ExtraHopSenior Sales Engineer | Network Detection & Response (NDR) | Cloud & Security Architecture
Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2019Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaAt ExtraHop, I helped organizations strengthen their network security posture by integrating AI-driven threat detection and response solutions. I worked closely with prospects and customers to design scalable, high-performance security architectures that mitigate cyber threats and optimize enterprise network visibility. Key Responsibilities & Achievements: • Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solution Consulting – Guided customers through the adoption of ExtraHop Reveal(x), leveraging AI-driven behavioral analytics to detect threats, reduce dwell time, and optimize security operations. • Technical Pre-Sales & Customer Engagement – Led technical evaluations, proof-of-concepts (PoCs), and live demonstrations for both executive and technical stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration into enterprise environments. • Security Architecture & Cloud Strategy – Designed and advised on resilient, high-availability network architectures, supporting hybrid deployments across on-prem data centers, private cloud, AWS, and Azure. • Network Visibility & Performance Optimization – Provided expertise on network forensics and protocol analysis to enhance threat intelligence and anomaly detection. • Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partnered with Product, R&D, and Engineering teams to refine features, ensuring ExtraHop’s NDR platform remained aligned with enterprise security needs. • Proposal Development & RFI Response – Created technical proposals and responses to RFIs/RFPs, articulating how ExtraHop’s solutions address security, network, and cloud performance challenges. Technical Proficiencies: • Cybersecurity & Threat Detection – NDR, XDR, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, Zero Trust, Threat Intelligence • Enterprise Networking – Switching, routing, firewalls, load balancers, WAN optimization • Cloud & Virtualization – AWS, Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Microservices • Network Protocols & Performance – Deep understanding of Layers 2–7, packet analysis, network forensics