See It To Be It Spotlight

𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵…analytics (or what we used to call Big Data and now call AI). I was the CEO (Digital Sandbox) of a company that built an AI platform that reasoned about risks like you had assembled a group of experts. We sold our platform to the Department of Defense (DoD) who had us develop a version that could reason about insider threats. In order to identify suspicious behaviors, our software ingested cyber events – like printing behaviors, login activities, file accesses and so on. This behavioral analytics became an important part of what our company did moving forward.

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲, 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀…being a continuous learner, curious, and skeptical. Everything in cyber and our broader digital lives is changing and evolving continuously. So, leaving yourself open to learn something new, to think about what might go wrong, and to question the safety or risk of your decisions and behaviors is key.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 skill 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀…being a creative problem solver is the essential skill that helped me build a cyber career. For all the workforce development, investment in cyber companies, and growth in the cyber industry, it is clear that we face greater cyber challenges tomorrow than we did yesterday. Those challenges are wicked problems and require new, reactive thinking and problem solving (versus checklists, forms, compliance, etc.)

My quote for 2026 is…“Legacy isn’t something you leave behind, but what you set in motion.” – David Greene

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀…an engineer. When I got my first job, I thought I’d work my whole career at that company, becoming an expert in my field over time, and moving up the corporate ladder. I was laid off one year later! That lay off forced me to become entrepreneurial. I have pivoted many times since then, always taking on new challenges and learning new things. I’m so glad for that lay off now that seemed like the end of the world then.

𝗠𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀…Napa Valley California! I’ve made a few trips to Napa every year for the last 15 years or so. My wife and I stay with friends, drink great wines, eat amazing food, enjoy the beauty of the place, and admire the skill of wine makers and the perseverance of wine growers.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗨𝗪𝗜𝗖? My favorite part about UWIC is the people. There is a genuine feeling of community and a desire among Guilders to help and support each other.