Steve Berger

Steve Berger has over 30 years of work experience, starting with their service in the United States Marine Corps as a Field/Radio Operator Infantry from 1991 to 1997. Steve then worked as a Senior Account Manager for a data security software company, nuBridges, from 2003 to 2007. From 2008 to 2013, Steve served as an Enterprise Account Executive for SEEBURGER AG, where they were responsible for business integration and secure data transfer. Steve joined VMware in 2013 as a Large Corporate AE, specializing in enterprise-grade mobile security solutions. Steve worked at Promisec from 2015 to 2016 as the Director of US Sales East region, focusing on information security software. Steve then became an Enterprise Account Manager at STEALTHbits Technologies from 2016 to 2018, handling accounts in the Southeast US. From 2018 to 2019, Steve worked as a Strategic Account Director for Anomali, developing strategic relationships with Fortune 2000 companies. Steve subsequently joined AttackIQ as the Director of Sales for the Southeast US from 2019 to 2020, involved in continuous security validation. Steve Berger then worked at Fortinet from 2020 to 2023, first as a Major Account Manager for SASE-Secure Access Service Edge and later as a Major Account Manager for MSSP and Services Enablement. Currently, they are employed at Banyan Security as a Large Enterprise Account Executive.

Steve Berger completed their Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Business Management from Georgia State University from 1997 to 2001. Prior to that, they attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 1992 to 1994, where they studied Business without obtaining a degree.

In addition to their formal education, Steve has obtained several certifications in network security from Fortinet. Steve earned the Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 3: Certified Associate certification in October 2020, and is set to receive the Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1 and Level 2 certifications in October 2022. The institution responsible for issuing these certifications is Fortinet.