Eric Traut

Eric Traut's work experience includes roles in various companies. Eric started their career as a Logistic's Agent at Proxibid in 2011 and later joined Nebraska Machinery Company as a Service Desk Administrator in 2013. In 2015, they worked as a Desktop Support Specialist at ACI Worldwide and then served as a Systems Administrator at SolutionOne from 2016 to 2017. Eric then joined Concentric Corporation as a Technical Consultant for a brief period. From 2018 to 2019, they worked as a System Engineer at Travel and Transport, Inc. In 2019, they joined Bank of the West as a CyberSecurity Engineer II, AVP and later got promoted to Senior CyberSecurity Engineer, AVP from 2021 to 2021. From 2021 to 2022, they served as a CyberSecurity Analyst and SOC Team Lead at Nelnet. Currently, Eric holds the position of Director of Information Security at FNBO since April 2023.

Eric Traut has a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from Bellevue University, which they obtained from 2019 to 2020. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Bellevue University from 2011 to 2012. Eric'searlier education includes attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 2008 to 2011 and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2009 to 2010, but no degree or field of study is specified for these periods. Eric also holds multiple certifications, including Proofpoint Certified Identity Threat Specialist, Proofpoint Certified AI/ML Specialist, Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst, Proofpoint Certified Security Awareness Specialist, Proofpoint Certified Insider Threat Specialist, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst Certification (CySA+), Splunk Core Certified User, and CompTIA Security+ ce Certification.