Justin Kapahi

Justin Kapahi has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Justin is currently the Director of Sales Engineering at Talon Cyber Security since December 2022. Prior to this, Justin served as the Vice President of Sales Engineering at Venn LocalZone from November 2012 to December 2022. At Venn LocalZone, they played a multi-functional role as a product evangelist and customer-facing product expert.

Before joining Venn LocalZone, Justin was the Founder of Thirteen Networks, a company that provided cloud-based IT solutions for small to mid-size financial and healthcare firms. Justin held this role from July 2011 to November 2013. Additionally, Justin has experience as the Chief Technology Officer at Fairholme Capital Management from June 2008 to July 2011, where they managed the IT organization and implemented state-of-the-art systems.

In their earlier career, Justin worked as a Senior Sales Engineer at Akamai Technologies from June 2007 to May 2008. Justin also served as the Director of Systems Engineering/Lead Sales Engineer at Microsoft (formerly Whale Communications) from June 2003 to March 2007, providing technical sales support for Microsoft's security products.

Justin has a background in web application development and sales engineering. Justin worked as a Senior Sales Engineer/Professional Services Engineer at Divine from August 2000 to May 2003 and as a Web Application Developer/Sales Engineer at Applied Graphics Technologies from January 1996 to October 1999. Justin began their career as a Developer/Associate Consultant at PeopleSoft, Inc. from October 1999 to August 2000.

Overall, Justin Kapahi has a demonstrated history of success in sales engineering, product evangelism, and IT management across various organizations.

Justin Kapahi received their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, where they studied from 1995 to 1999. Prior to that, in 1994, they briefly attended Harvard University, though no degree or field of study information is available for that period.