WEBVTT NOTE Created by CaptionSync from Automatic Sync Technologies www.automaticsync.com 00:00:00.066 --> 00:00:01.386 align:middle >> Thanks, great to be here. 00:00:01.386 --> 00:00:05.756 align:middle Very humbled that you allowed me to speak to the folks. 00:00:05.756 --> 00:00:08.986 align:middle So congratulations to all you graduates. 00:00:09.406 --> 00:00:15.396 align:middle When I started in school, a long time ago, we didn't actually have courses 00:00:15.396 --> 00:00:18.856 align:middle in cybersecurity or IT, information technology. 00:00:18.856 --> 00:00:26.496 align:middle So it's been so cool to see the university and education industry take this up. 00:00:26.496 --> 00:00:28.256 align:middle Because it's definitely needed. 00:00:28.256 --> 00:00:30.786 align:middle So, I wanted to talk a little bit about my background 00:00:30.786 --> 00:00:33.506 align:middle and give you some of the journey that I've done. 00:00:33.506 --> 00:00:36.616 align:middle I'm 27 years on cybersecurity. 00:00:36.986 --> 00:00:40.206 align:middle Feels like I just started just the other day. 00:00:40.206 --> 00:00:42.546 align:middle But it's been a long time. 00:00:43.166 --> 00:00:45.796 align:middle My background is I'm from Michigan. 00:00:45.796 --> 00:00:50.616 align:middle Went to Michigan State University and got a BS in electrical engineering. 00:00:51.236 --> 00:00:54.606 align:middle What's interesting, I had a minor in computer engineering with that, 00:00:54.706 --> 00:00:57.476 align:middle and I actually never used my double E degree. 00:00:57.476 --> 00:01:01.156 align:middle So I never got into electrical engineering as a profession. 00:01:01.156 --> 00:01:06.436 align:middle I ended up taking some computer classes and interesting enough, 00:01:06.436 --> 00:01:10.426 align:middle my first computer course was Fortran with punch cards. 00:01:10.936 --> 00:01:15.886 align:middle A lot of you probably have no idea what that means, but basically you had these punch cards 00:01:15.886 --> 00:01:20.366 align:middle and you had to feed them into a machine and it would come out with - and it was your program - 00:01:20.366 --> 00:01:25.636 align:middle and I can't tell you how many times my rubber band around my punch cards broke. 00:01:25.636 --> 00:01:27.956 align:middle And I lost my whole program. 00:01:27.956 --> 00:01:29.616 align:middle Because they were all out of order. 00:01:29.616 --> 00:01:31.636 align:middle But it was fun. 00:01:31.636 --> 00:01:36.476 align:middle So I actually, when I graduated, I graduated in 1987 from Michigan State. 00:01:36.476 --> 00:01:43.856 align:middle And my sister was working for a company out in Sunnyvale, California, out where you guys are. 00:01:43.856 --> 00:01:49.916 align:middle And she said hey, we need a programmer for a program we have at work. 00:01:49.916 --> 00:01:51.606 align:middle So she got me my first job. 00:01:51.956 --> 00:01:57.436 align:middle And I did computer program, computer engineering and computer code. 00:01:57.546 --> 00:02:00.066 align:middle So basically I programmed in 0 and 1's. 00:02:00.066 --> 00:02:03.496 align:middle It was, so I did that for about three years. 00:02:03.496 --> 00:02:07.106 align:middle And I found out again I wasn't really cut out to be a programmer. 00:02:07.816 --> 00:02:12.116 align:middle I sat at a desk for, you know, all day programming. 00:02:12.116 --> 00:02:15.586 align:middle And I just kind of learned that I didn't want to do that. 00:02:15.586 --> 00:02:18.796 align:middle So I shifted jobs at that point, and you know, 00:02:18.796 --> 00:02:21.106 align:middle Michelle talked about being nimble in your career. 00:02:21.106 --> 00:02:26.096 align:middle And so I'm actually probably like Gumby because I'll talk about it, 00:02:26.096 --> 00:02:28.816 align:middle but I've done a lot of different jobs around. 00:02:28.816 --> 00:02:34.226 align:middle So I took that, I took a job into, with a company and I got 00:02:34.226 --> 00:02:37.966 align:middle into sales of computer equipment. 00:02:37.966 --> 00:02:39.686 align:middle And my background was in Unix. 00:02:39.686 --> 00:02:46.326 align:middle So I started selling Unix servers and PCs and all that for that company. 00:02:46.326 --> 00:02:49.186 align:middle And I kind of did that for a number of years. 00:02:49.186 --> 00:02:51.736 align:middle I moved around for a couple of different jobs. 00:02:52.006 --> 00:02:56.116 align:middle But then interesting enough, I was out of work for a little while. 00:02:56.116 --> 00:03:02.976 align:middle And I had just, I had met a lady who eventually became my wife, but at the time was out of work 00:03:02.976 --> 00:03:05.296 align:middle so I figured we were going to get married. 