Zaid Al Hamami

Founder, CEO at BoostSecurity

Zaid Al Hamami has an extensive work experience spanning over two decades. Zaid is currently the Founder and CEO of boostsecurity.io, a position they have held since June 2020. Prior to that, they were the VP Application Security at Trend Micro from October 2017 to February 2020. Zaid also co-founded and served as the CEO of IMMUNIO from October 2013 to October 2017.

Their earlier career includes roles at Canonical, where they held multiple positions such as Director of Products and Engineering, Corporate Services, Director of Global Support & Services, and Operations Manager from April 2008 to January 2013. Zaid has also worked at SITA as a Senior Manager Enterprise Operations and Global Operations Manager from September 2005 to April 2008.

Before that, they were an IT Operations Supervisor at XPress Telecommunications from 2003 to 2005, responsible for establishing and managing the IT infrastructure and operations. Zaid started their career as a Telecom Test Engineer at Celestica in 2000.

Throughout their career, Zaid has demonstrated strong leadership skills, successfully building and growing teams and organizations. Zaid has a track record of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction and has extensive experience in the technology and cybersecurity industry.

Zaid Al Hamami attended McGill University from 1997 to 2002, where they obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at MIT Sloan School of Management from 2011 to 2013. No specific field of study is provided for their MBA.

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  • Founder, CEO

    June, 2020 - present