| Jay Barbour
Security Advisor, Research in Motion |
Jay brings more than 10 years of security experience to Research In Motion where he serves as an advisor for the BlackBerry Security Group. He works closely with government agencies, strategic and carrier sales teams and key customers to champion security policy for BlackBerry smartphones.
Prior to joining RIM, Jay was vice president of marketing at Intrusion Inc., a pioneering company in data leak prevention appliances. His previous roles include vice president of product management at ScanSafe (now Cisco), the world’s first managed web security start-up; consultant in the wireless industry; as well as various security product management and marketing roles at 3Com and Hewlett–Packard. He started his career in the energy sector, working for Schlumberger in the Middle East and South America as senior field engineer, as well as ARCO (now BP) as senior planning analyst.
Jay holds a degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University, Canada, an MBA from INSEAD, France, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Jay is based out of Dallas.