Gerson Castro

Gerson Castro's work experience includes various roles in the field of academia, technology, and cybersecurity. Gerson is currently working as the Head of Academy, Research & Publishing at Tempest Security Intelligence since February 2020. Prior to this, they worked as an Instructor Trainer at Cisco Networking Academy starting from July 2000. Gerson also has experience at SENAI CIMATEC as a Cloud, IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity professional from January 2019 to January 2020. Gerson has held positions at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa as the Head of UNIPE UBTech Office from an unspecified date in 2016 until December 2018 and as the BMC's Chief Competence Center Officer from March 2013 to December 2018. Gerson also served as the Adjunct General Coordinator at UnipeTech from July 2011 to December 2013. Gerson has further worked as the Co-Owner, Dean of Postgraduate & Continuing Education, and Professor at Faculdade iDEZ from December 2008 to December 2011. Gerson briefly worked as a consultant at HostDime Brasil and Tely in 2011. Gerson also has experience as a Professor at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa from July 2006 to December 2009 and at Wyden Educacional from January 2002 to June 2006. Their earliest work experience was as an IT Corporative Assessor at Sistema FIEB - Federação das Indústrias do Estado da Bahia from October 1996 to April 2006.

Gerson Castro has a strong educational background in computer networks. Gerson completed their Master's degree in Computer Networks at the Universidade Salvador. Gerson also obtained a specialization in Information Security from the Faculdade de Tecnologia IBRATEC de João Pessoa. In addition, they hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Universidade Salvador. Gerson has also received training from the Cisco Networking Academy, earning certifications in CCNA RS, CCNA Security, CCNA CyberOps, CCNP, and IT Essentias. Gerson has additional certifications including EF Standardized English Test: Advanced C2 Proficient and CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate.