What are the CEO's top priorities for you in the coming year? “Customer satisfaction and the ability to scale ahead of business needs are eSentire’s top priorities.”
What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? "... I believe the most important aspect of my job is to educate others on how to be good stewards of safe cybersecurity practices."
What is the biggest issue that you’re helping customers with at the moment? "Amidst the covid-19 pandemic, our customers are scrambling to change their work model from dense HQ open spaces to work-from-home and small remote branch...
What are the most common mistakes made by candidates in an interview? “I think people assume that being a functional expert is enough to get them a job…”
What roles or skills are you finding (or anticipate to be) the most difficult to fill? “Cloud engineering skills are really hard to find… I can see technical auditing of cloud security becoming increasingly challenging.”
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What is the biggest issue that you’re helping customers with at the moment? "Making the correct, informed decisions about their technology roadmap and how it fits in with their business needs."
What are the three skills or abilities you look for in prospective candidates? “The first thing you look for in a candidate is whether they have the technical ability to do the job. Then for me it’s all about personality, work ethic...
Does the conventional CIO role include responsibilities it should not hold? “Executive roles on the technical side of the house are becoming less standardised in their responsibilities list.”
Are there any technologies which you think are overhyped? "...the unregulated nature of cryptocurrencies ends up helping out bad actors and is definitely overhyped."