Dakota Watkins

Dakota Watkins has a diverse work experience in the cybersecurity field. They currently hold the position of Cyber Security Client Relationship Manager at Converge Technology Solutions Corp. since March 2023. Prior to this, they worked at CBI, A Converge Company, where they held various roles including Client Relationship Manager from August 2022 to March 2023, Cyber Security Analyst II [Dedicated Support Analyst] from August 2021 to August 2022, and Cyber Security Analyst from August 2019 to August 2021. Before joining CBI, they served as an Information Security Analyst at CyberForce|Q from February 2019 to August 2019. They also gained experience at Amrock, where they worked as an Associate Security Analyst from April 2017 to December 2018 and as an Information Security Intern from October 2016 to April 2017. Their early career included a Technical Support Internship at Quicken Loans from May 2016 to October 2016. In addition to their cybersecurity experience, Dakota also has entrepreneurship experience as the Owner/Manager of The Romulus Reader LLC from April 2019 to January 2021.

Dakota Watkins attended the University of Michigan from 2014 to 2016, where they studied Mathematics and Computer Science but did not obtain a degree. From 2016 to 2018, Dakota attended Henry Ford College, earning an Associate's degree in General Studies. In terms of additional certifications, Dakota obtained the following: Tenable Certified Sales Associate from Tenable in September 2019, Certified Sales Expert (SSE) Symantec Data Loss Prevention 15 from Symantec in August 2019, Certified Sales Expert (SSE) Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.1 from Symantec in August 2019, Certified Sales Expert Plus(SSE+) Symantec Data Loss Prevention 15.1 from Symantec in August 2019, Certified Sales Expert Plus(SSE+) Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.2 from Symantec in August 2019, Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner from Scaled Agile, Inc. in April 2018. Dakota also has a Splunk Certified User certification, but the month and year of its acquisition are not provided.