00:03:05.296 --> 00:03:08.756 align:middle And I said I needed to get a real job again. 00:03:09.126 --> 00:03:12.626 align:middle And I looked at an ad in a newspaper. 00:03:12.676 --> 00:03:16.336 align:middle Most of you probably don't even look at newspapers anymore, but back then, 00:03:16.336 --> 00:03:21.476 align:middle this was in 1996, I answered an ad in a newspaper for a company 00:03:21.476 --> 00:03:22.946 align:middle that was looking for a salesperson. 00:03:23.526 --> 00:03:25.266 align:middle So I went and did an interview. 00:03:25.266 --> 00:03:27.746 align:middle And there's a gentleman named Jim Leonard. 00:03:27.746 --> 00:03:30.756 align:middle Looked at my background, looked at my resume, and said hey, 00:03:30.756 --> 00:03:32.506 align:middle you've got a good technical background. 00:03:32.776 --> 00:03:34.886 align:middle We need a sales engineer. 00:03:35.256 --> 00:03:37.646 align:middle And he's like would you do that? 00:03:37.646 --> 00:03:40.686 align:middle And I was like well, I'll do anything, I just need a job. 00:03:40.686 --> 00:03:46.296 align:middle So, he ended up hiring me as a sales engineer and I was the second sales engineer hired 00:03:46.296 --> 00:03:49.696 align:middle in North America for my company, called Trend Micro. 00:03:49.696 --> 00:03:53.666 align:middle Trend Micro's been in cybersecurity since 1988. 00:03:53.786 --> 00:03:56.556 align:middle So I was very early on, we're 35 years. 00:03:56.556 --> 00:03:59.206 align:middle I've been with them now for 27 years. 00:03:59.696 --> 00:04:03.766 align:middle So I know I'm probably atypical for most people these days who move 00:04:03.766 --> 00:04:05.946 align:middle from company to company to company. 00:04:05.946 --> 00:04:07.586 align:middle I did that early in my career. 00:04:07.586 --> 00:04:11.976 align:middle But then I started with Trend Micro and I've been with them for 27 years. 00:04:11.976 --> 00:04:16.886 align:middle Now, one of the reasons why I've stayed so long is one, that's a great company. 00:04:16.886 --> 00:04:18.246 align:middle I've loved the people there. 00:04:18.246 --> 00:04:19.376 align:middle I love the owners. 00:04:19.566 --> 00:04:24.736 align:middle In fact, our founder, one of our founders is our CEO, Eva Chen. 00:04:25.046 --> 00:04:29.586 align:middle Which again, is atypical in technology, having a female CEO. 00:04:29.586 --> 00:04:33.246 align:middle Our company has a lot of diversity. 00:04:33.246 --> 00:04:34.646 align:middle We are a global company. 00:04:34.646 --> 00:04:38.496 align:middle So, that's the other reason I love working with Trend Micro. 00:04:38.496 --> 00:04:42.056 align:middle Because I work with employees that are all over the world. 00:04:42.056 --> 00:04:45.106 align:middle We work in 65 countries around the world. 00:04:45.106 --> 00:04:49.776 align:middle So I get to interface with, you know, the Japanese, with the Indians, 00:04:49.776 --> 00:04:55.646 align:middle with people in Canada, with people in South America, Brazil, China, you name it. 00:04:55.646 --> 00:04:58.106 align:middle I've been able to work with people in those. 00:04:58.106 --> 00:05:01.746 align:middle So it's been a fantastic opportunity for me. 00:05:02.716 --> 00:05:04.726 align:middle But inside, I was a sales engineer. 00:05:04.726 --> 00:05:06.756 align:middle And I started working, doing stuff. 00:05:06.756 --> 00:05:08.906 align:middle I did some sales engineering management. 00:05:09.196 --> 00:05:12.856 align:middle And I want to share a lesson for you. 00:05:12.856 --> 00:05:16.026 align:middle Because I had a little hiccup in my career at Trend Micro. 00:05:16.026 --> 00:05:21.236 align:middle And what happened was I was a little upset with my manager. 00:05:21.436 --> 00:05:28.956 align:middle And I had a friend at work that I used to -- he still actually works with us, too. 00:05:28.956 --> 00:05:32.976 align:middle And I vented to him via email. 00:05:32.976 --> 00:05:37.406 align:middle And unfortunately, that email was addressed to my boss, not him. 00:05:37.856 --> 00:05:41.886 align:middle And so my boss got this email, and I obviously, at the time, 00:05:41.886 --> 00:05:48.976 align:middle I didn't write a very flattering look at what he was doing at the time. 00:05:48.976 --> 00:05:52.126 align:middle And so, you know, life lesson there, if you're going to communicate to somebody, 00:05:52.126 --> 00:05:55.736 align:middle make sure you are communicating to the person you are supposed 00:05:55.846 --> 00:06:00.366 align:middle to be communicating with, but also, you know, suck it up. 00:06:00.366 --> 00:06:02.916 align:middle I shouldn't have done that. 00:06:02.916 --> 00:06:06.326 align:middle It was bad manners on my part. 00:06:06.356 --> 00:06:08.366 align:middle But we all get frustrated at times. 