Doug S.

About Doug S.

I operate at the intersection of cybersecurity, data protection, regulatory governance, and AI transformation, partnering with complex financial institutions where trust and resilience are mission-critical. My focus is on building long-term executive partnerships, not transactional sales motions. I work closely with Security, Compliance, and Risk leaders to align enterprise threat protection, market-leading DLP, digital communications governance, insider risk, and AI oversight into a unified risk strategy. Financial services institutions are navigating a structural shift: • Escalating human-targeted threats • Expanding data exposure across cloud and collaboration platforms • Intensifying regulatory scrutiny • Accelerating AI adoption and agentic workflows Security, compliance, and innovation can no longer operate in silos. AI cannot scale without governance frameworks that protect sensitive data and institutional trust. I help executive teams reduce breach and data exfiltration risk, modernize supervision models, and enable secure AI adoption, strengthening resilience without slowing transformation. In financial services, protecting trust is protecting the business.

Experience

1. Strategic Account Executive, Financial Services

   Proofpoint

   Apr 2025 — Present · Marblehead, MA, US

   As a Strategic Account Executive at Proofpoint, I serve as a trusted advisor to leading financial services institutions, partnering with Security, Compliance, and Risk executives to unify cybersecurity, data protection, digital communications governance, and AI oversight strategies.My focus spans enterprise threat protection, market-leading DLP, insider risk, archiving and supervision, and governance frameworks designed to enable secure AI adoption at scale.In financial services, resilience, regulatory integrity, and innovation must coexist. I help institutions protect trust while accelerating transformation.

Education

• Needham High School

  Honors Diploma, Varsity Althlete and Student

• The Ohio State University

  BA, Economics, Real Estate

Skills

• Information Security
• Vulnerability Management
• Penetration Testing
• Security Incident Response
• Business Development
• Sales
• Data Security
• Cyber-Security
• Solution Selling
• Lead Generation
• Account Management
• Sales Operations
• Sales Process
• Relationship Management
• Digital Marketing
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• New Business Development
• Business Strategy
• Online Marketing
• Business Communications
• Salesforce.com
• Email Marketing
• Analytics
• Gap Analysis
• Enterprise Software
• Marketing