Michael Burgess

Sr. Systems/Sales Engineering Director, Mentor and Team Builder.

Role
Sr Presales Engineering Director at Fortinet
Location
Groton, MA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Michael Burgess

Accomplished, passionate leader in Cybersecurity, Networking, SASE and Cloud with over 25+ years of experience, focusing on individual and team mentoring and growth. Managing and leading presales system/sales/solution engineers within Commercial, Enterprise and SLED verticals.I enjoy partnering with clients to provide innovative solutions to meet their specific business needs in collaboration with industry-leading thought leaders. A natural communicator.

Experience

  1. Sr Presales Engineering Director

    Fortinet

    May 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

  • Cambridge College

    Masters of Business Management MBM, Business / Leadership

    2007 — 2009

  • Questrom School of Business, Boston University

    Certificate of Achievement - The Master Class For Tech Executives, Innovation and Business Leadership

    2016 — 2016

  • MIT Sloan School of Management

    Internet of Things: Business Implications and Opportunties

    2018 — 2018

  • Northeastern University

    Certificate of Data and Telecommunication, ISDN, Switching and Signaling. Data Communications

    1995 — 1997

  • Questrom School of Business, Boston University

    Certificate of Achievement, The Mini MBA for Tech Executives

    2016 — 2016

Skills

  • Firewalls
  • Cloud Computing
  • Network Security
  • Voip
  • Channel Partners
  • Data Center
  • Solution Selling
  • Pre-Sales
  • Management
  • Team Building
  • Aruba Wireless
  • Wireless Networking
  • Wireless
  • Visual Communication
  • Training
  • Routing
  • Wan
  • Leading Development Teams
  • Professional Services
  • Ip
  • Network Engineering
  • Systems Engineering Management
  • Unified Communications
  • Tcp/Ip
  • Networking
  • Team Leadership
  • Fortinet
  • Cisco Technologies
  • Ethernet
  • Managed Services
  • Leadership
  • Network Design
  • Lan-Wan
  • Mpls
  • Switches
  • Sales Engineering
  • Network Architecture
  • Pre/Post Sales Engineers
  • Vpn
  • Qos

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