Despite efforts within the cyber security industry to oversimplify the concept, Zero Trust should be thought of as a strategy and framework, as opposed to a problem addressable simply by implementing technology. Technology plays an important role in providing technical security controls such as strong authentication, least privilege, and impeded lateral movement, etc. which contributes to achieving a Zero Trust model. The combination of a strategically curated eco-system of technical controls and processes requires executive buy-in and organizational support to succeed.
Dan joined Presidio in 2021 as Senior Vice President of Technology Solutions where he will be responsible to lead the presales solution architect organization. He is tasked to partner with our sales and marketing organizations to lead the enablement and execution of all aspects of our technology messaging and activities. Dan is a 20+ year veteran of our industry having started out at EMC as a Hardware Engineer then rapidly progressing through their presales engineering organization holding various leadership and strategy roles. Upon Dell’s acquisition of EMC in 2016, Dan was promoted to run Commercial presales globally for the combined entity supporting an $8B business with over 2000 technical resources in his organization. He recently had responsibility for all presales engineering aligned to their data center business in North America. Dan holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
