Samir Omar
CEO- VirtuPort Chief Security Strategy Officer at VirtuPort- Claim this Profile
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Max Pfeferman
Sam is a very rare person in that he possesses an incredible understanding of all things technical, and at the same time is a terrific communicator, and is just the kind of person you want to be around. Sam is able to translate these talents into being one of the absolute best Account Execs I've had the pleasure to know. There's no question he'll continue to be a major impact of whatever organization is lucky enough to have him.
Zach A.
Sam, has over than 10 years of experience in the IT sector, his in-depth IT experience had built a very solid professional troubleshooting engineer, sam shown and proven his managerial, IT skills, as he is one of the few people that when you meet you want to gain the experience from as much as possible.
James Croyle
Sam is a terrific addition to any team, whether technical, sales, Sam's strength's will rise to the occasion, and make an immediate impact on the situation or engagement with which you work with him. I have known Sam since 2002, and have only great things to say about him, his worth ethic is strong; he works until the job is done. His personality is exceptionally outgoing; it used to be a standing joke that we couldn't go to lunch without Sam seeing someone he knew, or being recognized out of the crowd from someone he worked with back at XYZ company. When it comes to the real deal, with the customer, you will always find Sam at the forefront, getting the customer's questions answered, becoming their trusted advisor, and closing the deal. After that, you can count on Sam to keep the relationship alive with his personalized touch. He is great to work with, and I hope our paths cross again in the IT realm, especially storage and data management where he and I first met.
Max Pfeferman
Sam is a very rare person in that he possesses an incredible understanding of all things technical, and at the same time is a terrific communicator, and is just the kind of person you want to be around. Sam is able to translate these talents into being one of the absolute best Account Execs I've had the pleasure to know. There's no question he'll continue to be a major impact of whatever organization is lucky enough to have him.
Zach A.
Sam, has over than 10 years of experience in the IT sector, his in-depth IT experience had built a very solid professional troubleshooting engineer, sam shown and proven his managerial, IT skills, as he is one of the few people that when you meet you want to gain the experience from as much as possible.
James Croyle
Sam is a terrific addition to any team, whether technical, sales, Sam's strength's will rise to the occasion, and make an immediate impact on the situation or engagement with which you work with him. I have known Sam since 2002, and have only great things to say about him, his worth ethic is strong; he works until the job is done. His personality is exceptionally outgoing; it used to be a standing joke that we couldn't go to lunch without Sam seeing someone he knew, or being recognized out of the crowd from someone he worked with back at XYZ company. When it comes to the real deal, with the customer, you will always find Sam at the forefront, getting the customer's questions answered, becoming their trusted advisor, and closing the deal. After that, you can count on Sam to keep the relationship alive with his personalized touch. He is great to work with, and I hope our paths cross again in the IT realm, especially storage and data management where he and I first met.
Max Pfeferman
Sam is a very rare person in that he possesses an incredible understanding of all things technical, and at the same time is a terrific communicator, and is just the kind of person you want to be around. Sam is able to translate these talents into being one of the absolute best Account Execs I've had the pleasure to know. There's no question he'll continue to be a major impact of whatever organization is lucky enough to have him.
Zach A.
Sam, has over than 10 years of experience in the IT sector, his in-depth IT experience had built a very solid professional troubleshooting engineer, sam shown and proven his managerial, IT skills, as he is one of the few people that when you meet you want to gain the experience from as much as possible.
James Croyle
Sam is a terrific addition to any team, whether technical, sales, Sam's strength's will rise to the occasion, and make an immediate impact on the situation or engagement with which you work with him. I have known Sam since 2002, and have only great things to say about him, his worth ethic is strong; he works until the job is done. His personality is exceptionally outgoing; it used to be a standing joke that we couldn't go to lunch without Sam seeing someone he knew, or being recognized out of the crowd from someone he worked with back at XYZ company. When it comes to the real deal, with the customer, you will always find Sam at the forefront, getting the customer's questions answered, becoming their trusted advisor, and closing the deal. After that, you can count on Sam to keep the relationship alive with his personalized touch. He is great to work with, and I hope our paths cross again in the IT realm, especially storage and data management where he and I first met.
