Derek Keen
About Derek Keen
Derek Keen is the Sales Engineering Manager for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada at Varonis, with extensive experience in sales engineering and infrastructure architecture.
Company
Derek Keen currently serves as the Sales Engineering Manager for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada at Varonis. He has been with Varonis since 2014, initially joining as a Senior Sales Engineer. He has moved through various roles within the organization, including Sales Engineering Team Lead before taking on his current role in 2020.
Title
Derek Keen holds the position of Sales Engineering Manager - PACNW and Western Canada at Varonis. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing and mentoring a team of sales engineers to ensure they exceed sales quotas and maintain necessary technical knowledge.
Education and Expertise
Derek Keen completed the Network Integration Specialist Program at Northwest Digital, studying Information Technology from 2000 to 2001. Over his career, he developed extensive expertise in sales engineering, infrastructure architecture, and network administration, contributing significantly to his roles in sales and technical team leadership.
Background
Derek Keen began his career as a Network Administrator at Fransen Engineering from 2008 to 2010. He then worked as a Sales Engineer at Peak Networks in 2010 and as Senior Infrastructure Architect and SharePoint Infrastructure Team Lead at Softlanding from 2010 to 2014. Following this, he joined Varonis as a Senior Sales Engineer, progressing through various roles before becoming Sales Engineering Manager.
Achievements
During his tenure at Varonis, Derek Keen has been instrumental in hiring, mentoring, and coaching sales engineers. His efforts in standardizing best practices in SE/SR relationships and his focus on developing the technical and non-technical skills of his team members have contributed significantly to their success in securing new clients and exceeding sales quotas.