Rafael Venancio is responsible for overseeing and defining the strategy for Fortinet's regional team that collaborates with organizations in the region on their Cloud projects. Since the beginning of 2020, the executive leads the Business Development Managers, Channels and Inside Sales teams for this segment.
Venancio also contributes strategically to the relationship and development of the technological alliance with the main public cloud providers in the region, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, being responsible for the entire Go To Market strategy of Fortinet's offerings in the marketplace of these providers.
The executive is a professional with more than 15 years of experience in the Technology area. Previously, Venancio held leadership positions in companies such as F5 Networks, Avaya, Westcon and Orange Business Services.
He is a graduate in Telecommunications and Production Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and also has a specialization in Channel Management from Direct Channel.