Max Pfeferman
Sam is a very rare person in that he possesses an incredible understanding of all things technical, and at the same time is a terrific communicator, and is just the kind of person you want to be around. Sam is able to translate these talents into being one of the absolute best Account Execs I've had the pleasure to know. There's no question he'll continue to be a major impact of whatever organization is lucky enough to have him.
Zach A.
Sam, has over than 10 years of experience in the IT sector, his in-depth IT experience had built a very solid professional troubleshooting engineer, sam shown and proven his managerial, IT skills, as he is one of the few people that when you meet you want to gain the experience from as much as possible.
James Croyle
Sam is a terrific addition to any team, whether technical, sales, Sam's strength's will rise to the occasion, and make an immediate impact on the situation or engagement with which you work with him. I have known Sam since 2002, and have only great things to say about him, his worth ethic is strong; he works until the job is done. His personality is exceptionally outgoing; it used to be a standing joke that we couldn't go to lunch without Sam seeing someone he knew, or being recognized out of the crowd from someone he worked with back at XYZ company. When it comes to the real deal, with the customer, you will always find Sam at the forefront, getting the customer's questions answered, becoming their trusted advisor, and closing the deal. After that, you can count on Sam to keep the relationship alive with his personalized touch. He is great to work with, and I hope our paths cross again in the IT realm, especially storage and data management where he and I first met.
Credentials
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Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
(ISC)²Jan, 2004- Nov, 2024
Experience
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VirtuPort
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Saudi Arabia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO- VirtuPort Chief Security Strategy Officer
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Jan 2020 - Present
VirtuPort is a company focused on bringing innovative cyber security products and services to the MEA region. VirtuPort has successfully conducted four Cyber Security events in the region and continues to partner with customers, vendors and subject matter experts to provide best in class security advisory. CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY As an extension of the CISO’s team, our team of international Cybersecurity Professionals support your Head of Security in making decisions and creating strategies. CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS We are subject matter experts who are constantly evaluating the cybersecurity market. As cybersecurity influencers we help create an ecosystem for innovative technologies. CYBERSECURITY THOUGHT LEADERSHIP We are passionate about developing both our youth and professionals in the workplace. This is done through our cybersecurity education and assessments, including our annual conference MENA ISC. Show less
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Varonis
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Cyber Security Specialist Executive Manager
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Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
U.S. Federal Public Sector Deploying Data centric cyber security analytics a cross windows, UNIX, Cloud, office 365, SharePoint, MS Exchange, Active Directory enterprise storage systems NetApp and EMC.CISSP 2004 Varonis is a powerful Cyber data security platform. A software suite that protects your critical assets such as sensitive data PII, PHI, HIPPA, Social Security numbers. Protects enterprise file and email servers from cyberattacks and insider threats. Varonis analyzes the behavior of the activity of users and machines that access your data, alert on misbehavior, and enforce a least privilege model. Monitor file activity and user behavior, prevent data breaches, and make permissions management and auditing simplified Prevent leaks, breaches, hacks & insider threats to your data on any platform. Real-time Alerts Data Security :Define,Dissect and Defend Show less
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Red Hat
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Cloud Specialist Cyber Security
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Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies • Helping Customers achieve Hybrid Cyber security Cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Empower customers to define, develop, and deploy next generation cloud cyber strategies. • PAM solutions, SIEM solutions,IAM solutions, Insider threat Solutions • Threat intelligence • Threat hunting • SOC Security Operational Center orchestrating U.S. Federal Civilian Agencies • Helping Customers achieve Hybrid Cyber security Cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS. Empower customers to define, develop, and deploy next generation cloud cyber strategies. • PAM solutions, SIEM solutions,IAM solutions, Insider threat Solutions • Threat intelligence • Threat hunting • SOC Security Operational Center orchestrating
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NetApp
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Resilence Executive Manager
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Aug 2010 - Dec 2015
