Akash Parekh
Cyber Security Advisor
Bangalore
Summary
Professional sales engineer equipped for driving regional growth and technical solutions. Adept at developing strategies, identifying opportunities, and fostering customer relationships. Strong focus on teamwork and adapting to dynamic market conditions. Known for analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, and effective communication.
Overview
4
4
Certifications
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Sales Engineer APAC
CrowdStrike India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2021 - 04.2026
- Demonstrated technical leadership and subject matter expertise on CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity product offerings, guiding customer adoption and integration.
- Acted as technical expert and consultant, developing and proposing tailored solutions that address technology and business requirements of assigned customers.
- Delivered technical and sales presentations to C-level executives and senior management, effectively communicating value propositions and securing buy-in.
- Serves as a trusted technology advisor to customers, and serves as an internal resource on technical issues or specific business applications.
- Successfully builds relationships with the account team, partners, and customers in support of sales team objectives, and engages and leverages corporate resources, abilities, budgets, and personnel as appropriate.
Technology Specialist
Microsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 11.2021
- Drove advancement of Microsoft Security & Advanced Compliance capabilities, supporting overall Modern Workplace portfolio and Microsoft 365 suite.
- Lead technical presentations, demos, workshops, architecture design sessions, PoCs (proof of concepts), and pilots to explain, demonstrate, and prove to Large Enterprise customers the capabilities of Microsoft Security & Compliance products and services to make their businesses more successful.
- Guided customers in decision-making for sales opportunities and usage scenarios by winning their technical decision and presenting innovative ideas for Microsoft's technology.
- Identified and diagnosed technical and competitive blockers, providing solutions for sales opportunities and paving the way for successful implementation.
- Demonstrate Microsoft's value proposition internally and externally to executives by showcasing End-to-End technology innovations and building relationships with and influencing key Technical Decisions Makers e.g. CTOs, CISOs etc.
Sr. Sales Engineer
Symantec Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
10.2016 - 09.2018
- Liaised with C-level executives to evangelize Symantec security portfolio and advance business objectives through a consultative sales approach.
- Proactively seek out new sales opportunities by developing new and existing technical relationships within accounts that already engaged with and seeking to carry out security assessments.
- Gain Technical closure from the customer, those products meet the requirements and assist the sales in technical qualification and management of the opportunities throughout the technical sales cycle.
- Authored technical white papers and led technical responses to RFI/RFP & RFQ.
Resident consultant
SRA-OSS Inc. (Symantec Partner)
09.2015 - 09.2016
- Resident consultant in Vodafone Global Services Ltd. on behalf of Symantec.
- Provided thought leadership, advice, recommendations, and best practices for SEP, DLP, and Altiris implementation to stabilize and optimize system performance, enhancing operational effectiveness.
- Facilitated rapid responses to critical issues, ensuring effective resolution and support.
Sr. System Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Symantec Partner)
11.2013 - 05.2015
- Guided cross-functional teams for Altiris, Symantec Endpoint Protection & Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in analyzing, designing, and implementing project architectures to meet solution and customer needs.
- Acted as Single Point of Contact for threat identification and root cause analysis, configured security policies for firewall & IPS using Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.x, monitored logs, generated weekly compliance reports, and managed database backup and restoration to enhance adherence to best practices.
- Functioned as a technical expert responsible for managing, administering, and troubleshooting the global Altiris/Symantec Notification Server, Symantec Data Loss Prevention, and Symantec Endpoint Protection infrastructure with over 15,000 nodes in diverse geographical areas using software management solutions, patch management, site/package/task servers, deployment solutions, and application management.
Technical Support Engineer
Symantec Software India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 11.2013
- Assisted large scale enterprise customers in integrating Symantec security product with existing networks, enhancing network security and improving troubleshooting practices for virus and compliance issues.
- Monitored correlation rule performance and recommended tuning for signatures, protocols, and rules within the correlation engine; approved and implemented tuning requests per client policies.
Skills
AV & EDR
Identity Protection & IAM
Email Security
EASM
Data Protection
Cloud Security
Certification
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v10)
Timeline
Regional Sales Engineer APAC
CrowdStrike India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2021 - 04.2026
Technology Specialist
Microsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 11.2021
Sr. Sales Engineer
Symantec Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
10.2016 - 09.2018
Resident consultant
SRA-OSS Inc. (Symantec Partner)
09.2015 - 09.2016
Sr. System Engineer
Zensar Technologies (Symantec Partner)
11.2013 - 05.2015
Technical Support Engineer
Symantec Software India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2010 - 11.2013