Chris Brenes

Chief Information Security Officer at Entech US

Chris Brenes has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. In 1996, they started their career as a Sales Manager at Best Buy, where they worked until 2003. From 2003 to 2009, Chris was a Network Administrator at National In Store. In 2009, they joined United Systems Computer Group as a Service Manager, staying with the company until 2015. In the same year, Chris started working at Entech US, initially as a Service Director until 2016, then as the Director of Information Technology and Security until 2022. Currently, they hold the position of Chief Information Security Officer at Entech US. Additionally, In 2017, Chris founded eVelocity Labs and served as a Principal, utilizing their industry experience to develop a product for the MSP industry.

Chris Brenes attended FastTrain in 2003-2004 where they received a degree in Network Professional +S with a field of study in Computer Science. Additionally, from 1995 to 1997, Chris attended Southern College of Florida with no specified degree or field of study.

In terms of certifications, Chris obtained the following:

- CompTIA Security+ from CompTIA in December 2005

- CompTIA A+ from CompTIA in December 2004

- CompTIA Network+ from CompTIA in December 2004

- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council in December 2016

- CISSP from ISC2 in November 2016

- MCTS certification from Microsoft (dates unspecified)

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Previous companies

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Timeline

  • Chief Information Security Officer

    January, 2022 - present

  • Director Of Information Technology And Security

    April, 2016

  • Service Director

    June, 2009