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Ryan Fonder began their career in 1995 at Gateway as a Senior Information Resource Manager and Corporate Technical Support Professional. During their time there, they were responsible for creating online documentation and troubleshooting hardware/software issues over the phone. In 1998, they moved to Citibank where they were a Systems Administrator responsible for maintaining 50 Windows NT 4.0 server machines, 5,000 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation machines, and 2,000 AIX 4. In 1999, they took a job at Bankfirst/Marshall Bankfirst as a Systems Administrator, where they maintained 150 Windows 2000 and 2003 servers and 25 Solaris 8, 9, and 10 servers. In 2007, they joined High Plains Technology as a Senior Network Engineer and was involved in several VMware View deployments and helping maintain existing environments. In 2011, they moved to Mitel DataNet as a Systems Engineer, where they engineered VMware, EMC, HP, and IBM solutions for customers. Finally, in 2012, they joined High Point Networks as a Senior Account Manager and Sales/Systems Engineer, providing best in class Infrastructure, Unified Communications, Data Center, and Security solutions.

Ryan Fonder obtained an Associates degree in Computer Programming from the Lincoln School of Commerce between 1994 and 1995. Ryan has also obtained several certifications, including Selling Aruba ClearPass Security Solutions from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company in August 2020, Cohesity Sales Professional from Cohesity in April 2020, Aruba Sales Certification from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, CommVault Certified Professional from CommVault, EMC IE (Implementation Engineer) - NetWorker Specialist from EMC, EMC ISA (Information Storage Associate) from EMC, EMC Proven Professional - Data Domain from EMC, EMC TA (Technology Architect) Specialist - BRS (Backup Recovery Solutions) from EMC, EMC VSE (Velocity Systems Engineer) - BRS (Backup Recovery Solutions) from EMC, Extreme Customer Vision Selling from Extreme Networks, FireEye Partner Sales Cert from FireEye, Inc., Gigamon GigaSales from Gigamon, HPE Sales - Hybrid Cloud Solutions from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Infoblox IASA (Automation Solutions Associate) from Infoblox, Nimble Installation and Operation Professional (NIOP) from Nimble Storage, Nimble Sales Engineering Professional (NSEP) from Nimble Storage, Nimble Technical Sales Professional from Nimble Storage, Palo Alto Networks Sales Product Specialist (SASE) from Palo Alto Networks, RSA SE Associate from RSA, The Security Division of EMC, and RSA Sales Associate from RSA, The Security Division of EMC.