Ron Sharon

Ron Sharon (born 3 October 1979) is an Israeli-American technologist, cyber security expert and information privacy advocate. He currently serves as the Vice President of IT at Mercer Advisors. He is a highly acclaimed cybersecurity specialist with over a decade’s experience and has successfully completed numerous projects for IT security and infrastructure.
Sharon is considered as one of the leading IT security experts, who holds multiple certifications from (ISC)², AXELOS, and Wharton. Throughout his career, he has worked for several prolific companies such as Ibotta, Maxsys, and Zetta Pros. Sharon specializes in cloud architecture, disaster recovery, KPI analysis, and change management.
As a keynote speaker, Sharon speaks at conferences and industry events on the topics of cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and product design. He has been often covered by the media publications for his steadfast professional journey by Influencive, Daily Scanner, Business News Ledger, Sunrise News, Tech Times, Toggle Magazine, and others. 
==Early life and education==
Sharon was born on October 3, 1979, in Israel. He grew up with two older siblings. When Sharon was nine years old, he got his first computer with a 286 processor and 8 megabytes of RAM. 
Later, as a teenager, Sharon enlisted in Israel Defense Forces, where he served as an MP and then enrolled in the Diversity Visa Program. A year later, Sharon became one of the 100,000 individuals that won and moved to the United States. He then acquired a certificate in Leadership and Management. from the University of Pennsylvania.
==Career==
Sharon started his career in early 2000 at an OEM car parts facility in Huntington Beach, where he packed water pumps. He then became a youth counselor for Israeli Scouts in Irvine. A year later, Sharon ventured into the IT industry with the help of a friend and became an IT manager for a test equipment manufacturing company.
In 2008, Sharon became the director of technology at Zetta Pros, an IT services platform, where he worked for over five years. During his time there, Sharon oversaw IT operations for a number of Global 500 clients, including the Clippers and Cannon. He also played an integral role in hiking up the company's overall ROI.
In 2014, Sharon became a senior IT security consultant at Maxsys LLC, where he worked for over two years. During his time there, Sharon created and implemented several security programs and played a major role in increasing the company’s overall productivity by 15%.
In 2016, Sharon became the director of technology at Ibotta, where he worked for two years. During his time there he led a team of 7 managers and was responsible for reducing connectivity costs and downtime.
In 2018, Sharon joined Mercer Advisors as a director of IT and within two years was promoted to the post of VP - leading a team of 15 business executives. In 2020 he also became a member of Aphinia.
==Licenses and certifications==
* Scrum Master Certified (SMC), Scrum Alliance, Issued in 2017 
* ITIL Foundation, AXELOS Global Best Practices, Issued in 2017
* CISSP, (ISC)², Issued in 2018
* ITIL Practitioner, AXELOS Global Best Practices, Issued in 2018
* Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, Issued in 2020
* Leadership and Management Certificate Program, Wharton Online, Issued in 2021
==Personal life==
Sharon is married with one daughter. He is fluent in Hebrew and English.
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official website
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Category:1979 births
Category:American technology executives
Category:People associated with computer security
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:American people of Israeli descent