Jerrod comes from a diverse IT/Security background in financial services, telecom and critical infrastructure with a specialization in cybersecurity, dating all the way back to 2004. He spent 8+ years at Check Point – first as a generalist, then as a specialist. With a broad understanding of all types of cyberthreats, his areas of focus are network security, endpoint and email security and securing the customer edge.

As a Partner Architect at Optiv, Jerrod brings a deep technical and sales knowledge of the whole Check Point solution catalog. While at Check Point, he was the SME for Harmony Email and Collaboration, Harmony Endpoint and the Sandblast Threat Prevention solution set.