00:06:08.366 --> 00:06:15.066 align:middle But just again, take time, sit down, take a deep breath before you vent too much. 00:06:15.066 --> 00:06:21.646 align:middle So unfortunately at that time, I wanted to stay at Trend Micro but I knew I was not going 00:06:21.646 --> 00:06:23.956 align:middle to further my career under this person. 00:06:23.956 --> 00:06:26.326 align:middle So I decided to move into marketing. 00:06:26.886 --> 00:06:29.126 align:middle So it's interesting, I went from a technical role, 00:06:29.126 --> 00:06:32.156 align:middle sales engineering role, into the marketing side. 00:06:32.156 --> 00:06:35.846 align:middle And my nature is kind of an introvert. 00:06:36.246 --> 00:06:38.796 align:middle But I've always enjoyed public speaking. 00:06:38.796 --> 00:06:43.326 align:middle So I started to do a lot more public speaking at that point. 00:06:43.586 --> 00:06:46.936 align:middle They would have me go and do events and I would speak on -- 00:06:46.936 --> 00:06:49.676 align:middle about cybersecurity at events and stuff. 00:06:49.906 --> 00:06:52.306 align:middle And so I became a product marketing manager. 00:06:52.306 --> 00:06:55.996 align:middle And I actually launched a number of different products for us over the years. 00:06:56.156 --> 00:06:59.086 align:middle And then I got into the education side. 00:06:59.086 --> 00:07:00.296 align:middle So this is interesting. 00:07:00.296 --> 00:07:02.846 align:middle Because you all are remote learning. 00:07:02.846 --> 00:07:07.686 align:middle And this is back in probably 2000, I think? 00:07:07.836 --> 00:07:15.146 align:middle I started to build a remote learning program for Trend Micro to train our customers. 00:07:15.146 --> 00:07:17.986 align:middle So, on the products that we had. 00:07:17.986 --> 00:07:24.106 align:middle So I built a virtual classroom, I built, we had virtual machines, and we ended, you know, 00:07:24.106 --> 00:07:27.296 align:middle and I had instructors that were teaching virtually. 00:07:27.736 --> 00:07:33.396 align:middle And so we kind of started the whole remote learning type of process there back in 2000. 00:07:33.396 --> 00:07:35.286 align:middle And that worked out very well. 00:07:35.286 --> 00:07:37.556 align:middle And it was an interesting, again, it was change of a job, 00:07:37.556 --> 00:07:39.766 align:middle it was a new thing to do at the company. 00:07:39.766 --> 00:07:41.456 align:middle And it was a lot of fun. 00:07:41.456 --> 00:07:42.816 align:middle And I enjoyed that. 00:07:42.966 --> 00:07:48.246 align:middle But then I started to get into more and more into the public speaking stuff. 00:07:48.246 --> 00:07:53.966 align:middle And so actually, today, I'm basically a public speaker for Trend Micro. 00:07:53.966 --> 00:07:58.506 align:middle I speak at conferences all over the world about cybersecurity. 00:07:58.836 --> 00:08:03.576 align:middle I regularly talk about the threat landscape out there. 00:08:03.876 --> 00:08:07.176 align:middle What the malicious actors are doing out in the world. 00:08:07.176 --> 00:08:10.926 align:middle And so, it's been a lot of fun to me. 00:08:10.926 --> 00:08:13.126 align:middle And especially traveling around the world. 00:08:13.126 --> 00:08:19.106 align:middle Like I said, you can't see a lot of stuff on my walls here, but I have stuff that I've picked 00:08:19.106 --> 00:08:25.976 align:middle up over the years in my travels to be able to reminisce and memories. 00:08:25.976 --> 00:08:30.436 align:middle And I would recommend that you do that in your day to day routines. 00:08:30.436 --> 00:08:34.896 align:middle That if you do go somewhere, take some time, take an extra day to go visit. 00:08:35.236 --> 00:08:40.006 align:middle Interesting story, I was in Cairo for an event. 00:08:40.196 --> 00:08:41.686 align:middle We have an office there. 00:08:42.646 --> 00:08:50.226 align:middle And I was able to actually get some time off and I did the Pyramids, 00:08:50.226 --> 00:08:54.356 align:middle and I did a Nile, dinner on the Nile. 00:08:54.356 --> 00:08:56.096 align:middle A whole bunch of things. 00:08:56.096 --> 00:09:02.366 align:middle But what was interesting was actually I went to a Coptic church, where Jesus 00:09:02.366 --> 00:09:06.036 align:middle and Mary had spent time when they were Egypt. 00:09:06.366 --> 00:09:10.656 align:middle And the next day, a bomb went off at that Coptic church. 00:09:10.656 --> 00:09:15.076 align:middle And then about a day later, another bomb went off. 00:09:15.076 --> 00:09:18.146 align:middle So I had two bombings happening while I was in there. 00:09:18.456 --> 00:09:24.986 align:middle My manager, director at the time there, took me aside said hey, 00:09:24.986 --> 00:09:26.756 align:middle we got to get you out of the country. 