• As Account Manager helping customers build a future ready application services built around enterprise hybrid cloud. Software Defined Data Center and Software Defined Storage Architecture methodology. • A breadth of enterprise deployments across HHS, FDA, NIH, HRSA, VA programs around Big Data, Hybrid Cloud Computing, High Performance Computing, Data Warehouse. Enterprise applications services along with enterprise file services for structured and unstructured data. • Exceeds Sales Quota within assigned territory and drive net new business while ensuring customer success.• Account manager focus on sales driving customer acquisition by helping customers with optimization with self service portal, charge-back, application rationalization,workload placement. • Focus team efforts around solving problems and designing solutions. Designing around Automation utilizing Information Technology Services Management, Policy based provisioning. Customer driven vision with mission goal objective as priority. Working together on a data management plan and strategy to fit the future of the business requirements.• Help customer migrate to the cloud by Infrastructure Consolidation to achieve maximum savings with discovery and planning. • Mentor new hires and get entire sales ecosystem engaged. Business Technology & Enterprise Solutions – Direct, Indirect & Vertical Sales Channels – C-level Relations Strategic Marketing Customer Acquisition & Retention Federal/Public Sector Contract Negotiations – Show less
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Business Continuity - Disaster Recovery Specialist TAM
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Jun 2008 - Sep 2010
-Promoted to Technical Account Manager covering NetApp Government Services Healthcare district. -Build and lead SE team in to achieve success across HHS, OD, HHS OIG, HHS OS, CMS,FDA, NIH, NCI, NIAID, Veterans Affairs, DHA-Design strategic technical direction and support for territory along with-Liaison with to all support, services and project management
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Data Management Specialist SE
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Oct 2006 - Jun 2008
-Product Expert on various data storage Tiers for enterprise data systems-Application Integration into enterprise data services to enable COOP/DR VMware -Bioinformatic Storage and High Performance Computing design and demonstration-Genome Sequencing application and storage for production and DR.-Critical customer requirements gathering and design to solve problems -Design with customer vision a system and application life cycle SOA
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VERISIGN
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Cyber Security Architect
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Jul 2003 - Oct 2006
• Design Enterprise Architecture for enterprise services mobile, financial, and core business applications. Layout architectural blueprint and design infrastructure services for critical applications to meet SLA requirements, business goals and security requirements. • Design and Implement data management strategy. Along with implementations in a Disaster Recovery scenario for key enterprise applications. Design and Implement HA designs for highly transaction Oracle Database servers. Availability and capacity planning of critical servers on Linux HA as well as Linux cluster farm.. • Manage Storage team to run Enterprise Operations Data Services. Show less
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AOL
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Continuity Specialist
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2001 - 2003
• Support team for largest SAN in commercial industry over 300 Symmetrix Storage systems over 200 Brocades switches and 150 Clariion systems. • Security Hard Zoning on Fabric Switches, Integration and support of Fabric Switched Networks, Arbitrated loop, and direct attached storage, • System Security Scan and Network Security Scan for vulnerabilities • EMC Symmetrix Integration in heterogeneous environments. HBA Setup and Configuration to meet • Provide SAN-to-SAN and Local-to-SAN data migrations. Provide clients with documentation, knowledge transfer, and project management for implementations. • Responsible for SAN assessments for to-be, and previously installed SAN’s. Assess and Implement Disaster Recovery solutions. • EMC Navisphere Manager Clariion Raid Group setup, LUN Setup, Storage Group, storage allocation and host setup on multi platform. Show less
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Exodus Communications
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Cyber Security Architect
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1998 - 2001
• Launch some of the biggest names and websites during the DOT COM Boom. • Administered Security Network and Systems review and assessments. Firewall policy and conduits. Locking Down/Hardening W2K, Solaris, Linux Systems. • Storage Area Network support and installation on EMC Storage systems. Disk allocation, EMC Work Load Analyzer performance monitoring. • Installing, supporting, Solaris on Sun Enterprise Hardware, Linux, Cobolt, VA Linux, Red Hat. Veritas Volume Manager, Disk Suite. Veritas Cluster. Software / Hardware Raid 0, EMC implementation. Oracle 8 installation and troubleshooting. • Web Server Load Balancing Alteon, F5 Big/IP Networks, Cisco Arrow Point • Deployment and support of Network Management Monitoring Service for Data Center Using HP-OpenView for Network Monitoring/CA- UniCenter for Server/Agent monitoring of server disk utilization, CPU utilization and web sever performance, uptime including automated Alert notification and automated process restarts and service restarts. Show less
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Education
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2002 - 2006
George Mason University
MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance -
1995 - 1999
George Mason University
BA, International/Global Studies -
Herndon High School
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