Chad Ciszewski
Chad Ciszewski
Systems Engineer
Fortinet
Speaker Bio

Chad is a Systems Engineer for Majors Enterprise accounts at Fortinet. Based in Canonsburg, PA, Chad began his career at Bayer, working up to Network Protection Team Lead, while spending time in the LAN, WAN, WLAN and Storage groups beforehand. After Bayer, Chad moved to an MSSP in Robinson Township, PA, before going to Mylan as a Security Engineer. He began at Reed Smith after Mylan as a Network Analyst, soon taking on the LAN, WLAN, WAN, Netscaler and NAC responsibilities while supporting the Security Team’s rollout of new firewall technologies. Chad has previously worked for Check Point and Palo Alto Networks and has been with Fortinet since May of 2023. While at Fortinet, his focus has primarily been on SASE and OT Technologies following in his prior career path. In his spare time, he is an avid gamer, comic book collector, enjoys spending time with his fiancé, 3 children and 3 dogs as well as riding his Harley. He assists in coaching his youngest son’s termite tackle football team and considers himself an amateur chef.