federal opportunities • Provides value based, technical support throughout the sales cycle to drive opportunities using Explain, Demo, and Prove capabilities (EDP) in alignment with the BMC Sales Process • Attends customer-facing meetings and events and engages to collect business and technical information from clients regarding requirements. Determines whether BMC solutions can technically satisfy these requirements while adding Business Value to the client • Serves as the key liaison with the overall sales, professional services and leadership organizations, relaying account status, engagement success and advocating for customer success • Prepares and completes action plans related to assigned accounts and opportunities • Delivers and customizes technical presentations and demonstrations on BMC products aligned to Business Value for use by sales and other software consultants • Conducts Business Value Assessments to understand client’s current state which will determine current pain. Consultant will present findings to Executive teams positioning desired state, proposed solution and business justification/ROI. • Delivers remote and onsite Proof of Value activities for business and technical validation of solution fit • Works with R&D to define requirements for new products or new product features as required based on applied customer experiences • Contributes to RFI/RFP technical response efforts Skills: Presentations · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Enterprise Security · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking

Proactively assist customers in eliminating data breaches from insider privilege abuse and external hacking attacks. By utilizing BeyondTrust risk intelligence platform of unified Privileged Account Management and Vulnerability Management solutions to shrink attack surfaces, identify threats, and maintain compliance. • Assess client’s needs and resources and recommend the appropriate solution. • Proactively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within prospective accounts and current active customers • Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs • Deliver sales presentations and product demonstrations. • Utilize sales/marketing software packages – use customer relationship management software, including Salesforce, to support sales. • Provide guidance to potential customers based on need and requirements. • Conduct and ensure success of proof of concepts. • Assist pre-sales team in the design, planning, and implementation of a Vulnerability and Privileged Account Management Solutions. • Provide consultative sales support for pre-sales, partners, and customers on BeyondTrust Solutions. • Create customer facing collateral and present at webinars, trade shows, seminars, and oversee internal demonstration facilities. • Highlight BeyondTrust product differentiators against our competitors in the Privileged Account Management and Vulnerability Management market. • Provide thought leadership and assist in instituting SOPs to streamline internal processes and increase revenue. • Convey customer requirements to Product Management teams. • Develop technical knowledge of BeyondTrust and associated technologies. Skills: Presentations · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Teamwork · Media Interviews · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Vulnerability Management · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking · Writing Insider Tips: How to Protect Your Data and Avoid Risk Mitigating Risk in Aging Federal IT Systems BeyondTrust's Shunta Sharod Sanders talks federal cybersecurity - FedScoop

•Provide leadership and resource alignment for technical solution design on key opportunities requiring multi-disciplinary enterprise solution architecture expertise: o Provide an adaptive approach to IT solution design that leverages proven and emerging technologies integrated into high performance customized COTS solutions. As DoE, along with the presales architects\engineering staff will be a driving force behind technology lead transformation within our target customer environments. •Establish a near term management framework that enables proactive, deliberate allocation of architect\engineering personnel to priority business requirements. The plan includes the following: o Model to predict, manage and optimize utilization across various architect\engineering functions o Strategy to support pre-sales engagement to include customer presentations and proposal content development o Approach to sustainable key certification compliance for major partners o Lab development strategy for both internal training and external customer demos/POCs •Evolve an existing team of architects and engineers with expertise in particular OEMs and disciplines into a team of multi-disciplined enterprise solution architects capable of designing cross-platform, integrated solutions to address key customer business needs. •Be both competitive and collaborative. Display strong written and oral communication and effective presentation skills. Foster teamwork, high expectations and peak performance by means of a Hands-on leadership style. Ensure Client and co-worker relationships are based on integrity, honesty and mutual respect, and promote sharing of wisdom by coaching and mentoring the team. •Responsible for the administrative tasks associated with DoE. Such as the approval of time cards, expenses, holding recurring 1x1’s with presales architects\engineers, etc… Skills: Presentations · Solution Architecture · Technology Leadership · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Performance Reviews · Cybersecurity Tools · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Technical Leadership · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Team Leadership · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Team Building · Public Speaking · Writing

