Rod Trent
Senior Technical Program Manager, Advocacy at Microsoft Security Insights Show
Middletown, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolRod Trent is a Senior Technical Program Manager and longtime Microsoft security advocate with over six years focused on cloud security programs and developer advocacy, now leading advocacy initiatives from Middletown, Ohio. He blends a builder’s mindset and strategic thinking developed over decades running communities, content, and product teams—from founding myITforum to directing enterprise security response and Microsoft Sentinel subject-matter expertise. Comfortable both on-stage (co-hosting the Microsoft Security Insights Show) and in the trenches, he translates complex security engineering into actionable programs and community-driven education. Rod’s career crosses editorial, product marketing, and hands-on cyber roles, giving him rare fluency in messaging, technical enablement, and incident response. Known for a candid, individual perspective (his concise GitHub bio says “I'm me, not you”), he pairs pragmatic creativity with deep community roots to drive adoption and measurable security outcomes.
6 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Southwestern College of BusinessMiami University3rd degree, mostly, 3rd degree, mostly at Middletown Christian School
Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
garmin10
microsoft10
cybersecurity10
microsoft-azure10
analytics10
security10
azure-sentinel10
azure10
copilot10
sentinel10
kql10
developer-relations10
intelligent10
kubernetes9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rod-trent/OnPremSecMonitoring4Sentinel
Oct 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:32 commits, 14 pushes in 9 months
rod-trent/SentinelKQL
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:388 commits, 4 PRs, 473 pushes in 2 years 10 months
azure-sentinelkqlkubernetesazuresentinel
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