Grant Szabo

Grant Szabo has a wide range of experience in various roles and industries. Grant is currently serving as the Vice President of Sales Engineering at Red Canary, where they focus on delivering managed detection and response services. Prior to this, Grant worked at Okta, Inc. as the Director of Solutions Engineering, leading a team responsible for technical presentations, product demonstrations, and POCs. Before Okta, they held the position of Vice President of Sales Engineering at MicroStrategy, where they provided pre-sales and post-sales advisory for customers and partners. Grant also has experience as a President of their own LLC, Hyde Park Software, where they delivered custom software and database solutions. Additionally, they served as the SVP of Information Strategy & Chief Information Officer at Direct Marketing Results and worked as a Project Manager at TIBCO Software. Grant's earlier career includes roles as a Senior Software Architect at Global Cloud, Ltd, Sterling Creek Software, and Anysoft, Inc. Grant also worked as the Director of Professional Services at Macromedia. Throughout their career, Grant has demonstrated expertise in sales engineering, pre-sales, post-sales advisory, software development, and project management.

Grant Szabo holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Loyola University Chicago, which they obtained from 1992 to 1994. Grant also completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Human Services & Psychology at National Louis University from 1989 to 1991. In the field of Information Systems, Grant earned a Master of Information Systems (MIS) degree from the University of Phoenix between 2003 and 2005. Additionally, Grant has obtained certifications such as "Okta Certified Professional" from Okta, Inc. in August 2020 and "Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)" from (ISC)² in 2017. Grant also holds certifications in "Ken Blanchard on Servant Leadership" and "OWASP Top 10: #1 Injection and #2 Broken Authentication" from LinkedIn, although the specific dates of obtaining those certifications are not provided.