Alison O'brien
About Alison O'brien
Alison O'Brien is a Business Development professional currently working at ExtraHop in London since 2021. She has extensive experience in the field, having held various roles in companies such as Hitachi Security, Nimble Storage, and FleetMatics over the past two decades.
Work at ExtraHop
Alison O'Brien has been working at ExtraHop in the role of Business Development since 2021. Based in London, she has focused on promoting the company's integration with solution partners such as CrowdStrike Falcon EDR and Amazon Web Services. Her efforts aim to enhance full-coverage security solutions for clients. O'Brien engages with clients to highlight the benefits of ExtraHop's 90-day lookback feature, which aids in performance baselining and vulnerability detection. She also participates in discussions emphasizing the significance of network data in advancing Tier-1 Analysts to Tier-3 Threat Hunters.
Previous Experience in Business Development
Before joining ExtraHop, Alison O'Brien held various positions in business development across multiple organizations. She worked at Hitachi Security Business Group for 10 months in 2020 and at Cynet Security as a Business Development Manager for 11 months from 2020 to 2021. O'Brien also served at GroupBC and XQ Cyber, focusing on business development roles in 2019. Her earlier experience includes a position at FleetMatics as a Business Development Manager from 2005 to 2009, where she contributed to the company's growth in the market.
Sales and Account Management Experience
Alison O'Brien has a diverse background in sales and account management. She worked as an Inside Sales Representative at Nimble Storage from 2013 to 2015 and held a similar role at InsideSales.com from 2015 to 2016. O'Brien also served as an Account Manager for Autonomy, formerly Iron Mountain Digital, from 2009 to 2011. Her experience in these roles has equipped her with skills in client engagement and relationship management, essential for her current position in business development.
Education and Early Career
Alison O'Brien completed her education at Denefield Secondary School, where she studied from 1990 to 1996. Her early career included a role as a Telemarketing Consultant at Quantum Marketing from 2003 to 2005. This foundational experience in sales and marketing set the stage for her subsequent roles in business development and account management across various sectors.
Advocacy for Cybersecurity Solutions
Alison O'Brien advocates for the implementation of cloud-scale machine learning in cybersecurity to improve network visibility and threat detection. She promotes ExtraHop Reveal(x) as a significant tool that can reduce threat detection time by 95% and expedite breach prevention by 70%. Her focus on advanced cybersecurity solutions reflects her commitment to enhancing organizational security through innovative technologies.