Steve Rudolph

About Steve Rudolph

Enterprise organizations do not adopt new security categories because they are interesting. They adopt them when risk becomes operational.I sit at that intersection.I work with senior security and technology leaders inside complex enterprises to help them navigate emerging threats, operationalize trust, and adopt platforms that materially reduce business risk.Throughout my career, I have opened Fortune 500 organizations across financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology, environments where credibility matters and decisions carry enterprise-wide impact. I am most effective in markets that are still taking shape, where executive alignment must be built, internal consensus earned, and adoption driven before brand recognition exists.At Obsidian Security, I helped organizations secure their SaaS and AI ecosystems against identity-driven threats, data exposure, and configuration risk, strengthening Zero Trust architectures while enabling the business to move faster with confidence.If you are a security leader evaluating how to protect an increasingly SaaS and AI-driven enterprise, I welcome the conversation.

Experience

1. Enterprise Account Executive

   Obsidian Security

   Jun 2025 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US

   Partner with Fortune 500 security leaders to secure rapidly expanding SaaS and AI environments in financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing companies• Lead complex, multi-threaded sales cycles where evaluation criteria are still forming, helping enterprises define how AI-era security controls should be measured and deployed• Help security teams operationalize trust in AI-enabled workflows by identifying shadow AI usage, third-party integrations, and SaaS-to-LLM data pathways

Education

• Cleveland State University

  Bachelor of Arts, Multi-Media Advertising

  1999 — 2002

• SUNY Westchester Community College

  Associate's degree, International Business

  1997 — 1998

• DePaul University

  Certification, Project Management

  2013 — 2013

Skills

• Curriculum Design
• Management
• Team Building
• Crm
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Marketing Communications
• Direct Sales
• Higher Education
• Sales Presentations
• Sales
• Public Speaking
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Solution Selling
• Educational Technology
• Account Management
• Saas
• Marketing
• Technology Integration
• Leadership
• Sales Process
• Training
• New Business Development
• Strategic Planning
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service
• Sales Management
• Staff Development
• Coaching
• Salesforce.com
• Forecasting
• Professional Development Seminars
• Marketing Strategy