• Administer on-site installation, implementation, maintenance and repair of Dell, EMC Storage, Dell Power Vault Storage, Dell Equallogic Storage, Dell PowerEdge solutions, Dell Compellent Storage & CommVault Simpana Products • Efficiently manage technical and business concerns with customers, account teams and other internal partners; coordinate activities including DAE, host adds and SAN upgrades as well as provide Dell’s onsite service leadership • Oversee heterogeneous SAN deployments, SANs installations and maintenance, advanced software troubleshooting, backup production readiness (TBU software install and configuration), DAE/host adds (non-Windows), data migration, switch add/zoning, SAN maintenance • Perform service delivery according to site lead guide, design workbook, SOW and engagement overview as well as coordinate with customer’s onsite facilities and technical contacts regarding readiness and delivery concerns • Work closely with delivery lead and project manager to discuss problems that affect the entire site operations, distribute deployment workload among deployment team, ensure effective and productive performance of technicians, and serve as escalation point for technicians deployment concerns • Assume supervisor activities including monitoring of 15 technicians, deployments, maintenance and problem resolution to critical break / fix escalations • Act as a liaison between Dell Inc. sales and services organization. Assist Dell Inc. Federal Sales force with technical scoping of solutions sold, educate sales force on services procedures and processes; assist Dell Inc. sales force with resolving deployment issues Skills: Presentations · Solution Architecture · Technology Leadership · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Leadership · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Team Leadership · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Team Building · Public Speaking · Writing

Deliver presentations to customers and partners on Oracle's technology and product offerings • Assess customer requirements and infrastructure and design appropriate Oracle configurations • Develop technical responses to RFls and RFPs • Conduct hands-on demonstrations of Oracle storage systems • Facilitate and manage customer evaluations of Oracle storage systems • Develop tight relationships with customer technical personnel which result in incremental opportunities for Oracle products • Provide customer and market input to Product Management, Engineering, Customer Service, and other pertinent groups within Oracle • Develop white papers, technical briefs, case studies and other tools to be leveraged by Oracle's Sales organization • Represent Oracle at User's Group meetings and industry conferences • Stay current on major competitive maneuvers and industry developments; be capable of handling customer inquiries on these matters Skills: Presentations · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking

Serve as the single point of contact for the FBI, and function as a dedicated onsite technical expert to deliver Dell Services. Augment the Customer’s IT staff in an effort to facilitate server, workstation, and SAN engineering, configuration, and operations management, along with required system management tasks. The environment contains multiple platforms of Dell hardware, Dell software, and other infrastructure products. Responsible for ongoing improvement of processes and applying best practices for the environment set by Dell standard. The principle services include: • Provide onsite delivery of Dell implementation and support services required to support Customer prioritized projects related to Dell products • Serve as a dedicated point of contact to facilitate communication between the FBI and Dell support services • Provide the Customer a dedicated technical lead for project planning with Dell support services • Provide Customer with a primary contact for technical issues related to Dell solutions • Provide troubleshooting and remedial maintenance on Dell equipment when required to restore services • Provide the Customer assistance with end-user support and training as required to deploy and support Dell solutions • Provide Customer’s IT staff with cross-training on Dell products as required to support backup coverage on support and administrator functions • Provide expertise related to SAN environment solutions, including skills such as: o Storage Array installation and configuration o Fiber and Ethernet Switch installation and configuration o HBA and NIC installation and configuration o Server installation and configuration o SAN design, replication planning, and best practices o High-level analysis of physical environment • Provide SME Customer Manager and the Technica Project Lead with reports related to project status, support cases, and system performance levels as mutually agreed upon Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Leadership · Technical Enablement · Consultative Selling · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking · Writing

Perform planning, design, installation, and configuration of server, Fibre Channel network, and data storage (array and tape), equipment. Lead, supervise, and coordinate hardware installations if not directly involved. Provide basic and intermediate configuration and setup of hardware and software across various OEM vendor offerings, in accordance with demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities. Develop simple scripts to accomplish or automate installation and configuration activities, or to solve operational problems. Develop documentation of solutions to be installed, test plans to validate the installation, redline updates to initial design documents, and operational or instructional documents in the demonstrated areas of expertise, as required to fulfill contractual obligations on solutions initiatives. Develop systems architecture diagrams in Visio to support or document current or planned enterprise computing environments. Skills: Communication · Soft Skills · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Infrastructure Technologies · Interpersonal Skills · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking

