Helping Keep Your Business Safe.
As our Cybersecurity Practice Manager, Jason Fenoglio is our resident expert in, you guessed it, pretty much everything cybersecurity.
“My job is to provide security best practices internally for our employee-owners and externally for our clients,” states Jason. “My goal is to bring full visibility to the networks we protect so we can all sleep at night. If I get woken up occasionally to assist with security issues, that’s fine, as long as it’s not a Nokia ringtone that wakes me up,” he laughs.
Building a Cybersecurity Career
After being born and raised in the Dallas metroplex, Jason’s first job wasn’t exactly in technology—he worked in the restaurant and bell stand at the Wichita Marriott, despite his inability to parallel park. “It was super helpful because I drove guests around the city, and that’s how I learned where everything is in Wichita,” he states. “I also met many celebrities during my tenure there.”
Speaking of celebrities, if he could have dinner with anyone, he’d choose John Krasinski or Randall Park, “both were Jim on ‘The Office,’” he jokes.
In the technology world, Jason has always enjoyed working on computers, and he worked primarily in media and design before developing a love for infrastructure architecture.
“When I first started at High Touch, there was a Citrix project that I was added to very quickly. It ended up being a great way to meet and work with leadership and other market members in order to turn things around for a functional solution. Even though the difficulty of this project was high, it was a great starting memory in meeting my colleagues. “
Bringing the Human Touch to Cybersecurity
Jason began his career with High Touch in 2020 and has made a tremendous contribution to our growing cybersecurity practice since.
“Everyone I’ve worked with at High Touch has been great, and our Leadership team fosters new ideas, which is very motivational for me. What makes our team different is that we create user-centric solutions. It is more about what the customer needs and not about what we can sell them this month. We help align our partnership strategies with our clients to build long-standing relationships.”
What About When He’s Not Working?
Outside the office, you can catch Jason embarrassing his family with dad jokes, playing Pokemon Go (even though his son outgrew it), or volunteering with his wife’s nonprofit organization, StopSuicideICT.
20 Things You Might Not Know About Jason Fenoglio
Is anyone up for a karaoke night with Jason? How about figuring out what jumping into a pool of hundreds of screaming chicken toys sounds like? As part of our Employee Spotlight interview, we ask a series of lighthearted questions to highlight the unique, diverse personalities that make our High Touch team great.
1. If you could move to any other High Touch market, which one would you choose?
Dallas—I was born and raised in the metroplex, and most of my family is from there.
2. If you could jump into a pool of anything of your choosing, what would you fill it with?
Hundreds of screaming chicken toys. Just imagine the sound that would make.
3. What’s one quirky thing people don’t know about you?
I used to do karaoke shows all over town.
4. Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Only if both sides are detached, and then it’s a hoagie.
5. Who or where would you haunt if you were a ghost?
Finland. All of Finland.
6. What was your first job?
I worked in the restaurant and bell stand at the Wichita Marriott. I also drove guests around the city, and that’s how I learned where everything is in Wichita. I also met many celebrities during my tenure there.
7. Does a cyclops wink or blink?
It depends on how long the laser needs to shoot from its eye. (X-Men reference)
8. What’s something you wish you could automate?
Mowing the lawn.
9. What’s your favorite mobile app or website?
Pokémon Go. I used to play it with my oldest son, but he’s grown up and doesn’t play anymore. I haven’t grown up.
10. Which famous person would you have dinner with and why?
Either John Krasinski or Randall Park. Both were Jim on “The Office.”
11. Do you have any pets or kids?
I have three kids, ages 17, 6, and 4.
12. Do you do any volunteer or community involvement work?
I help with my wife’s nonprofit organization, StopSuicideICT.
13. What’s the most awkward thing you do on a regular basis?
Embarrass my family daily, typically with dad jokes.
14. What’s your spirit animal, and why?
My four-year-old daughter, because she doesn’t have a care in the world and lives by her own rules. She’s many other of our friends’ spirit animal as well.
15. If you could breed two different animals together, which two would you pick, and what would you call the new lifeform you’ve created?
A unicorn and a velociraptor, but such an animal would be entirely too dangerous, so let’s just end that answer here.
16. Would you rather go 30 days without your phone, or three months with no dessert?
I’m on keto now, so I could go without dessert. Plus, how will I get into my computer without my phone?
17. Do you have any superstitions?
I don’t discuss the status of my team in any sports games. I feel it jinxes it.
18. What’s something you always do wrong the first time?
Parallel park.
19. If you had a warning label, what would it say?
Caution: may sustain an injury at any time.
20. You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t give it away or sell it. What would you do with the elephant?
I would find some way to store it in my daughter’s room, because she would demand that it always be with her.
Bringing the Human Touch to Technology.
Thank you, Jason, for everything you do for High Touch!