00:09:26.756 --> 00:09:28.926 align:middle And I did not disagree with him. 00:09:28.926 --> 00:09:30.346 align:middle So I ended up taking off. 00:09:30.346 --> 00:09:35.176 align:middle But that's just one story of many that I could tell about travels around the world. 00:09:35.176 --> 00:09:39.796 align:middle But again, it's been fabulous to be able to do that kind of thing. 00:09:40.156 --> 00:09:44.026 align:middle You know, so, being cybersecurity gives you a lot of opportunities. 00:09:44.026 --> 00:09:46.486 align:middle So they asked me to talk a little bit about success 00:09:46.486 --> 00:09:49.016 align:middle and then I'll talk a little bit about the industry itself. 00:09:49.016 --> 00:09:52.896 align:middle I will just tell you right now, for you that are going 00:09:52.896 --> 00:09:56.346 align:middle into cybersecurity or IT, it's a fabulous industry. 00:09:56.346 --> 00:10:01.976 align:middle It's a lot of work, but it is a fabulous industry, and it's going to continue to grow. 00:10:02.136 --> 00:10:08.496 align:middle But a couple of things that I learned in my years in cybersecurity. 00:10:08.496 --> 00:10:12.726 align:middle First and foremost, I made a promise to myself early on that 00:10:12.776 --> 00:10:16.136 align:middle if somebody asked me a question, I was going to get back to them. 00:10:16.886 --> 00:10:21.526 align:middle I may not have had the answer at the time, but I got back to them quickly and I said, you know, 00:10:21.716 --> 00:10:25.156 align:middle either I gave them the answer right away or I said hey, I'm going to be able to, 00:10:25.156 --> 00:10:27.466 align:middle I'll find out that answer and I'll get back to you. 00:10:27.466 --> 00:10:31.566 align:middle And I've kept that commitment for 27 years now with Trend Micro. 00:10:31.566 --> 00:10:37.006 align:middle And I've got a very good reputation inside the company that people realize 00:10:37.006 --> 00:10:40.756 align:middle that I will follow through on any asks. 00:10:40.756 --> 00:10:46.606 align:middle And I know -- and so, I would recommend that that's something you think about doing. 00:10:46.606 --> 00:10:52.316 align:middle It can be difficult at times because you can get a ton of requests coming your way. 00:10:52.786 --> 00:10:58.066 align:middle But as long as people know that you received it and you've heard them and you are going 00:10:58.066 --> 00:11:01.746 align:middle to get back to them, they will actually help you 00:11:01.746 --> 00:11:06.606 align:middle out if you ever have need of their services as well. 00:11:06.606 --> 00:11:09.856 align:middle So, that's one thing that I would recommend for sure. 00:11:09.856 --> 00:11:13.406 align:middle So be -- and then you've heard over and over, be kind. 00:11:13.616 --> 00:11:15.986 align:middle Right? Dr. Chau talked about being kind. 00:11:15.986 --> 00:11:21.666 align:middle And that's the second thing that I've done is I regularly will tank people, 00:11:21.666 --> 00:11:25.476 align:middle I will praise people when they do good work. 00:11:25.536 --> 00:11:28.796 align:middle All of that is going to be -- is going to help you. 00:11:29.846 --> 00:11:35.946 align:middle I've been a little different in my career, I've never really strived to be an executive. 00:11:35.946 --> 00:11:40.926 align:middle I've been kind of a worker bee, so to speak. 00:11:41.056 --> 00:11:42.486 align:middle Over the years. 00:11:42.486 --> 00:11:47.026 align:middle Part of that is because when I started with the company out in San Jose, 00:11:47.396 --> 00:11:50.066 align:middle and then they allowed me to move to Colorado, 00:11:50.066 --> 00:11:52.366 align:middle I'm currently in Colorado, and I work out of my home. 00:11:52.366 --> 00:11:55.586 align:middle I've been working out of my home for 23 years now. 00:11:56.156 --> 00:11:57.776 align:middle And they allowed me to do that. 00:11:57.776 --> 00:11:59.516 align:middle Another reason why I've stayed with the company. 00:11:59.516 --> 00:12:02.286 align:middle So they have let me work out of my home. 00:12:02.736 --> 00:12:05.776 align:middle And that's been a fabulous opportunity for me. 00:12:05.776 --> 00:12:08.126 align:middle But it does come with some challenges. 00:12:08.126 --> 00:12:12.426 align:middle So if you ever work from home, I will give you some tips there. 