On the lighter side of things , we ask the industry experts what makes them tick . . . .

Making the President ’ s Club for the first time back in 2011 , while working for Vocus , was a big deal for me . In the sales game , it ’ s the highest of the highs and nothing is more rewarding than receiving that recognition . I strive to get there every year if I can and have managed it four times since , most recently in 2019 , while working for SolarWinds . My aim will be continue to add on to the previous successes each year moving forward .

What first made you think of a career in technology ?

Growing up , technology was massive in my household . My older brother was one of the first to have the Nokia 1011 mobile . It was a big brick but , back in 1992 , the coolest thing ever .

how they created Microsoft , and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak with Apple , and Larry Ellison with Oracle . I was inspired by their mix of innovation , creativity and business acumen , and after that , I started being a bit of a geek .

What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?

I believe in empowering my team by setting clear objectives and metrics for success , and then working collaboratively with them to create programs and implement tactics that will help achieve our goals . It ’ s important to take your team on a journey and this helps achieves their goals and the business objectives .

What do you think is the current hot technology talking point ?

When he left it on the table , I ’ d go and play around with it . There wasn ’ t anything you could do besides make calls but having it in your hand and walking around with it was a buzz . I still have a drawers full of old model mobile phones . Then , in high school , there was a subject called information and technology and in one of the lessons we covered Silicon Valley . A video was shown and talked about Paul Allen and Bill Gates and

Cybersecurity , automation and integration and cloud migration . Cybersecurity is number one . People knew it was important a couple of years ago but they weren ’ t motivated to act . Now , hackers are getting smarter and we ’ re seeing a lot of breaches . With the US government issuing executive orders about improving national cybersecurity , companies are realizing things are getting pretty serious and you have to have a solution .

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