Bjorn Hovd, CISSP

Bjorn Hovd, CISSP, has extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity and sales engineering. Bjorn is currently working as a Sr Solutions Engineer - Technical Alliances at AppOmni since January 2022. Prior to that, they worked as a Sr Sales Engineer at Digital Guardian from January 2021 to January 2022.

From November 2019 to January 2021, Bjorn served as a Sr. Sales Engineer at Splunk. Before that, they held multiple roles at Digital Guardian, including Sales Engineering Manager - Central Region from September 2018 to November 2019 and Sr Sales Engineer from August 2015 to November 2019.

Bjorn's earlier experiences include working as a Sales Engineer at AlienVault from November 2014 to August 2015, and as a Sr QA Engineer, CISSP at Assemble Systems from September 2013 to November 2014. Bjorn started their career at IDERA, where they worked as a Sr. Sales Engineer from December 2005 to May 2013 and as a QA Product Lead from December 2004 to December 2005. Bjorn also served as a Sr. Sales Engineer at R1Soft (Division of Idera) from January 2009 to May 2012, and as a Sr. Network Security Consultant at DYONYX from August 2002 to December 2004. Bjorn began their professional journey as a Techical Support Product Lead at NetIQ from September 2000 to August 2002.

Throughout their various roles, Bjorn has demonstrated expertise in sales engineering, technical support, product demonstration, and project management, utilizing their CISSP certification to ensure the security and functionality of various software products.

Bjorn Hovd, CISSP, completed their BBA degree in Finance at the University of Houston from 1994 to 1997. In addition to their formal education, Bjorn has obtained various certifications throughout their career. These certifications include "Hands On Essentials - Data Warehouse" from Snowflake in October 2022, "Learning Docker" from LinkedIn in September 2020, "Security+" from CompTIA in March 2004, "Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)" from (ISC)² in August 2014, "AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner" from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in July 2020, "Splunk Core Certified Power User" from Splunk in November 2019, "Splunk Core Certified User" from Splunk in November 2019, "CSSA" from Dell SonicWALL in April 2003, "Microsoft MCSE" (obtained month and year not specified), and "Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin" (obtained month and year not specified).