About Jay

Jason (“Jay”) Mar-Tang is a cybersecurity GTM leader with more than 20 years in technology and over 16 years of experience across security operations, identity, offensive security, and enterprise security strategy.

He began his career in New York City at 17, working in IT at Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP. Through the INROADS program, Jay later joined MetLife as an intern and went on to work full-time while completing his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Hofstra University.

In 2010, he joined RSA, where he built a broad foundation across multifactor authentication, data loss prevention, SIEM, network forensics, endpoint detection, and incident response. In 2017, he joined CyberArk, deepening his focus on privileged identity security and identity-driven attack paths. In 2020, he joined Pentera, where he expanded into offensive security validation, later leading Solutions Engineering across North America and Latin America before serving as Field CISO.

In 2025, Jay co-founded SURGE, helping shape product strategy, technical positioning, customer engagement, and market narrative around forensic visibility, investigation, and assurance.

He now serves as a Senior Sales Engineer at Obsidian Security, where he helps organizations secure modern SaaS and identity environments by turning technical complexity into clear, measurable security outcomes.