Kabir Akande has extensive work experience in various roles within the technology industry. Kabir currently works as a Senior Sales Engineer at Fastly since 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Solutions Engineer at Invicti Security in 2022. In 2019, they joined OneTrust as a Sales Engineer and later transitioned to the role of Technical Account Manager. Before that, Kabir worked as a Technical Account Manager at Sky-Futures from 2018 to 2019. In 2015, they co-founded Afrogenie and served as a Cofounder until 2018. Kabir also has experience as an EMEA Sales Account Manager at MINDBODY, Inc. from 2016 to 2017. Kabir began their career as a Solutions Engineer at BAT Computer Technologies LTD in 2013 and later worked as a Design Engineer (Packet Core) at Vodafone from 2008 to 2012.
Kabir Akande's education history includes a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hons) from the University of Nottingham. In addition to their degree, they have obtained various certifications, including the MITRE ATT&CK Defender™ (MAD) ATT&CK® Fundamentals Badge Training from Cybrary in February 2023, the GRC Professional Certification (GRCP) from GRC Certify in May 2022, the Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in 2022, the Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) certification from IAPP in 2021, and the Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) certification from IAPP in October 2020. Kabir also holds the Cisco Certified Network Associate Industrial (CCNA) certification and the PRINCE2® Project Management Certification from OGC Global, although the specific dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided.
2023 - present