Professional Experience (Summary)
6/2021 – 2/2023 : Security Engineer – Check Point Software, Switzerland
Pre-sales engineer and technical advisor for Territory Account Managers, channel partners and prospects. Solutions to secure the network (Quantum), the cloud (CloudGuard), endpoints and email (Harmony), based on a powerful threat intelligence (ThreatCloud), and centrally managed through a unified management portal (Infinity). Subject Matter Expert for SMB and IoT security in different contexts (enterprise, healthcare, industrial).
2/2020 – 6/2020 : Senior Sales Engineer – ColorTokens, Switzerland
Pre-sales and technical advisor, covering all Switzerland. Zero Trust solutions, workload visibility, incl. lateral movements, software-defined micro-segmentation and endpoint protection.
9/2014 – 1/2020 : Senior Systems Engineer – Blue Coat, acquired by Symantec, Switzerland
Technical referent for all customers based in Switzerland, training of partners, tech updates, cases follow-up and escalation. Web proxy, application control, content analysis, sandboxing, centralized management, incident response, endpoint protection, email security and cloud services.
7/2012 – 6/2014 : Head of Engineering – Accessible, acquired by Nexan, Villars-sur-Glâne
Team management, skills review, coaching, project management and dispatching, installation of network, security and wireless solutions at customers, and 2nd level support. Responsible for the own network and security infra in the datacenter, and for the mail gateway service.
12/2011 – 5/2012 : Network & Security Engineer – Tebicom, Villars-sur-Glâne
Integration of network and security solutions, in particular firewalls, VPN, SSL VPN, Mail Gateways and Web Proxies. 2nd level support and troubleshooting at customers in the Swiss-French area.
2/2010 – 11/2011 : Senior Security Consultant – LANexpert, Münchenbuchsee
Design of network and security solutions in response to RFPs, consulting and integration of such solutions at the customers. Focus on the Swiss-German area (Bern, Mittelland and in support for the Zurich region) with specific missions in the Swiss-French area.
1/2009 – 1/2010 : Solution Engineer (Presales) – Connectis, Bern
Design of solutions and Presales consulting for IP networks (switching, routing, wireless, QoS, etc.) and IT security (Firewalls, SSL VPN, Web Proxy, Email Security, NAC, Endpoint Security, etc.) for the Swiss-German area and Connectis Major Customers.
10/2004 – 12/2008 : IT Consultant – Amstein+Walthert, Lausanne
Projects of network infrastructures (switching, routing, wireless, cabling), IP telephony, building automation techniques (access control, video surveillance, fire detection, etc.) and audiovisual, for large customers. Such as, for instance, in Rolle, global projects with site management.
5/2001 – 12/2003 : NMS Security Manager – Swisscom Mobile, Bern
Design of a new, secured network topology (named O&M Intranet), planning and integration of security systems such as Firewalls, VPN and IDS. Definition of the security Policy and access rules, writing of the operating concept and conducting of internal audits.
5/1997 – 4/2001 : Project Manager – Swisscom Mobile, Bern
Planning and realization of IP networks, network management systems and IT Security for the Network Management Systems unit (NMS). Building of a specific network infrastructure to interconnect, operate and monitor the management systems of the mobile network NATEL®. Training of the specialized personnel.
9/1991 – 5/1997 : Technical Collaborator – Telecom PTT, Bern
Planning and realization of special radio networks for professional use (SpeedCom), postal security network, postal buses network, installation and configuration of radio base stations and mobile equipments, creation of the technical documentation and training of the specialized personnel.