Support Engineer position to support High Performance Computing, Storage and Enterprise Solutions for major customer accounts in the in MD/DC/VA area. Responsibilities include the following: Expertise with hardware and software on High Performance Systems (Irix, UNIX, Linux). Knowledge of system interoperability with Raid [or other] Storage, Networks, Servers, and other system type attachments. High level of problem isolation and identification skills. Excellent communication and customer relation skills. Must be able to hold a (DOD/SCI) Security Clearance. Some travel required. (Approximately 10%) Expected to work after hours and weekends when necessary. Required to carry a pager and participate with the team on-call rotation. Skills: Communication · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Infrastructure Technologies · Interpersonal Skills · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking

Performed installations, preventive and remedial maintenance of EMC equipment at customer locations and in different operating environments, with limited supervision as directed by management. Adhere to administrative policies and escalation procedures. *Plan installation of new equipment including the creation of basic implementation configuration files. *Adhere to the Symmetrix Keys to Success. Diagnose limited system malfunctions to isolate problems to EMC, other OEM vendors or software and develop appropriate action plans. *Attend training classes as required to develop and maintain a working knowledge of EMC equipment, software, OEM equipment and Basic configurations. *Maintain all assigned spare parts, tools and personal test equipment. Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or senior employee on-site. Create and maintain account notebooks for all assigned accounts. Maintain microcode at current levels at all assigned accounts. Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Demos · Infrastructure Technologies · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking

Responsibilities included performing preventive and corrective maintenance on eighty-six mail servers, fourteen development servers, eight login servers, and five cycle (billing) servers. These servers consist of S86K, S74K, S72K, and S70K PMF’s (Processor Multi Function). They are sixteen processor Hewlett-Packard Nonstop Himalaya S-series servers for America Online Inc. Responsibilities also include performing system configuration and installation; diagnosing multiple failures to the CRU/FRU level; perform system updates; monitor, modify, and control Himalaya S-series servers; and utilizing the Hewlett-Packard NSK operating system, Tandem Service Management (TSM) product as well as Subsystem Control Facility (SCF). They also include the repair, Installation, configuration, and upgrading of Tandem Service Management (TSM) console’s (Compaq business desktops). Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Infrastructure Technologies · Interpersonal Skills · Mentoring · Public Speaking
Troubleshooted and repaired three to four specialized circuit boards a week down to component level with the help of automated test equipment; with zero recall rates. Repair Aydin Inc. monitor systems PCM Bit Synchronizer's model's 335 and 335N, Troubleshoot and repair Apple laser writer II printers and Digital Equipment Corporation LNO3 printers. Troubleshoot & repair tape drives. Test & Perform preventive maintenance with the help of automated test equipment on specialized power supplies, test computer monitors along with other computer peripherals. Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Interpersonal Skills · Public Speaking
Tutored electronic students in theory and hands-on lab assignments, graded tests, and hosted open house seminars for prospective students. Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Technical Leadership · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Coaching · Leadership · Team Leadership · Mentoring · Public Speaking
Grade: 85% In this course, you’ll learn how to leverage new mindsets, new decision models, new business models, and new products and services to maximize your firm’s potential. You’ll learn about new international markets, explore how markets evolve, learn how to create a structure and strategy to take advantage of new global markets, and examine the new multinational firms of the future. Recent changes in society have brought a new set of constraints and opportunities, including the rise of emerging-market multinationals, the aging population, and the reconfiguration of global power relationships. You’ll learn how and when to pursue new global opportunities - and when not to - so you can maximize your profits and growth. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create a global strategy that takes advantage of new markets and opportunities, avoids common pitfalls and makes sense for your firm and your bottom line. Skills: Coaching · Team Leadership Managing the Global Firm was issued by Wharton Online to Shunta Sharod Sanders.
Grade: 85% Strategic Management is designed to teach you how to evaluate, develop, and execute a successful business strategy that you can implement inside and outside the organization. World-renowned management professors Harbir Singh and Nicolaj Siggelkow introduce tools and frameworks that can be put to immediate use in planning and execution. By the end of this course, you will be able to articulate your strategy, why it works, and how it will help meet your organization’s financial and marketing goals. Skills: Coaching · Team Leadership Strategic Management: Competitive and Corporate Strategy was issued by Wharton Online to Shunta Sharod Sanders.
