Expert-Curated Cybersecurity Insights
Our cybersecurity content is crafted by the experts who live and breathe security every day. Meet the professionals behind the terminology and concepts—seasoned practitioners who bring clarity, context, and real-world relevance to complex topics.
Joe Lee
Vice President of Product Management
Joe Lee is Vice President of Product Management at Trend Micro, where he leads global strategy and product development for enterprise email and network security solutions. Joe brings over 30 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, with a career that spans infrastructure design, datacenter operations, and security leadership. His earlier roles—ranging from building IT departments from the ground up in Europe and Japan to leading Security Operations Centers in Taiwan and the Philippines—have given him a deep, hands-on understanding of enterprise challenges.
This foundation fuels his ability to craft innovative, scalable solutions that align with real-world needs. Joe is known for his strategic vision, mentorship of global product teams, and ability to drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver market-leading security products
Michael Habibi
Vice President of Product Management
Michael Habibi is a cybersecurity leader with over 12 years of experience, specializing in product development and strategic innovation. As Vice President of Product Management at Trend Micro, Michael drives the alignment of the endpoint product strategy with the rapidly evolving threat landscape.
Michael’s approach is grounded in customer-centric design, data-driven insights, and agile methodologies—principles that have consistently shaped his leadership in product development.
With expertise in product strategy, user experience, competitive analysis, data analytics, and technical leadership, Michael brings a well-rounded and impactful perspective on the intersection of security and technology
Kent Stevens
Vice President of Product Management
Kent Stevens is Vice President of Product Management at Trend Micro, where he leads global strategy for the Vision One cybersecurity platform, managed services, and service provider ecosystem. With a background spanning security operations, sales engineering, and product leadership, Kent brings a practical, end-to-end view of cybersecurity. He focuses on enabling scalable, proactive security with XDR, AI, and multi-tenancy. Kent regularly speaks on the future of managed services, ecosystem innovation, and risk-based security outcomes.
Fernando Cardoso
Vice President of Product Management
Fernando Cardoso is the Vice President of Product Management at Trend Micro, focusing on the ever-evolving world of AI and cloud. His career began as a Network and Sales Engineer, where he honed his skills in datacenters, cloud, DevOps, and cybersecurity—areas that continue to fuel his passion.
Bringing over 13 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Fernando has led numerous initiatives in cloud security, DevSecOps, and AI security, working closely with global customers and strategic partners like AWS, NVIDIA, and Microsoft. He is also a recognized thought leader and frequent speaker at global events, from AWS re:Invent to NVIDIA GTC and the AI Summit at Black Hat.
Fernando leads a global team of product managers, driving go-to-market strategies, conducting market research, and delivering innovations that continue to shape the future of secure, intelligent cloud environments.
Jayce Chang
Vice President of Product Management
Jayce Chang is the Vice President of Product Management, with a strategic focus on Security Operations, XDR, and Agentic SIEM/SOAR. Over the course of a dynamic career, Jayce has worn many hats, from Test Developer and QA Manager to Project Manager—building a deep foundation across core technologies, commercial solutions, and the SMB/MSP space. This breadth of experience fuels a product vision that’s both technically grounded and market-savvy—leading initiatives that shape the future of threat detection and response.
Scott Sargeant
Vice President of Product Management
Scott Sargeant, Vice President of Product Management, is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in delivering enterprise-class solutions across the cybersecurity and IT landscape. His comprehensive understanding of the full product lifecycle—from concept and design to implementation and market launch—has made him an integral player in leading the strategic direction and execution of the Trend’s approach to cyber risk exposure management.
Scott is a proven project leader and team builder, with over a decade of experience managing global support teams and delivering ITIL-based services within strict SLAs. His leadership continues to shape the future of cybersecurity by helping organizations prioritize risk, benchmark performance, and build stronger, more resilient digital infrastructures.
Richard Werner
Cybersecurity Platform Lead, Europe
As the Cybersecurity Platform Lead, Europe, Richard Werner drives Trend Micro's platform strategy at the European level. He advises customers, interested parties and channel partners on risk and compliance issues and acts as a press spokesperson.
Previously, he served as a business consultant, communicating with larger corporate customers and journalists and giving presentations on strategic topics. Richard Werner, who has been with the company since 2000, has already held various senior positions in the technical and solution sales areas for the Japanese cybersecurity vendor. Among other things, he was head of the presales team and a senior sales engineer.
Before joining Trend Micro, Richard Werner gained professional experience in the food and logistics industries.
Udo Schneider
Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead, Europe
As Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead Europe, Udo Schneider is an expert on topics such as NIS2 and DORA, which he covers in webinars or at events, in front of customers and partners and as a speaker for the press. Udo Schneider also supports sales at customer meetings and creates detailed assets, such as a recently published NIS2 whitepaper.
In his previous position as IoT Security Evangelist Europe, he specialized in topics such as Industry 4.0, connected (production) systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). Even before his specialization, Udo Schneider served as a Security Evangelist to educate about general IT security threats, having spent several years as a Solution Architect (EMEA) developing suitable measures against these threats.
Udo Schneider can look back on more than 20 years of experience in the field of IT security, which he has gained not only with Trend Micro but also with other leading providers in the industry.