Dwayne Natwick, CISSP, CCSP, MVP

Dwayne Natwick, CISSP, CCSP, MVP has held a number of roles in the IT and Security fields since 1995. Dwayne began their career as a CPC Branch Manager at Alltel in 1995, and then moved to The Siemon Company as a Regional Sales Manager in 1999. In 2003, they joined DataManagement as a Solutions Architect, Consultant, and Project Manager. In 2005, they became a Project Manager and Network Engineer at Ajilon / General Motors. From 2006 to 2019, they held various roles at mindSHIFT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ricoh USA, Inc., including Senior Product Manager, Senior Services Development Manager, Solutions Architect, Central Region IT Services Program Manager, and IT Services Solution Architect, Project Manager and Pre-sales Engineer. In 2019, they took on the role of Product Manager, Cloud and Infrastructure Services at Secure-24. In 2020, they joined Opsgility as a Cloud Training Architect - MCT Regional Lead. In 2021, they became a Senior Product Manager at Cloudreach, an Atos company. Finally, in 2022, they began their current roles as Global Principal Cloud Security Technical Lead at Atos and Security Pro Community Manager at Packt.

Dwayne Natwick has an extensive education history and certifications. Dwayne obtained a Master of Science in Business Information Systems, with a focus on Project Management, from Walsh College between 2003 and 2006. Dwayne also obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Accounting from York College of Pennsylvania between 1989 and 1993. Dwayne has obtained numerous certifications since then, including Building a High-Performing Cybersecurity Team (2 of 5) - ISC2 CISO Leadership Certificate Program, Cloud Basics (1 of 3) - ISC2 Cloud Security Certificate Program, Conducting Practical Risk Analysis (1 of 3) - ISC2 Risk Management Practitioner Certificate Program, Exploring Risk Standards (2 of 3) - ISC2 Risk Management Practitioner Certificate Program, Gaining Support for Your Security Program (5 of 5) - ISC2 CISO Leadership Certificate Program, Incident Management: Preparation and Response (3 of 5) - ISC2 CISO Leadership Certificate Program, Introduction to NIST Cybersecurity Framework (1 of 5) - ISC2 CISO Leadership Certificate Program, Moving to the Cloud (2 of 3) - ISC2 Cloud Security Certificate Program, Practical Risk Methods (3 of 3) - ISC2 Risk Management Practitioner Certificate Program, Purple Team Playbook (4 of 5) - ISC2 CISO Leadership Certificate Program, Working in the Cloud (3 of 3)- ISC2 Cloud Security Certificate Program, OpenHack: Security, Compliance, and Identity Coach, Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, Microsoft 365: Implement Modern Device Services, Microsoft 365: Implement Security and Threat Management, OpenHack: Security, Compliance, and Identity Tech Lead, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals, and Opsgility Certified Trainer - Microsoft Azure Expert.