00:12:12.426 --> 00:12:18.856 align:middle First and foremost, in technology, a lot of us do desk work. 00:12:19.346 --> 00:12:23.786 align:middle So we sit at the computer for long periods of time. 00:12:24.006 --> 00:12:29.946 align:middle And I will say after 27 years of doing that, the body, it takes its toll. 00:12:30.556 --> 00:12:37.266 align:middle And health wise, I would recommend regularly getting up from your desk, walking around, 00:12:37.266 --> 00:12:39.506 align:middle doing stretches, whatever it might be. 00:12:39.746 --> 00:12:44.796 align:middle I've done a lot of phone calls and video calls and I do those standing up. 00:12:44.796 --> 00:12:47.976 align:middle I've got, I'm standing at a -- I've got a stand-up desk. 00:12:48.026 --> 00:12:50.746 align:middle So I've done that as much as possible. 00:12:50.746 --> 00:12:52.316 align:middle But you have to move. 00:12:52.396 --> 00:12:53.216 align:middle You've got to move. 00:12:53.216 --> 00:12:58.256 align:middle Because the body does not like sitting, being sedentary for long periods of time. 00:12:58.256 --> 00:13:03.866 align:middle And you know, what I've found is that you can get in that groove and you can start getting 00:13:03.866 --> 00:13:08.756 align:middle on your computer, and you can, next thing you know it will be three hours before you look up 00:13:08.756 --> 00:13:10.626 align:middle and you're like I haven't done anything. 00:13:10.626 --> 00:13:13.636 align:middle And you've just been sitting at a desk for three hours straight. 00:13:13.636 --> 00:13:17.406 align:middle So you know, whether you use a clock, an alarm, 00:13:17.406 --> 00:13:21.506 align:middle or whatever it might be, just I would recommend moving. 00:13:22.446 --> 00:13:25.596 align:middle Another thing is willing to work. 00:13:25.596 --> 00:13:27.256 align:middle You've heard this a few times. 00:13:27.256 --> 00:13:33.446 align:middle I actually, as a public speaker over the years, I've missed numerous anniversaries. 00:13:33.446 --> 00:13:37.066 align:middle My wife and I just celebrated our 28th year anniversary. 00:13:37.476 --> 00:13:41.206 align:middle And I had to miss quite a few of those because we had -- 00:13:41.206 --> 00:13:43.716 align:middle events came up and I had to go out of town. 00:13:43.716 --> 00:13:46.276 align:middle But I was willing to do that work. 00:13:46.276 --> 00:13:50.456 align:middle And you know, we had a good, my wife's been fabulous over the years 00:13:50.456 --> 00:13:54.476 align:middle to understanding that my career is important. 00:13:54.476 --> 00:13:59.826 align:middle And need to have a give and take on that. 00:13:59.826 --> 00:14:03.136 align:middle So you know, do that work as much as you can. 00:14:03.636 --> 00:14:07.666 align:middle You know, you heard earlier Michelle talking about it. 00:14:07.666 --> 00:14:09.506 align:middle Identify what you want to do. 00:14:09.506 --> 00:14:11.906 align:middle Do the priorities as much as possible. 00:14:12.306 --> 00:14:18.036 align:middle You know, you can get wrapped up in a lot of minutia, so I would definitely recommend using, 00:14:18.036 --> 00:14:24.556 align:middle you know, there's lots of tools out there that can help you in your day-to-day operations 00:14:24.556 --> 00:14:30.336 align:middle so to speak to help you do what is most important for work-wise. 00:14:31.196 --> 00:14:35.206 align:middle Another thing, I would definitely recommend everybody learn to public speak. 00:14:35.496 --> 00:14:39.186 align:middle You may not like it, I was, like I said, I was an introvert. 00:14:39.186 --> 00:14:40.086 align:middle I'll tell you. 00:14:40.086 --> 00:14:42.596 align:middle My first speaking engagement was awful. 00:14:43.326 --> 00:14:48.466 align:middle I stuttered, I ummed, hem, hummed, you know, the whole bit. 00:14:48.876 --> 00:14:55.046 align:middle But you know, I've been doing it for, you know, 20 plus years now, speaking at conferences, 00:14:55.046 --> 00:14:58.026 align:middle speaking in meetings, whatever it might be. 00:14:58.026 --> 00:15:03.776 align:middle And it will definitely benefit you in your career if you can relay what you want to relay 00:15:03.776 --> 00:15:07.736 align:middle to somebody outside or somebody, you know, that you're talking with. 00:15:07.736 --> 00:15:10.066 align:middle So learn to do that public speaking. 00:15:10.066 --> 00:15:14.516 align:middle If you want to get into public speaking, I know there's a lot of businesses out there that look 00:15:14.516 --> 00:15:16.346 align:middle for people who can talk for them. 00:15:16.346 --> 00:15:19.976 align:middle And it's, like I said, I've had a great time doing it. 00:15:19.976 --> 00:15:22.706 align:middle It's an enjoyable job. 00:15:23.756 --> 00:15:26.496 align:middle Another thing is take time for yourself. 00:15:26.656 --> 00:15:31.486 align:middle Michelle talked about this earlier, but I'll reiterate that. 00:15:31.806 --> 00:15:36.856 align:middle You can get wrapped up in work and it can take a lot of time up in your life. 00:15:37.376 --> 00:15:39.716 align:middle And it can be difficult. 