Bert Buffington, CISSP

Bert Buffington, CISSP, has a strong background in sales and engineering roles in the telecommunications and security industries. Bert most recently worked as a Sr Sales Engineer at Benu Networks since February 2019. Prior to that, they served as a Principal Field Sales Engineer at XCellAir/FON from May 2017 to January 2019. Before that, they worked as a Sales and Systems Engineer at Bluesocket from January 2011 to April 2017. Bert also held the position of Sales Director at StillSecure from February 2009 to December 2010. Bert has significant experience in operations and management as well, having served as VP Operations at ProtectPoint Security from August 2004 to January 2009. Additionally, they are listed as the Startup Founder of Wise Networks from 2002 to 2004. Earlier in their career, they held roles such as VP Solution Sales at Marconi Telecom from 2000 to 2002, Executive Director Engineering at MSI Metapath from 1993 to 2002, and Manager Lead Developer at US West New Vector from June 1992 to September 1993.

Bert Buffington, CISSP, earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, where they studied from 1984 to 1989. In addition to their academic achievements, they obtained the CISSP certification from ISC2 in March 2011. Bert also has additional certification in CCSE from Check Point Security. However, specific details regarding the month and year of obtaining the CCSE certification are not provided.