Grade: 83.75% People are the most valuable asset of any business, but they are also the most unpredictable, & the most difficult, asset to manage. And although managing people well is critical to the health of any organization, most managers don't get the training they need to make good management decisions. Now, award-winning authors & renowned management Professors Mike Useem & Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School have designed this course to introduce you to the key elements of managing people. Based on their popular course at Wharton, this course will teach you how to motivate individual performance & design reward systems, how to design jobs & organize work for high performance, how to make good & timely management decisions, & how to design and change the your organization’s architecture. By the end of this course, you'll have developed the skills you need to start motivating, organizing, and rewarding people in your organization so that you can thrive as a business & as a social organization. Skills: Coaching · Team Leadership Managing and Motivating Talent was issued by Wharton Online to Shunta Sharod Sanders.
Grade: 96.67% Today’s successful leaders lead by creating positive and productive organizational cultures. Leadership in the 21st Century was designed to teach you how to create a workplace where your employees thrive so you can set high goals for your organization and meet them. You’ll learn how to better engage your employees, how to foster creativity and identify givers, takers, and matchers within your organization, how to lead with purpose, and how to create a culture that encourages success. Featuring the world’s most acclaimed professors and their cutting-edge research on the qualities and behaviors of both successful and unsuccessful work environments, Leadership in the 21st Century will inspire you and your employees to make change for the better, and will give you the tools you need to develop a positive strategy for leading your firm into the future. Skills: Coaching · Leadership · Team Leadership Leadership in the 21st Century was issued by Wharton Online to Shunta Sanders.
SEC550: Cyber Deception - Attack Detection, Disruption and Active Defense will give you an understanding of the core principles of cyber deception allowing you to plan and implement cyber deception campaigns to fit virtually any environment. During this hands-on class, you will not only learn deception theory and concepts, you will play an active role working with deception technology through over 15 hours of guided exercises. By the end of the class, you will not only understand the value of cyber deception, you will have practical experience you can immediately implement in your own computing environment: Why cyber deception completely changes the information security game How to use cyber deception to detect attackers on your network as much as 90% faster than traditional detection technologies How to collect actionable threat intelligence and attack attribution information through the use of deception How to create an environment where attackers need to be perfect to avoid detectio ceucert.pdf
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•Directly support a multi-million-dollar pipeline •Lead technical enablement sessions for new Federal Censys teammates •Navigate a cross-matrixed organization; working closely with the Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and Development teams for the benefit of Censys customers and prospects •Work closely with the regional VP of Sales to ensure revenue goals are being met •Support a global sales territory (Africa/Middle East, Canada/USA, Poland, Germany, Australia, and Asia) •Directly support strategic opportunities as the Chief Presales Engineering resource •Contribute to the overall strategy of the Federal Sales organization and specific opportunities •Evangelize the cybersecurity benefits of Internet Intelligence via trade shows, conferences, industry events, podcasts, and webinars •Member of the interview panel to screen potential candidates for the Federal Sales Organization •Drive the sales discovery process, helping design solutions that align with key customer objectives and technical requirements •Design and present in-depth product demonstrations to various stakeholders •Build and present technical briefings to government agencies •Drive success with the customer’s validation of Censys technology and products •Maintain up-to-date technical and functional knowledge of the Censys Internet Intelligence platform which includes Censys Search and Censys Exposure Management Sales Stats/Accomplishments: *FY2023 - Achieved 122% of Sales Quota *Q4 FY2023 - Achieved 245% of Sales Quota *FY2023 - Federal SE of the Year Award *FY2023 - BEST TEAM Award - Federal Team (117% to Plan; $3.5M New ARR) *FY2023 - Top Federal Team - $2.5M New ARR; 120% to Plan (Largest Federal Deal; Most Federal Logos) Skills: Incident Recovery · Cryptography · Communication · Business Development · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Access Control · Proof of Concept · Teamwork · Media Interviews · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Startups · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · SaaS Sales · External Attack Surface Management · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH) · Risk Analysis · Continuous Monitoring · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Global Leadership · Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Coaching · Enterprise Software · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Incident Response · Communications Security · Federal Consulting · Risk Identification · NIST CSF 2.0 · CVSS 4.0 · Application Security · Public Speaking · Risk Monitoring · Writing Fall Cyber Solutions Fest 2024: Threat Hunting and Intelligence Track Proactive Cybersecurity: How to Achieve NIST CSF 2.0 Objectives with Censys Censys for Compliance - NIST 2.0 Cybersecurity Framework
