Scott Shafer
About Scott Shafer
Scott Shafer is the Director of Sales Engineering at Varonis, with extensive experience in security risk and compliance management within the financial services and software industries.
Title
Scott Shafer currently holds the title of Director of Sales Engineering at Varonis, a position he has been in since 2024. He oversees a team to drive the sales process through engineering expertise, ensuring alignment with customer needs and company sales goals.
Professional Background at Varonis
Scott Shafer has been with Varonis in various roles over the past few years. From 2023 to 2024, he served as a Technology Evangelist, promoting Varonis technologies and capabilities over a period of 10 months. Prior to that, from 2021 to 2023, he worked as a Sales Engineer based in Florida, where he spent 2 years contributing to the sales engineering efforts within the company.
Work Experience at Bottomline Technologies
Before his tenure at Varonis, Scott Shafer worked at Bottomline Technologies. In 2021, he briefly held the position of Senior Director Audit and Risk in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. From 2017 to 2021, he was the Director of IT Risk, Governance, and Compliance, leading initiatives to manage IT risks and ensure compliance. Additionally, he served as the Risk and Governance Manager from 2015 to 2017.
Employment History in Risk Management
Scott Shafer has accumulated extensive experience in risk management and security throughout his career. At Fiserv, he served as Manager of Security Risk Management from 2013 to 2015 in Glastonbury, CT. He was also the Systems Auditing Manager at Open Solutions in Cherry Hill, NJ from 2011 to 2013. His earlier roles at The Weiland Financial Group, Inc. further emphasized his focus on operations and technical implementation.
Education and Expertise
Scott Shafer holds multiple degrees with a focus on Information Technology and Network Security. He completed a Master's Program in Computer Information and Network Security at DePaul University. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in IT and Computer Science from the same institution. Earlier in his academic career, he studied Information Technology at Marquette University. His comprehensive education underpins his expertise in security risk and compliance management.