Patrick has over 25 years of hands-on security, networking and compliance product management and marketing experience. After several years in technical support roles in the UK for key LAN/WAN vendors, he moved to the US to support network infrastructure sales in NYC. At a global ISP, he product managed secure network and remote access services, many of which are still in service. While at RSA he developed continuous monitoring and GRC for cloud offerings, while contributing to such projects as the Cloud Security Alliance Consensus Assessment Initiative. Patrick is now Team Lead for North America Marketing at IBM Security, helping shape and deliver compelling solutions and messaging to its clients.