Christoph Brecht

Christoph Brecht has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Christoph is currently serving as the Channel Director Central & Eastern Europe at OPSWAT since 2023. Prior to this, they worked as the New Business and Channel Sales Central Europe at OPSWAT from 2022 to 2023.

Before joining OPSWAT, they were employed at Build38 as the EMEA Sales from 2020 to 2021. Christoph also served as the Channel Manager for Central Europe at Rapid7 from 2019 to 2020 and as the Channel Manager for DACH at Rapid7 from 2018 to 2019.

Christoph Brecht has also worked at Stormshield (formerly Netasq) as the Regional Manager for DACH from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, they worked at CORTEC as part of the Sales & Operations team responsible for all sales, marketing, and support operations from 2013 to 2015. Christoph also owned their own consulting firm, BrechtConsulting, during the same period.

Further in their career, Christoph Brecht held positions at Qualys as the Managing Director from 2012 to 2013, at Stormshield as the Sales Manager for DACH from 2011 to 2012, and at Trend Micro in various roles including Major Account Manager, Head of Support for DACH, EEUR and MEA, Technical Account Manager (DACH), and Escalation Manager (DACH) from 2003 to 2011.

Christoph started their career at Open Text as a Sales Consultant from 2001 to 2003. Overall, Christoph Brecht has a strong background in sales, channel management, and business development in the technology sector.

Christoph Brecht has a background in Computer Science and Economics. Christoph attended Universität Passau for an undisclosed period in the field of Computer Science. Additionally, they studied Economics at the University of Hamburg for an unknown duration. Christoph has also obtained multiple certifications from OPSWAT Academy, such as the OPSWAT Email Security Associate Certificate, OPSWAT Endpoint Compliance Associate Certificate, OPSWAT Legacy-System Security Associate Certificate, OPSWAT MetaAccess Professional Certificate, OPSWAT MetaDefender Core Professional Certificate, OPSWAT Network Security Associate Certificate, OPSWAT Secure Storage Associate Certificate, OPSWAT Web-Traffic Protection Associate Certificate, Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Protection Certification, OPSWAT Data-Transfer Security Associate Certification, and OPSWAT File Security Associate Certification. Their certifications were acquired in January and February of 2022.