Ellen Zhang
About Ellen Zhang
Ellen Zhang is an Enterprise Account Executive at Varonis, specializing in protecting unstructured enterprise data and ensuring compliance with various regulations. She has a background in cybersecurity, marketing, and legal internships, and holds a Bachelor's degree in International Business from the University of California, Irvine.
Current Position at Varonis
Ellen Zhang is an Enterprise Account Executive at Varonis. She has been with the company since 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California. At Varonis, she is part of a team that focuses on protecting unstructured enterprise data both on premises and in the cloud. Her role involves detecting insider threats and cyberattacks by analyzing data, account activity, perimeter telemetry, and user behavior. Additionally, she contributes to the prevention and limitation of disasters by discovering, classifying, and locking down sensitive, regulated, and stale data.
Previous Role at Darktrace
Before her current position, Ellen Zhang worked as a Cyber Security Account Executive at Darktrace. She held this role from 2019 to 2021 in the San Francisco Bay Area. During her tenure, she was involved in various cyber security initiatives helping organizations to strengthen their cyber defenses and protect against complex threats.
Marketing Executive at FocalPoint
Ellen Zhang's role as a Marketing Executive at FocalPoint lasted from 2018 to 2019. Based in the Orange County, California Area, she focused on executing marketing strategies and campaigns to enhance brand visibility and engagement.
Educational Background
Ellen Zhang studied International Business at the University of California, Irvine, obtaining her Bachelor's degree from 2014 to 2018. She also attended Mid-Pacific, where she received her High School Diploma after fourteen years of study, from 2000 to 2014. Additionally, she briefly studied International Business at The University of Hong Kong in 1970.
Industry Compliance Expertise
With in-depth knowledge of various compliance regulations, Ellen Zhang has expertise in CCPA, PCIDSS, HIPAA, PII, SOX, and GDPR. This expertise is crucial in her role as an Enterprise Account Executive at Varonis, where she helps ensure client compliance in several highly regulated industries, including technology, consumer, retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, media, and education.