00:15:40.016 --> 00:15:43.816 align:middle Because you have to take some time off. 00:15:44.746 --> 00:15:50.726 align:middle You know, luckily we have, we call it PTO or vacation time at work here. 00:15:51.086 --> 00:15:53.396 align:middle I'm able to do that on a regular basis. 00:15:53.396 --> 00:15:57.146 align:middle You know, it doesn't have to be a week all the time, you could take a half a day even. 00:15:57.466 --> 00:15:59.436 align:middle Or you know, or take a day. 00:15:59.436 --> 00:16:02.836 align:middle But do something to get you away from work. 00:16:02.836 --> 00:16:07.946 align:middle I would also recommend social media, taking time out of social media. 00:16:07.946 --> 00:16:13.916 align:middle As we all know, you can be on your phone 24/7 basically following social media stuff. 00:16:13.916 --> 00:16:19.466 align:middle But that's -- that can suck you into an area and unfortunately in many cases, 00:16:19.466 --> 00:16:22.146 align:middle it can be some negativity in your life. 00:16:22.146 --> 00:16:26.026 align:middle And so I would recommend taking time off of that as well. 00:16:26.026 --> 00:16:31.666 align:middle And that really helps, you know, the other piece like I mentioned you know about moving, 00:16:31.666 --> 00:16:34.496 align:middle you know, first thing in the morning or at lunch, go take a walk. 00:16:34.496 --> 00:16:35.716 align:middle I did that numerous times. 00:16:35.716 --> 00:16:38.236 align:middle Even when I worked in the office in San Jose. 00:16:38.566 --> 00:16:42.506 align:middle I would just go out and take a, you know, take a 30 minute stroll at lunch hour 00:16:42.506 --> 00:16:45.586 align:middle and then I'd come back and eat a sandwich or something and get back to work, so. 00:16:45.586 --> 00:16:51.506 align:middle But take time for yourself because it will help you mentally, it will help you physically. 00:16:51.506 --> 00:16:54.206 align:middle All of that will be beneficial to you. 00:16:54.206 --> 00:16:58.956 align:middle So let's talk a little bit about cybersecurity. 00:16:58.956 --> 00:17:04.036 align:middle Obviously you're graduating with an IT and cybersecurity. 00:17:04.266 --> 00:17:07.216 align:middle This industry is unbelievable. 00:17:07.676 --> 00:17:09.926 align:middle I actually work on the vendor side. 00:17:09.926 --> 00:17:15.376 align:middle So a lot of people may not realize that there's basically two sides to cybersecurity. 00:17:15.376 --> 00:17:21.166 align:middle One is you can be a practitioner, where you're actually defending networks and systems 00:17:21.166 --> 00:17:25.546 align:middle against the malicious actors out there, but there's also the vendor side where, 00:17:25.546 --> 00:17:30.466 align:middle like with Trend Micro, where we actually are creating products to help businesses 00:17:30.466 --> 00:17:33.106 align:middle and people to protect themselves. 00:17:33.106 --> 00:17:41.296 align:middle Our mission statement at Trend Micro is, you know, to ensure that the transfer 00:17:41.296 --> 00:17:44.536 align:middle of digital information around the world is safe. 00:17:44.536 --> 00:17:51.096 align:middle And we've followed that model for 35 years now. 00:17:51.096 --> 00:17:52.666 align:middle And continue to do that. 00:17:52.666 --> 00:17:57.116 align:middle But there are so many different jobs available to you. 00:17:57.116 --> 00:18:00.936 align:middle As I, you know, just in my own career, like I was saying, I've been in sales, 00:18:00.936 --> 00:18:05.626 align:middle I've been in technical sales, I've been in marketing, I've been in the educational side. 00:18:05.626 --> 00:18:07.266 align:middle I'm now in the public speaking side. 00:18:07.266 --> 00:18:11.196 align:middle So, you know, and even among that, there's a ton of different opportunities 00:18:11.196 --> 00:18:14.246 align:middle that you can do with organizations. 00:18:14.246 --> 00:18:19.236 align:middle On the practitioner side, there's numerous ways, areas you can look at. 00:18:19.446 --> 00:18:23.976 align:middle You can be a threat hunter where you're actually looking for the malicious threats 00:18:23.976 --> 00:18:26.106 align:middle that are coming into the organization. 00:18:26.106 --> 00:18:28.286 align:middle Or in the business. 00:18:28.286 --> 00:18:32.786 align:middle You could be a vulnerability expert. 00:18:32.786 --> 00:18:38.696 align:middle We have a -- an organization called zero day initiative that's a bug bounty program. 00:18:39.206 --> 00:18:43.966 align:middle We pay out millions of dollars a year to people who find bugs in software. 00:18:44.396 --> 00:18:48.696 align:middle And so that's a career you could look at if you wanted to get in that. 00:18:48.696 --> 00:18:59.036 align:middle We just had a bug bounty contest in Vancouver where two researchers found bugs 00:18:59.036 --> 00:19:02.436 align:middle in the Tesla Infotainment system. 