Ryan Lewkowski

Cybersecurity Specialist at Microsoft

New York, NY, United States

Details

Education: Computer Science

The George Washington University

2004 : 2007

Economics

The College of Wooster

1994 : 1998

Experience: Microsoft has unique, industry-leading cybersecurity capabilities that extend from the world’s most used client operating systems to the most trusted cloud in the world. The Cybersecurity Solutions Group (formerly known as the Enterprise Cybersecurity Group) uses our deep security perspective and experience to help secure our customers data, and their customers’ data, by optimizing their investment in Microsoft products and technologies. We have unique, tailored solutions that can help our customers monitor, analyze and prioritize threats within their environments.

2018 : Present

Microsoft

Cybersecurity Specialist

I took nine months off to travel the world, visiting one country per month. April - Morocco, May - Spain, June - Czech Republic, July - Germany, August - Croatia, September - Serbia, October - Thailand, November - Vietnam, December - Indonesia.

2017 : 2018

Self-Employed

World Traveler

Microsoft has unique, industry-leading cybersecurity capabilities that extend from the world’s most used client operating systems to the most trusted cloud in the world. The Enterprise Cybersecurity Group uses our deep security perspective and experience to help secure our customers data, and their customers’ data, by optimizing their investment in Microsoft products and technologies. We have unique, tailored solutions that can help our customers monitor, analyze and prioritize threats within their environments.

2016 : 2017

Microsoft

Cybersecurity Solutions Specialist

I built and staffed the team responsible for Qualys' enterprise accounts in the western region of the US. My responsibilities included coaching the Technical Account Managers on delivering presentations to customers, developing strategic channel partnerships, and working with the internal marketing team to shape a regional strategy.

My team’s focus was on elevating customer satisfaction and improving collaboration between Field Operations and Engineering. This ensured good relationships between Qualys and customers throughout the region.

A major goal of my team was to understand how customers are using the Qualys services. We reported information back to senior leadership in order to further develop the services. This two-way, consultative approach ensured better customer satisfaction and long-lasting relationships.

2015 : 2016

Qualys

Director of Field Operations - US West

I managed enterprise accounts by providing both functional and technical expertise. I worked with Qualys partners in a pre-sales capacity, coordinating with the appropriate internal groups to generate winning contract bids, proposals, and RFI/RFP responses.

I maintained strong, ongoing relationships with customers by working with them to develop their Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance, and Web Applications Scanning programs.

2011 : 2015

Qualys

Enterprise Technical Account Manager

Company: Microsoft

Years of Experience: 22

Skills Application Security, Balloon Artist, CCNA, CISSP, Classical Ballet, Cloud Computing, Computer Security, Data Center, Enterprise Software, Firewalls, Hula Hoop, IDS, Information Security, Information Security Management, IPS, Network Architecture, Networking, Network Security, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PCI DSS, Penetration Testing, Pizza, Security, Singing, Threat & Vulnerability Management, Virtualization, VMware, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Web Application Security

About As an Enterprise Security Executive at Microsoft, I work with large financial customers on understanding their overall security needs as well as informing them on Microsoft's holistic approach towards enterprise cybersecurity (both cloud and on-prem). My discussions usually include our guidance toward various security-related concerns as well as product/service related discussions. As a member of the Cybersecurity Solutions Group, I am an interface between our customers' information security teams and the various security product teams within Microsoft, the goal being to have more holistic security discussions, and not necessarily product-focused discussions.

Areas of Expertise:

- Management of strategic, financial services accounts in the greater New York City and Boston areas.

- Develop presentations for upper management (CISOs, SVPs) detailing product capabilities as well as general cybersecurity guidance discussions

- Responsible for coordinating cybersecurity executive briefings for customers

- Perform cybersecurity-related product overlap/cost takeout analysis

- Work with Microsoft's security partners in assisting our mutual customers in reaching the common goal of better security