•Lead all aspects of technical presales engagements in North America and in Europe for the direct sales vertical. •Perform Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis on events discovered within our Proof of Concept tenants. •Answer questions and perform technical briefings to potential technical OEM partners and potential investors. •Create and sustain an environment where the team is inspired, informed, educated, enabled, recognized, and rewarded to ensure you have a successful and motivated team. Typical activities include Team meetings, 1x1s, Best practice sharing, etc. •Collaborate with sales management and sales account executives to plan account strategies through participation in informal and formal account reviews. •Enforce consistent presales processes, including opportunity management, dry runs, and discovery sessions, to ensure superior demos, and presentations, resulting in the flawless execution of the sales cycle. Ensure consistency and quality in Presales Engineering preparation and delivery of sales cycle steps. •Manage the continuous development of each team member and work with each to define and execute a tailored learning plan focused on broadening product, process, and industry knowledge and sharpening soft skills. Foster an atmosphere of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation. •Provide feedback and coaching during preparation sessions, dry-runs, demos, and presentations to help Presales Engineers hone their skills. Also, provide ongoing formal oral and written feedback. •Take an active part in escalations and resolving customer challenges. •Partner with key stakeholders to attract, hire and retain top talent to support our rapid growth. •Engage with customers, and help formulate strategies for target accounts. •Act as a sponsor or a lead for certain key deals and accounts. Expected to understand the status and plan for the execution of top opportunities and step in to help where and when needed. •Serve as an escalation point for the team. Skills: Presentations · MITRE ATT&CK Framework · Solution Architecture · Technology Leadership · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Pre-IPO · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Startups · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Deception · Technical Leadership · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Solution Selling · Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Team Leadership · ATT&CK Fundamentals · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Team Building · Start-ups Management · Public Speaking · Writing Deception-Powered Threat Intelligence for Financial Services {Data Sheet} Zero Trust and Deception Technology – A comprehensive security strategy What We Love About Working in Cyber
Primary Position Tasks: • Service Operations Engineering Team Mentor & Technical Liaison. • Understands business problems for the customer base and translates them into technical requirements. • Provides specific solution/technology/product consulting, technical and sales support for major account opportunities. • Understand and articulate respective Architecture disciplines and provide technical services in the form of design, assessment, and analysis. • Serve as a technical sales lead on customer engagements. • Provide consultative support and mentor other less experienced engineers in assigned major account opportunities. • Perform advisory or consulting work for the organization for broad program areas or an intensely specialized area with innovative or important aspects. • Develop additional technical and professional skills through career-track curriculum and self-learning Experiences. • Keep up to date on relevant competitive solutions, products, and competition. • Direct one or more Design Architects across multiple client engagements. • Work with the sales team and to determine how technology can optimize clients’ current, as well as creating a roadmap to support customers evolving business requirements. • Provide technical leadership to internal company initiatives. • Analyze, test and recommend new advanced solutions in support of the Practice & Advanced Solution teams. • Participate in the recruiting and technical interview process. Skills: Presentations · Solution Architecture · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Demos · Technical Sales · Technical Leadership · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Team Leadership · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking · Writing
As a Senior Customer Solution Architect (CSA) for the Design Engineering organization. I’m responsible for all pre-sales engineering activities surrounding Federal Government Civilian, DOD, & IC Agencies. Including identifying customer’s business problems and solving those problems using technology, supporting the field on complex sales engagements, and achieving/maintaining vendor certifications. As a CSA I’m a technologist/generalist with a broad understanding of how multiple related technologies align to customer business requirements. General Responsibilities: Direct one or more Design Architects and/or SMEs across multiple client engagements Create technical roadmaps to support customers evolving business requirements Provide technical thought leadership to internal company initiatives and external customer facing audiences Analyze, test and recommend new advanced solutions in support of the Practice & Advanced Solution teams Participate in the recruiting and technical interview process Serve as a technical sales lead on customer engagements Provide consultative support and mentors other less experienced engineers in assigned major account opportunities Perform advisory and consulting work for the organization. In support of broad program areas and intensely specialized areas with innovative or important aspects, such as the Cyber Security Practice Team Skills: Presentations · Solution Architecture · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Key Accounts · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Technical Sales · Enterprise Security · Web Conferencing · Technical Enablement · Critical Thinking · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Written Communication · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking · Writing RRV-11007B MacDill Cybersecurity-atOffice-digital-FINAL.pdf RRV-10817-Splunk-Cybersecurity-eBook-1005-KK.pdf RRV-11033-MacDill-Cybersecurity-Agenda-Full-1-1.pdf