00:19:02.496 --> 00:19:06.816 align:middle And we paid them out 250,000 dollars for those. 00:19:06.916 --> 00:19:08.966 align:middle And Tesla gave them the car. 00:19:09.366 --> 00:19:11.516 align:middle So, you know, kind of interesting. 00:19:11.516 --> 00:19:15.256 align:middle Now that's the really cool aspect if you can get there. 00:19:15.256 --> 00:19:17.156 align:middle But you know, again, that's work. 00:19:17.156 --> 00:19:19.476 align:middle There's a lot of work involved in that. 00:19:19.516 --> 00:19:26.346 align:middle But you can take this industry and really kind of hone into what areas you like as a person. 00:19:26.346 --> 00:19:30.276 align:middle So if you do love, you know, marketing, you can get into marketing. 00:19:30.276 --> 00:19:33.346 align:middle If you love programming, you can get into programming. 00:19:33.346 --> 00:19:35.636 align:middle There's so many opportunities out there for you. 00:19:35.636 --> 00:19:42.446 align:middle I think last time I saw, there's over 3 million open jobs in cybersecurity around the world. 00:19:42.446 --> 00:19:46.536 align:middle It can take you to other countries if you want, especially. 00:19:46.536 --> 00:19:52.056 align:middle Because you know, again, there's, I think the US has under a million of those jobs. 00:19:52.056 --> 00:19:58.366 align:middle So there's over 2 million jobs around the world openings for cybersecurity. 00:19:58.366 --> 00:20:01.976 align:middle So, if you want to just to go do something outside the world. 00:20:02.516 --> 00:20:06.986 align:middle The other aspect is in the industry is it's very diverse. 00:20:07.036 --> 00:20:09.726 align:middle As I mentioned, our CEO is female. 00:20:10.046 --> 00:20:13.086 align:middle We've got, you know, people from all over the world. 00:20:13.086 --> 00:20:15.946 align:middle Every race, every gender, you name it. 00:20:15.946 --> 00:20:20.696 align:middle It's the industry is very nice in that perspective. 00:20:20.696 --> 00:20:23.616 align:middle So, don't limit yourself. 00:20:23.766 --> 00:20:26.686 align:middle You can take it to any level that you want. 00:20:27.246 --> 00:20:31.356 align:middle We all know that artificial intelligence is coming on big. 00:20:31.356 --> 00:20:35.516 align:middle We've been actually using artificial intelligence and machine learning since 2005. 00:20:35.516 --> 00:20:41.576 align:middle So over, you know, 15 years of working with that technology. 00:20:41.806 --> 00:20:47.996 align:middle But now with ChatGPT coming out and some of those technologies, large learning models, 00:20:48.606 --> 00:20:55.076 align:middle if you wanted to get into programming AI, that's going to be a massive opportunity out there. 00:20:55.076 --> 00:21:00.786 align:middle And probably some very, very lucrative paying jobs if you wanted to get into that. 00:21:00.786 --> 00:21:02.076 align:middle Because again, it's new. 00:21:02.076 --> 00:21:06.746 align:middle The best thing I've loved about this industry is it's constantly changing. 00:21:06.746 --> 00:21:11.236 align:middle I'm learning something new every single day that occurs. 00:21:11.236 --> 00:21:15.466 align:middle Whether it's through the technology that's -- the new technologies that are coming into play. 00:21:15.806 --> 00:21:19.986 align:middle Or the malicious actors are doing some new tactic that tries 00:21:19.986 --> 00:21:24.806 align:middle to circumvent the security products that we utilize. 00:21:25.046 --> 00:21:32.006 align:middle And so, it's been enjoyable for me because it's kept me young by having to constantly learn. 00:21:32.006 --> 00:21:33.116 align:middle Education. 00:21:33.116 --> 00:21:39.166 align:middle And that's my other point to you, is if you do want to succeed, get that education. 00:21:39.166 --> 00:21:44.916 align:middle You know, that learning, you want to be constantly learning new things. 00:21:45.006 --> 00:21:49.236 align:middle And the beauty of it is with the internet today, you can learn anything you want. 00:21:49.966 --> 00:21:55.176 align:middle You know, I can't tell you how many times I go to YouTube now if I have to do something 00:21:55.176 --> 00:21:59.096 align:middle on my car, I've got a 2000 Jeep Wrangler that breaks down all the time. 00:21:59.096 --> 00:22:01.716 align:middle If something breaks down, I go on YouTube 00:22:01.716 --> 00:22:05.566 align:middle and somebody's already uploaded a thing on exactly how to fix it. 00:22:05.566 --> 00:22:07.896 align:middle And you know, so you can learn that. 00:22:07.896 --> 00:22:11.206 align:middle Learn new skills constantly and that will help you in life. 00:22:11.206 --> 00:22:14.826 align:middle And it will also help you learn what you like to do 00:22:14.826 --> 00:22:16.716 align:middle and you know, maybe what you don't like to do. 00:22:16.716 --> 00:22:21.416 align:middle So again, your career path is going to be very diverse and can change. 