Rob Verkon

Area Senior Manager, Sales Engineering - West at CradlePoint

Rob Verkon has a diverse work experience spanning over 18 years. Rob most recently worked at Cradlepoint as an Area Senior Manager for Sales Engineering in the West region. Prior to that, they held various roles at Cradlepoint, including Sales Engineering Manager and Sales Engineering Team Lead. Rob also worked as a Sales Engineer in the TOLA region. Before joining Cradlepoint, Rob worked as a Lead Systems Engineer at Aerohive Networks. Rob also served in the Texas State Guard as a Civil Affairs Specialist. Other notable positions include Sr. Sales Engineer at BlueCat, Sr. Solution Sales and Marketing Manager at Huawei Enterprise USA, and Territory Engineering Manager at Meru Networks. Rob's early career involved working as a Regional Solutions Engineer at Enterasys Networks and as Director of Engineering at Enterprise Systems. Rob began their career as a Global Accounts Engineer at Nortel and served as the Houston Operations Manager at Airband Communications.

Rob Verkon received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Business, Humanities, and Social Sciences from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2011. Rob then pursued a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Leadership Studies from the same university, completing it in 2012. Prior to that, they attended Southern Methodist University from 1989 to 1992, where they studied Management Information Systems at the Cox School of Business. In addition to their formal education, Rob Verkon obtained a certification in Unconscious Bias from LinkedIn in June 2022.

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Timeline

  • Area Senior Manager, Sales Engineering - West

    April, 2023 - present

  • Sales Engineering Manager West

    September, 2020

  • Sales Engineering Team Lead West

    November, 2019

  • Sales Engineer TOLA Region

    March, 2019