Responsible for developing a comprehensive execution plan for building and closing a pipeline of addressable business within FBI & DOJ through direct customer interaction, vendor relationship development, and key partner alignment. • Provide a comprehensive briefing on target account goals and high priority projects • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of Govplace core offerings, map those to account needs and establish a resource and action plan to generate pipeline • Demonstrate consistency in proactive customer engagement utilizing engineering and executive resources • Identify a pipeline of qualified opportunities Responsible for establishing team strategy to drive new business and maximize internal resources and key partners. • Meet with internal resources to understand key areas of expertise in order to engage assistance in driving new business • Define a set of activities to be undertaken by inside support resources that will ensure accurate and standardized data population in CRM Skills: Presentations · Communication · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Technical Sales · Technical Leadership · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Strategic Thinking · Coaching · Leadership · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Public Speaking
•Assess existing clients (TSA, CBP, DHS, HHS, NIH, VA, FEMA, USSS, USCG, FBI, FAA, DOE, DOI) environments and develop solutions primarily utilizing EMC, Dell, VMware, and McAfee products in addition to Quantum, Simplivity, and various other established\emerging OEM products to meet their current requirements plus future growth and functionality needs. •Lead Presales Solution Architect for DOJ\FBI responsible for providing technical strategic leadership to customers and selected partners within DOJ\FBI, Identify major account opportunities, in addition to performing in-depth technical presentations for customers, partners and prospects. Provide detailed consultative solutions, technical and sales support for selected major account opportunities. •Develop the Bill of Material for sales quotes, system sizing and analysis, building system configurations, implementation plans, conversion approaches and all aspects required to create a proposal and the details plans for implementation. •Participate directly or manage others in the implementation of storage and other infrastructure solutions. On complex implementations, serve as the SME who performs the work; on other implementations provide oversight to other consultants. •Invest time with key clients in establishing a true “trusted advisor” relationship. •Develop and/or provide final review/approval of artifacts that define the architecture of the solution. •Synthesize information on solution design, establish architectural principles, and apply industry standards to system architectures that meet client requirements. •Review and validate project artifacts, solution designs, estimates and sizing data for quality, accuracy, completeness and adherence to the original requirements and design parameters. •Provide mentoring and team leadership to other architects and sales executives and freely share expertise and knowledge with peers. •Deliver presentations to customers on Govplace technology and product offering Skills: Presentations · Solution Architecture · Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Cybersecurity Tools · Vendor Relations · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Pre-sales · Product Demonstration · Technical Sales · Technical Enablement · Consultative Selling · Request for Information (RFI) · Infrastructure Technologies · Solution Selling · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Strategic Thinking · Solutions Engineering · Sales · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking · Writing Flash Storage Arrays 101 – What You Need to Know Flash Storage Arrays 101 Part 2 – The Features
Supports Dell's enterprise clients. responsible for on-site installation, implementation, maintenance and repair of Dell | EMC Storage Area Networks, Dell PowerVault Storage and Dell PowerEdge solutions.Communicate technical and business issues with customers, account teams and other internal partners. Must operate comfortably in a remote, self directed, high availability or mission critical environments. Perform deployment and sustaining activities including DAE or host adds and SAN upgrades. Provide Dell's onsite service leadership during difficult customer situations. A strong commitment to delivering engagements while providing a superior customer experience is imperative. Job functions to include, but are not limited to: Heterogeneous SAN deployments Install and troubleshoot SANs Install and troubleshoot advanced software (Visual SAN, SnapView/MirrorView) Backup production readiness (TBU software install/config) SAN upgrades (heterogeneous, layered apps) Skills: Communication · Teaching · Soft Skills · Teamwork · Technical Discussions · Infrastructure Technologies · Interpersonal Skills · Team Training · Federal Consulting · Mentoring · Public Speaking