00:22:21.416 --> 00:22:25.416 align:middle And as Michelle said, be very nimble in that. 00:22:25.576 --> 00:22:29.676 align:middle The other aspect of our industry is that it will be here for a long time. 00:22:29.676 --> 00:22:33.346 align:middle Malicious actors, cyber criminals, are not going away. 00:22:33.666 --> 00:22:38.626 align:middle Last year, we blocked 146 billion threats for our customers. 00:22:38.626 --> 00:22:42.886 align:middle It was a 55% increase from the previous year. 00:22:43.236 --> 00:22:47.756 align:middle So they're actually ramping up their attacks on businesses and people. 00:22:47.756 --> 00:22:53.536 align:middle So, you will have an industry continually for the next, I don't even know how long. 00:22:53.536 --> 00:22:54.596 align:middle It's probably forever. 00:22:54.916 --> 00:22:57.346 align:middle You know, physical crime has not been solved. 00:22:57.506 --> 00:23:02.396 align:middle We still have physical crime out there. 00:23:02.396 --> 00:23:08.536 align:middle And so, cyber crime is probably going to be unsolved for a long, long time as well. 00:23:08.536 --> 00:23:12.856 align:middle Because these malicious actress are going to continue to do what they want to do 00:23:12.856 --> 00:23:14.606 align:middle out there and we have to protect it. 00:23:14.776 --> 00:23:19.686 align:middle The nice thing about the cybersecurity industry also is we are on a mission. 00:23:19.686 --> 00:23:21.686 align:middle We're on a mission to keep people safe. 00:23:21.946 --> 00:23:23.666 align:middle And that's a nice goal to have. 00:23:24.486 --> 00:23:28.936 align:middle It keeps you excited, it keeps you young, it keeps you wanting 00:23:28.936 --> 00:23:31.076 align:middle to come back to work day in and day out. 00:23:31.076 --> 00:23:34.176 align:middle Because you know you are doing good in the world. 00:23:34.376 --> 00:23:38.626 align:middle You're doing something that can help people out there in the world. 00:23:38.796 --> 00:23:45.846 align:middle And so, it's -- I applaud you that you are getting into the industry 00:23:45.846 --> 00:23:50.766 align:middle and you've taken the time to go through the courses and stuff. 00:23:50.926 --> 00:23:57.516 align:middle I would also recommend as much as possible learning and getting into the practitioner side. 00:23:57.516 --> 00:24:01.416 align:middle So doing CTFs, which are the Capture the Flags. 00:24:01.546 --> 00:24:08.066 align:middle Doing those on a regular basis to learn the industry, learn how to do things, 00:24:08.066 --> 00:24:10.546 align:middle that will definitely help you out there as well. 00:24:11.666 --> 00:24:17.046 align:middle And so, I hope this helps you all kind of understand my journey. 00:24:17.206 --> 00:24:22.886 align:middle My journey hopefully helps you understand what you can do in your life. 00:24:22.886 --> 00:24:25.506 align:middle It's been a wonderful life for me. 00:24:25.506 --> 00:24:29.236 align:middle I've raised three kids since I started at Trend Micro. 00:24:29.646 --> 00:24:36.246 align:middle I actually just went, we just -- my son just graduated with a masters degree at University 00:24:36.526 --> 00:24:41.156 align:middle of Kansas -- University of Missouri Kansas City last weekend. 00:24:41.156 --> 00:24:44.166 align:middle So, we're doing the -- we were doing that as well. 00:24:44.166 --> 00:24:47.216 align:middle And I've got two others that are in university as well. 00:24:47.596 --> 00:24:51.536 align:middle So, you're doing a -- you're getting into a great industry, 00:24:51.536 --> 00:24:54.666 align:middle you're doing a good job by graduating. 00:24:54.966 --> 00:24:59.186 align:middle I wish you all the best of that life has to offer. 00:24:59.186 --> 00:25:03.126 align:middle Stay happy, stay fun. 00:25:03.506 --> 00:25:07.966 align:middle Work is -- can be fun if you make it fun. 00:25:07.966 --> 00:25:10.606 align:middle It can be exciting if you make it exciting. 00:25:10.606 --> 00:25:11.586 align:middle It's all up to you. 00:25:11.586 --> 00:25:17.436 align:middle But I know you all will achieve your dreams and your goals that you want in life. 00:25:17.436 --> 00:25:20.496 align:middle So, thanks, everybody. 00:25:20.496 --> 00:25:22.936 align:middle Appreciate you taking the time out tonight. 00:25:23.026 --> 00:25:26.666 align:middle Congratulations to everybody and again, thank you for having me. 00:25:26.666 --> 00:25:31.156 align:middle It's been a very humbling experience for me and I wish you all the best of luck.