Ashwin Ram Email & Phone Number

Australia

Australia

Driving Cyber Resilience and InnovationAs a passionate Cyber Security Evangelist, I empower organisations to navigate the ever-evolving cyber landscape and achieve sustainable business success. My role bridges strategic vision with technical expertise, focusing on the following key areas:• Strategic Advisory: Collaborate with CISOs, C-suite leaders, and cyber executives to identify emerging threats, align security strategies with business goals, and prioritise risk mitigation efforts to build resilient defences.• Thought Leadership: Deliver impactful keynote speeches, publish thought-provoking articles, and make media appearances to shape industry discourse and drive forward-thinking innovation.• Driving Strategic Engagement: I lead focus groups to deepen engagement across clients, driving executive partnerships, tailored technical enablement, and strategic relationship-building initiatives.• Executive Mentoring: Guide and mentor cyber leaders, supporting them in developing robust cyber transformation programs and optimising their security investments for maximum impact.• Client Engagement: Facilitate ideation sessions, run executive roundtables, and deliver threat landscape briefings to strengthen client relationships and foster business growth.• Risk-Based Prioritisation: Assist organisations in mapping out their cyber risks and prioritising security controls in line with their risk tolerance and business objectives.• Gap Analysis & Transformation: Help organisations identify gaps between current and desired cyber postures, supporting the creation and execution of comprehensive cyber transformation initiatives.• Public Advocacy & Media Representation: Serve as a regional media spokesperson, offering expert commentary across TV, newspapers, podcasts, webinars, and online publications.

Sydney, Australia

As a Security Engineer (Pre-Sales) Team Leader, I was entrusted with driving strategic presales initiatives, developing top-tier talent, and ensuring alignment between technical expertise and business growth. My role encompassed:• Leadership & Team Development: Led and managed the Security Engineering team across NSW and QLD, overseeing recruitment, onboarding, and professional development to foster a high-performing team capable of addressing the evolving threat landscape.• Strategic Presales Alignment: Ensured all presales activities supported overarching business objectives, enhancing client engagement and driving successful outcomes in complex cybersecurity projects.• Mentorship & Performance Management: Mentored and coached team members, conducting performance evaluations and providing targeted feedback to support their professional growth and drive continuous improvement.• Advanced Cybersecurity Boot Camps: Led multi-day cybersecurity boot camps across Australia, coordinating with technical and business stakeholders to upskill security practitioners from the nation’s largest security integrators.• Talent Retention & Operational Excellence: Managed talent retention strategies, including salary negotiations, and implemented programs to strengthen the team’s technical expertise and operational efficiency.Key Skills: Cyber Risk Management · Leadership · Strategic Planning · Talent Development · Cybersecurity Training · Technical Leadership · Stakeholder Coordination · Pre-Sales Engineering · Team Building & Mentorship · Cybersecurity Enablement Programs

Sydney, Australia

In this role, I extended my pre sales responsibilities to include Telco and Healthcare, in addition to Financial Services sector.

Sydney, Australia

In this role, I was a dedicated resource for the Financial Services Sales team, engaging in new opportunities and maintaining existing Check Point customers. My responsibilities involved articulating the overall Check Point value proposition, vision, and strategy to clients, as well as assisting with the technical closure of complex and competitive opportunities.This role required responding to RFIs, RFPs, delivering product and technical briefings, and conducting POCs. As a Senior Security Engineer, I also mentored other team members and provided internal training to security engineers on new, emerging, and high-end Check Point technologies.My primary focus was on the following Check Point security controls to address current security challenges:• Next Generation Threat Prevention – Stopping application-specific attacks, botnets, targeted attacks, APTs, and Zero-Day threats• Virtual Systems – Simplifying and consolidating network security through network segmentation and policy optimisation• Security for the SDDC environment, focusing on micro-segmentation, security automation and orchestration, and visibility• Public and Private Cloud – Protecting clients' AWS, Microsoft Azure, VMware NSX, and Cisco ACI deployments with multi-layered threat prevention security• Addressing BYOD and mobile device challenges for enterprise customers

Sydney Australia

As a Professional Services Consultant, I was responsible for implementation, upgrade, migration and reviewing the following solutions:• Provider-1/ Multi-Domain Security Management - segmenting your security management into multiple virtual domains (multi-tenant) • VSX/Virtual Systems - consolidate and secure multiple network segments with VS. Simplify enterprise-wide policy by creating tailored policies for each Virtual System• Design/Architect security solution for greenfield accounts• Rule base optimization and security policy lifecycle management• Training – customized training around VSX and MDS• IPS – Intrusion Prevention System• DLP – Data Loss Prevention• Identity Awareness – Granular visibility of users, groups and machines, providing application and access control through the creation of identity-based policies.• SmartEvent (Check Point SIEM & Incident Response Tool)• VE (Security Gateway Virtual Edition)• Endpoint Solution• Best practice approach to working with Check Point solutionTechnical Account Manager for Major Accounts• Enhanced proactive account management• Operations assistance and review• Design validation• Support planning• Diagnostic and troubleshooting assistance

Pre-sales engagementsDelivery and Implementation of security solutions and technologyReview of existing security solutionsTrusted security advisorDevelop Statement of Work for security projectsCompile ‘as built’ documents after project completionUpgrade security infrastructureFirewall health checks - Check PointServe as an expert technical consultant for RSA Authentication Manager

Provide Network support for Global 2000 corporations.Monitor Network activity and security risksTroubleshoot AAA issues – LDAP and RADIUSAnalyze Unusual Roaming activitiesRespond to High Severity TicketsServe as an expert technical consultant for other departments of the Company, including Sales and Business Development (including participation in executive sales presentations)