Ariel Smirnov

Ariel Smirnov is a Senior Technical Marketing Manager at ExtraHop since November 2022, previously serving as a Technical Marketing Manager at the same company. Prior experience includes a Sales Engineer role at Ribbon Communications from November 2019 to August 2022, where responsibilities involved being the technical lead for sales cycles in IP and optical networking across Central and Eastern Europe. Earlier positions include Sales Engineer at Arrow ECS Israel from May 2017 to November 2019, focusing on presenting networking and security solutions, and a Networking, Systems, and Data Security Specialist at the J6 & Cyber Defense Directorate in the IDF from September 2010 to April 2016, responsible for network design and equipment management during military exercises. Ariel is pursuing a Master's degree in Cyber-Engineering from the University of the Cumberlands, expected to graduate in May 2024, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Holon Institute of Technology, completed in 2018.