Sherif El-Nabawi is the Vice President of Sales Engineering at CrowdStrike Asia Pacific & Japan. In this role,Sherif is responsible for CrowdStrike Asia Pacific and Japan operation field engineering, security services and customer education. Sherif is a senior technology executive and recognized thought leader in the cyber security industry. Before joining CrowdStrike, Sherif was the Vice President of systems engineering at Symantec Asia Pacific & Japan. While at Symantec, he was responsible for leading the team of systems engineers across the region and providing security advisory to Symantec clients across all verticals. Prior to Symantec, Sherif worked at Blue Coat Systems and Mandiant in variety of leadership and technical role which involved in technical sales execution, product strategy, go-to-market, and all areas of customer success. El-Nabawi holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering, and a Master of Science in Satellite, Personal, and Mobile Communications from the University of Westminster, London. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and CEng (Chartered Engineer) MIET.