About
Mike Duong is VP of Sales Engineering at Vega, where he leads sales engineering organizations supporting enterprise and strategic accounts. He has built global SE teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, scaling from zero to $75M ARR, and has worked on SE orgs supporting over $150M in pipeline in the cybersecurity sector. His work includes partnering with CROs and founders on enterprise deals and advising CISOs on detection, response, and security architecture.
Founder at Vega Security
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Co-founders at Vega Security
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Shay Sandler
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Yonni Shelmerdine
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Ofir Nir
Experience
- VegaVP, Sales Engineeringcurrent2025 — present
- Obsidian SecurityGlobal VP, Sales Engineering2025
- Obsidian SecurityVP, Sales Engineering - North America and APAC2023 — 2025
- Obsidian SecurityHead of Sales Engineering2021 — 2023
- LaceworkSales Engineering Leader, West2021
- SplunkSenior Sales Engineer2019 — 2021
- NetskopeSenior Sales Engineer2018 — 2019
- Shape SecuritySales Engineer2016 — 2018Mountain View, California
- Shape SecuritySolutions Architect2014 — 2016Mountain View, California
- A10 NetworksSenior Professional Services Consultant2013 — 2014
- A10 NetworksSenior Network Support Engineer2011 — 2013
- NASA Ames Research CenterEngineering Intern2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Value Propositions2Technical Discussions1PresentationsStrategic InitiativesNetworking TechnologyLeadership1Interpersonal SkillsExecutive Relationships1CommunicationOSPF4TCP/IP16Networking18
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LinuxNetwork ArchitectureRoutingIPEthernetSwitchesBGPCloud ComputingSecurityNetwork DesignData CenterNetwork Security- Splunk Core Certified Power User — Splunk
- CISSP — ISC2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Duong?
- Mike Duong is VP of Sales Engineering at Vega, where he leads sales engineering organizations supporting enterprise and strategic accounts. He has built global SE teams across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, scaling from zero to $75M ARR, and has worked on SE orgs supporting over $150M in pipeline in the cybersecurity sector. His work includes partnering with CROs and founders on enterprise deals and advising CISOs on detection, response, and security architecture.
- Where does Mike Duong work?
- Mike Duong is Founder of Vega Security.
- What companies did Mike Duong found?
- Mike Duong founded Vega Security.
- Where did Mike Duong go to school?
- Mike Duong studied at University of California, Santa Cruz (Bachelor's Degree, Astrophysics); Stanford Continuing Studies.
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