Alexandre Freire

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About Alexandre Freire

Helped major vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and Palo Alto Networks to grow their business in Brazil and Latin America emerging markets by providing solutions for network security, OS security, database security, identity and access management, virtualization, cloud computing, Industrial Control Systems, Operational Technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT) and more. 🥇 Started Technical Sales Engineering for Nozomi Networks in the Latin America in 2018 creating the biggest OT anomaly detection platform installed base in Latin America. First Nozomi Networks employee in the Latin America region and 34th in the world. My mission is to lead Sales Engineering by advising industries in their journey to Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, by unifying operational visibility and cybersecurity across critical infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, steel, mining, oil and gas, transportation, building automation, and other sectors. 🥇 Started Palo Alto Networks Operational Technlology (OT) business unit in Brazil in 2014 creating the biggest NGFW installed base in electric/utilities industry vertical. Member of Palo Alto Networks WW Industrial Tiger Team. SME for Industrial Cybersecurity. Supported headquarters Product Solution Marketing in several Palo Alto Networks Ignite customer events and Sales Kickoffs in EUA and Canada enabling more than customers, partners and employees workforce on Operational Technology subjects worldwide; Created and delivered IBM Security Architecture and Blueprint to position IBM Network Security, Database Security, Identity and Access Management and Mobile portfolio to strategic Enterprise customers based on ISO 27001, COBIT and PCI Standards. Member of Top Gun Virtualization team at Microsoft. Positioned Microsoft in large corporate accounts in Brazil beating Vmware in several competitive scenarios. Cybersecurity evangelist, speaker, and author, with multiple certifications, publications, and awards in the field. Winner of ISSA SECMASTER award by publishing the Book Como Blindar Seu PC, Editora Campus. ‍ Rio de Janeiro Federal University Professor and Researcher. For more than 15 years led Perimeter Defense area study for postgraduate course. Areas of interest: Trusted Advisory, Sales Engineering, Security Management, Channel Enablement, Product Management, Network Security, Cloud Computing, Industrial Control Systems and Internet of Things.