Ian Watson

Senior Cloud Security Strategist & Pre-sales Leader @Oracle

Working in a Director-level strategic advisory role in the Office of the CISO & Security Services group I work closely with account-level sales to help with specific customer engagements. I help customers better understand and secure their hybrid-cloud and Multicloud environments, and more importantly I assist them in building a holistic security program that will enhance their ability to reduce risk and further adopt cloud technology. I solve our customer\'s business problems and engage with product development to improve Oracle’s security solutions. My role is to operate in a crucial level between product management and sales to influence customers across the globe. I have a special emphasis on Oracle’s top customers in the Americas, and I also work closely with colleagues in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and in the Asia-Pacific region. Together with those colleagues, and supported by a set of technologically deep, security-focused Solutions Architects within the Customer Success Services team, I create and track goals, metrics, and reporting as I develop and execute a global strategy.