Haystax
Alex Harder has a diverse work experience starting as an IT Intern at the City of Hays, KS. Alex then worked as an SOC Intern at FishNet Security and later as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Fort Hays State University. Moving on to Cerner Corporation, they held roles as a System Engineer and Lead System Engineer, specializing in CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes platforms. At Fishtech Group, they served as a DevOps Engineer before becoming a Principal Engineer and overseeing complex engineering projects and cybersecurity initiatives. Currently, they are a Principal Engineer at Cyderes (formerly Fishtech Group) and later at Haystax. Throughout their career, Alex has shown a strong commitment to technical leadership, innovation, and staying current with emerging technologies in the cybersecurity field.
Alex Harder earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Networking and Telecommunications from Fort Hays State University in 2013. Following this, Alex pursued a Master of Professional Studies in Cybersecurity at the same university and graduated in 2015. Additionally, Alex obtained certifications as a Professional Cloud Developer from Google in 2023 and as a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) from CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] in 2019.
Haystax
Haystax Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced threat analytics and cybersecurity solutions. Haystax provides a full range of services and analytic products to protect and certify mission-critical information and real-time actionable intelligence to enable total enterprise threat management. Haystax solutions are relied upon everyday toprotect against threats to some of the high profile networks and institutions in the world. Haystax Technology’s mission is to give decision-makers the advanced risk-management tools they need to prevent, protect against and respond to a wide array of threats to their most critical systems, facilities and people. Every day, some 50 million people and 100,000 mission-critical assets are protected by organizations using our technology, ranging from local and state agencies and major urban areas, to large commercial enterprises and top federal government agencies.Haystax Technology’s mission is to give decision-makers the advanced risk-management tools they need to prevent, protect against and respond to a wide array of threats to their most critical systems, facilities and people. From physical assets and infrastructure to large-enterprise technology systems, we help our customers achieve peace of mind by protecting what they value most from physical, cyber and insider threats.