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C-suite career advice: Lindsey Zuloaga, HireVue
What tips would you give to someone aiming for a c-level position? "When aiming for a long-term goal in a c-level position, it’s best to drop the ego, be humble, and learn from others."
Secret CSO: Christine Bejerasco, WithSecure
What do you feel is the most important aspect of your job? “Embedding cyber security thinking into everything we do. We can no longer separate our real world into physical and digital, they are blended.”
CTO Sessions: Stephen Green, NTT
What makes an effective tech strategy? “An effective tech strategy is one that meets and enables the requirements of the business. There is no point in tech for tech’s sake…”
C-Suite Career Advice: Philipp Buschmann, AAZZUR
What tips would you give to someone aiming for a c-level position? “Be kind, ask for what you want and put yourself out there.”
Secret CSO: Ash Hunt, Apex Group
Is the security skills shortage affecting your organisation? “There is no skills shortage for 90% of security roles, just poor hiring strategies focusing on the wrong target audiences.”
CTO Sessions: Rajeev Sharma, Grid Dynamics
How do you align your technology use to meet business goals? “Technology is always subservient to business goals and vision. The best way to align technology with the business is to start with business needs…”
C-suite career advice: Gareth Jones, Thomas International
What was the most valuable piece of career advice that you received? “Create an adult-to-adult environment where people tell you what’s really going on. Otherwise you are leading in the dark.”
Secret CSO: Mike Scott, Immuta
What's the best career advice you ever received? “Soft skills are almost as essential as technical skills, and the higher you rise in your career, the more vital they become.”
CTO Sessions: Yair Hershko, Zadara
Are there any technologies which you think are overhyped? “Technologies are born to solve challenges and I don’t believe there are any overhyped technologies.”
C-suite career advice: Lalit Ahluwalia, Inspira Enterprise
What tips would you give to someone aiming for a c-level position? “Embracing a broad vision of the business, no matter your specialisation.”
Secret CSO: Mike Johnson, Fastly
What conferences are on your must-attend list? “I love the spirit and content of Security BSides events. Find the one closest to you, join that community, and attend!”
CTO Sessions: Ruchir Swarup, Addepar
What type of CTO are you? “As CTO, the most important thing for me is to make sure I’m creating a culture of camaraderie not competition…”
C-suite career advice: Eyal Benishti, IRONSCALES
What advice would you give to someone starting their career in IT/tech? “Jump right in, don’t wait until you feel ‘ready.’”
Secret CSO: Todd Dekkinga, Zluri
What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “Learn as much as you can, get a mentor, network with other security folks.”
CTO Sessions: Danny Fields, Avalara
What is the biggest issue that you’re helping customers with at the moment? “We’re solving the 5,000-year-old challenge of tax for our customers by applying automation.”
C-suite career advice: Dave Grow, Lucid
What are some common misconceptions about working in IT/tech? “That tech companies are only cut out for highly technical candidates. The reality is that the vast majority of tech companies need great people in marketing, sales,...
Secret CSO: Alex Tosheff, VMware
What advice would you give to aspiring security leaders? “If you don’t make the time to invest in yourself as a leader, a situation will force you to find that time in the most stressful way possible…”
CTO Sessions: Michael Smith, Neustar Security Services
What predictions do you have for the role of the CTO in the future? As Marc Andreesen said, ‘Software is going to eat the world’ and the CTO will be the driving force behind that.”
C-suite career advice: Jennifer Lee, Intradiem
Which would you recommend: A coding bootcamp or a computer science degree? “Becoming a balanced, effective technology leader rests on a combination of the broadest possible education and the most narrowly focused skills training.”
