Eric Jensen (CISSP, OSCP, NSE 7) is a Business Development Engineer for Fortinet Canada, where he advises and consults with solutions partners and customers on mission-critical security issues including compliance, risk management, and advanced threat protection. With over 10-years of experience delivering effective SIEM and SOC solutions through consulting engagements and in his previous role as the technical director of a Canadian MSSP, Eric is a proponent of using data analytics and automation to reduce the impact of cyber incidents. Eric also carries an unwavering belief that Nicolas Cage is the greatest actor of our time.

With more than 17 years in the IT industry, Chris Boland brings a highly diverse skillset that includes solutions architecture, deployment and troubleshooting of technologies in environments ranging from high-uptime, multi-tenant data centres to small managed service providers.  In his current role at Fortinet, Chris supports Fortinet Sales Teams across Canada as a subject matter expert for SASE, SSE and Zero Trust Network Access.

Joshua Vanblarcum (Law B.A., NSE 3) is the Sales Enablement Manager for Canada, where he’s responsible for ensuring Fortinet’s sales team has the right skills and tools to reach the company’s goals. 

Instead of having a more traditional Learning & Development background, Joshua has nearly 10 years of sales experience selling both Cybersecurity and SaaS solutions. Due to this, he has a unique perspective on Sales Enablement, and runs his sessions understanding what it's like to be a seller!