Neil Youshak

Neil Youshak has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity and technology sales engineering. Neil is currently employed as a Sr Security Sales Engineer at GoSecure since March 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Cybersecurity Instructor at the University of Miami starting from April 2020. From May 2020 to February 2023, Neil held the role of Sr Sales Engineer at Secureworks. Neil gained significant experience at IBM, where they worked as a Data Storage Security Sales Engineer from August 2006 to May 2020. Neil also has experience as an Adjunct Professor at Broward College from January 2019 to December 2019 and at ITT Technical Institute from an unspecified date in 2000 until 2016. Neil began their career at Instinet Corporation in May 1996 as a Field Systems Specialist - L2 Engineer before moving on to work as a Sr. Storage Consultant at Siemens from August 1998 to July 2005. Neil also worked as a Sales Engineer at Intransa from July 2005 to August 2006.

Neil Youshak's education history includes obtaining a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management Information Systems from Long Island University, which they attended from 1990 to 1995. Prior to that, they pursued a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BSEE) from Farmingdale State College, attending from 1986 to 1989. Before their time at Farmingdale, Neil completed an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Electronics at Nassau Community College from 1984 to 1986.

In addition to their formal education, Neil Youshak has acquired various certifications to further enhance their professional qualifications. These include certifications such as Proofpoint Certified DLP Specialist, Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Badge, Check Point Cloudy for CxO Cyber Range Warrior, CompTIA Security+, Linux Security and Hardening Essential Training, Cisco Fire Jumper SE - Network Security, IBM Cloud & Cognitive Patterns Badge, IBM Cognitive Top Gun, IBM Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, IBM Storage Top Gun, NSE 3 Network Security Associate, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF), Splunk Core Certified Power User, and Professional Certification: Master Certified Technical Specialist, Storage Systems. Neil has also obtained certifications from IBM such as IBM Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM New Generation Storage Badge, IBM Storage Distributed Block v1, IBM Storage Management and Data Protection v1, and IBM Storage Strategy and Solutions v1. Additionally, they hold the NPSR (Nutanix Platform Sales Representative) certification.

Throughout their education and certification journey, Neil has consistently focused on expanding their expertise in various areas of technology, including cybersecurity, cloud computing, storage systems, networking, and more.