Eric Fischer

Current

Sr. Federal Systems Engineer / Sr. Solutions Architect at Thales e-Security
Principal Consultant at Security Consultant

Past

Director, Information Security at Omgeo
Sr. Corporate Systems Engineer at RSA, The Security Division of EMC
Partner Development Engineer at RSA Security

Technical Support Engineer at RSA Security, Inc.
Pre/Post Sales Consultant at Percussion Software
Consultant / Backline Manager at Agilent Technologies
Consultant at Inacom
Consultant at Interim

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Eric Fischer’s Summary

Eric Fischer is a recognized subject matter expert in PKI, Strong Authentication Practices and providing ingenious customized solutions to meet complex customer requirements. Mr. Fischer also brings extensive Solution Architecture and Interoperability experience in the security industry to his current position. Mr. Fischer also has extensive experience with US Federal Agencies including the US Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and the Social Security Administration.

Previously, Mr. Fischer has been an independent security consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the Finance and Healthcare industry. In addition to his independent consulting Mr. Fischer worked for RSA Security (Now The Security Division of EMC) for a number of years.

While at RSA Mr. Fischer led a team of sales and systems engineers to investigate and establish a number of new market opportunities. During his time at RSA Security, Mr. Fischer also spent considerable time developing and executing on several new product strategies for the company's strong authentication, Smart Card, and enterprise Single Sign-On client products.

These efforts resulted in record sales and strategic accounts for the U.S. Federal Sales Division and the Enterprise Sales Teams.

Eric Fischer’s Specialties:

Project Management,Program Management,Team Leadership,Certification,Network Infrastructure Security,Disk Encryption,Public Key Infrastructure, Certificate Policy Generation,Certificate Deployment,Strong Authentication,Authentication Protocols,Provisioning,Workflow,Network Infrastructure,Competitive Analysis,Security Audits,VPN,VMWare,Lab Automation,Microsoft Certification,SecurID,Authentication Manager,Keon,Sign-On Manager,Digital Certificates,PKI Architecture,End Point Security,Disk Encryption

Eric Fischer’s Experience

Sr. Federal Systems Engineer / Sr. Solutions Architect

Thales e-Security

(Public Company; Computer & Network Security industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Corporate Sales / Systems Engineers are product experts who work in tandem with sales and support teams to structure and conduct evaluations, installations & configuration of nCipher products by existing and potential customers.

The primary objective of the Corporate Sales / Systems Engineer is to resolve any pre-sales technical issues, i.e., to remove technical-related buying objections from the nCipher sales cycle.

This is accomplished through pre-sales technical support for customers, prospects, channel partners, strategic partners, and internal sales personnel.

Their comprehensive understanding of the competitive marketplace and ability to help drive and manage the customer evaluation process is critical to the success of the company
Principal Consultant

Security Consultant

(Computer & Network Security industry)

January 1999 — Present (10 years 11 months)

3rd Party Contractor functioning as a Strategic Consultant for a number of organizations, specializing in complex projects involving a number of Information Security technologies.

Professional Services Consultant. Responsible for Integration Services specializing in Information Security Architecture and a number of specialized integrations involving a variety of 3rd party application vendors.

Accomplished Engineer in the Information Security field. Specializing in a number of Information Security and other related products and solutions, customizations and complex integrations with 3rd party applications and services.

Recognized subject matter expert in a number of fields including PKI, Strong Authentication Practices, Endpoint Security, Identity and Credential Lifecycle Management.
Director, Information Security

Omgeo

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)

As Director of Information Security, I was responsible for managing a team of analysts responsible for the security posture of all internal and external organizational resources.

In this position, I participated in the overall direction of information security practices and operations within the network engineering, Information Technology and Application Development organizations. I was also tasked with a number of projects aimed at achieving compliance with government regulations and best practices of the financial industry.

While in this position, I reported directly to the CISO and worked with the executive management team in establishing a comprehensive strategy that was critical in the ongoing efforts of the company to provide secure access to sensitive information by internal employees and external customer organizations.
Sr. Corporate Systems Engineer

RSA, The Security Division of EMC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RSAS; Computer & Network Security industry)

October 2005 — September 2006 (1 year )

RSA Sales Systems Engineers are product experts who work in tandem with sales and support teams to structure and conduct evaluations, installations & configuration of RSA products by existing and potential customers.

The primary objective of the Sales Systems Engineer is to resolve any pre-sales technical issues, i.e., to remove technical-related buying objections from the RSA sales cycle.

This is accomplished through pre-sales technical support for RSA customers, prospects, channel partners, strategic partners, and internal RSA sales personnel.

Their comprehensive understanding of the competitive marketplace and ability to help drive and manage the customer evaluation process is critical to the success of the company.

Required activities include product presentations, demonstrations, technical training, integration, and general problem solving.

Sales engineers are highly involved in the proposal process and create the technical overview that goes with each proposal.
Partner Development Engineer

RSA Security

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RSAS; Computer & Network Security industry)

February 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 8 months)

The Partner Development team drives the RSA Secured partner program – the largest program of its type.

Partner Development Engineers work with the industry's leading companies to establish technical interoperability with RSA’s enterprise solutions.
Technical Support Engineer

RSA Security, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RSAS; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2001 — February 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Pre/Post Sales Consultant

Percussion Software

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

May 2000 — January 2001 (9 months)
Consultant / Backline Manager

Agilent Technologies

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; A; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 5 months)
Consultant

Inacom

(Public Company; Computer & Network Security industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Consultant

Interim

(Computer & Network Security industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )