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MORALES, Ph.D.

18+ yrs cybersecurity CISSP / CCSP PhD Telematics Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

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$ cat profile.txt

Security engineering leader with 18+ years across cybersecurity pre-sales and R&D. Currently lead a Security Engineering team at Check Point (US West and Canada) within the Office of the CTO, focused on workspace security — email, mobile, and endpoint — with a consistent record of exceeding New Business targets across roles spanning the US, Mexico, Spain, and Panama.

Deep expertise in mobile, email, and endpoint security, and in serving as the bridge between R&D and the field. PhD in Telematics Systems Engineering, CISSP/CCSP, conference speaker with media appearances. Currently expanding into AI security.

$ ./skills.sh --list

01Email Security

02Mobile Threat Defense

03Endpoint Security

04Zero Trust Architecture

05Cloud Security (AWS)

06Threat Prevention

07Pre-Sales Engineering

08Security Architecture

09Pub/Sub & M2M / MQTT

10Vulnerability Assessment & Pentesting

11Technical Leadership & Mentoring

12AI Security (emerging)

$ git log --author="Augusto Morales" --oneline

HEADJan 2026 – Present

Manager, Workspace Security Engineering — Office of the CTO

Check Point Software Technologies · Dallas, TX

Lead a high-performing Security Engineering team across the US West and Canada, delivering consistent pre-sales execution for workspace security — email, endpoint, and mobile.
Drive regional sales outcomes in partnership with strategic customers, partners, and sales teams, owning technical win strategy in key accounts.
Develop engineering talent through focused coaching and mentorship, building the region's technical bench strength.

a3f9c1eFeb 2025 – Feb 2026

Endpoint Solutions Technology Manager — Office of the CTO

Check Point Software Technologies

Led pre-sales technical strategy for endpoint security across the Southern US, Canada, and LATAM, serving as the senior technical authority in strategic deal cycles. 100% Business target achieved.
Designed security architectures aligned to customer environments; delivered C-level and technical presentations while acting as field voice to R&D.

7d2b48aNov 2022 – Feb 2025

Technology Lead, Threat Solutions — Office of the CTO

Check Point Software Technologies

Drove sales initiatives and technical strategy in key accounts across the US and Latin America. 100% Business target achieved.
Led complex architectures and proof-of-concepts for strategic pursuits; delivered executive briefings (EBC) and media engagements.
Mentored and trained security architects and engineers across the region while channeling field insight back to R&D and product teams.

5e19f03Feb 2021 – Oct 2022

Security Architect, Threat Prevention — North America

Check Point Software Technologies

Drove cybersecurity initiatives and technical strategy in key North American accounts as regional specialist for zero-trust, mobile, endpoint, and cloud security. 100% New Business target achieved.
Partnered with regional sales on strategic pursuits, delivering C-level presentations and customer/partner training across the threat prevention portfolio.

c04a77bNov 2018 – Jan 2021

Mobile Security Architect — North America

Check Point Software Technologies

Drove mobile security initiatives and strategy in key accounts across the US and Canada, establishing mobile threat defense as a growth pillar in the region.
Led technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts; translated emerging mobile threat vectors into board-level business risk for C-level audiences.

91bc2e4Jun 2017 – Oct 2018

Mobile Security Architect — LATAM

Check Point Software Technologies · Mexico City

Led mobile security evangelism across all of LATAM, building market awareness and pipeline for an emerging mobile threat defense category; managed proof-of-concepts end to end.

450f8a1Jun 2014 – May 2017

Security Engineer

Check Point Software Technologies · Mexico City

Primary security architect for major accounts in Mexico City; developed new and existing accounts with sales reps, led RFI/RFP responses, and presented to C-level and technical audiences.
Mentored and ran workshops for key distributors, partners, and prospects; represented Check Point at regional IT industry events.

18cfa02Nov 2008 – Mar 2014

Researcher — Group of Advanced Internet Services

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) · Madrid, Spain

Designed, built, and deployed next-generation Internet technologies from in-house R&D through to working test-beds; led technical work packages in European/Spanish research projects (FIspace, SmartAgriFood, Mobicome, mIO!, THOFU).
Researched Publish/Subscribe systems, SOA, and M2M protocols (MQTT) — foundational work for today's distributed and IoT architectures — producing peer-reviewed publications and international conference talks. Taught Java and Android to students and industry professionals.

0a7e9d5Jul 2010 – Oct 2010

Visiting Researcher — Ericsson Research, NomadicLab

Helsinki, Finland

Researched information-centric networking architectures and the PubSubHubbub protocol under the EU PSIRP project; work contributed to peer-reviewed publications on future Internet architectures.

rootAug 2006 – Nov 2008

Security Engineer

Soluciones Seguras S.A. · Panama City, Panama

Designed and implemented enterprise security architectures across Panama and Central America — Check Point and Nokia IPSO firewalls (HA clusters, VPNs), TippingPoint IDS/IPS, Websense/SurfControl, Barracuda, GFI — with hands-on vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. Delivered security training.

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Ph.D. — Telematics Systems Engineering

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain · 2014

International Doctorate Mention. Dissertation: “Contribution to integration and coordination mechanisms for mobile distributed services in publish/subscribe networks” — doi.org/10.20868/UPM.thesis.23322

M.Sc. — Telematics Services and Network Engineering

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain · 2010

B.E. — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Universidad de Panamá, Panama · 2007

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CISSP CCSP CCSM CCSE CCSA CEH Security+ Linux+ AWS Cloud Practitioner

IEEE Senior Member (ComSoc / Computer Society volunteer) · Peer reviewer: IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, KSII TIIS, Network Protocols and Algorithms

$ tail -f /var/log/talks_and_media.log

[PUB] Moving Target Defense Implementation for IoT — CPX 2025

[PUB] Enhancing a Moving Target Defense Solution for IoT Agents with Task Distribution — IEEE ICCST 2025

[TALK] Springfield Tech Squared 2025

[TALK] CPX 2025

[TALK] Region One Cybersecurity Conference 2024

[TALK] Guarding the Gates — CPX 2024

[TALK] mWISE 2023

[TALK] Data Connectors Dallas 2022

[TALK] FEI Dallas 2022

[MEDIA] Univision — live nationwide segment (2026)

[MEDIA] Telemundo — tax-season & FIFA World Cup cyber scams (2026)

[PUB] 15+ peer-reviewed publications on mobile security, publish/subscribe systems, and distributed services — Google Scholar

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mail [email protected] linkedin /in/moralesaugusto scholar Google Scholar profile

location Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

Languages: Spanish (native) · English (fluent)