Sameer Istafa Email Address

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation s leading gift, home furnishings and area rug marketplace and the largest trade mart/tradeshow complex of its kind in the world.

Uncertainties. Risks. Vulnerabilities. The potential for breach of privacy, loss of money, and disruption to critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks is ever-expanding, and safeguarding valuable information and business assets has become vital to large organizations across the globe. More than that, businesses must safeguard the public trust in technology and data. Incident Tracking. Countermeasures. Mitigation Strategies. My role as a IT executive and cybersecurity professional is to protect large organizations from the vulnerabilities inherent in a high-tech world. As a senior director of IT, I shape the vision and strategy of mission-critical, transformative initiatives across complex environments and diverse industries. Adept at building and deploying best-in-class IT infrastructure solutions, I strive to achieve alignment with business objectives through effective process development, resource management, and tactical strategy. My charge as a leader is to assemble, train, and inspire only the best technical experts to identify market opportunities, trends, barriers, and competition to deliver innovative solutions to power consistent performance by eliminating all threats and risks. Specialty areas include: Leadership & Management, IT Operations, Information Security, Network Security, Strategic Planning, Corporate Transformation, Change Initiatives, Vulnerability Testing, System Administration, Project Management, Budget Monitoring, Threat Analysis & Resolution, Multifactor Authentication, Virtualization, Data Centers, WAN/LAN, Exchange Migration/Administration, Network Monitoring, Active Directory, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Continuous Process Improvement, Vendor Management, Team Oversight, Mentoring & Training, Customer Service Technical areas include: VMware | Nessus | CyberArk | Forescout | Appgate | SQL | AppGate Zero Trust | CrowdStrike | Cybraics | Varonis | Palo Alto | Okta Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Exchange | Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)