Hyperdrive Minds: Sales and Marketing Leaders Share Revenue Generating Strategies

Ayman Elsawah is a Fractional CISO (vCISO) for Cloud Security Labs. They specialize in providing CISO services to Start-Ups and Scale-Ups. After graduating with a Computer Science degree, his career progressed from Network Engineer to Cybersecurity Engineer to Cybersecurity Architect to Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant to Fractional CISO. He now provides coaching services, advisory services, and aut...

Tom Mirc is the Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet, a strategy consulting firm and your secret weapon in Due Diligence, Scaling, and Nearshore Site Expansion/Selection. Tom has led the firm to 226% top-line average growth (24 month), senior minority interest in FractionalTalent.io, eclipsing $1M in revenue growth, non-voting interest in 3 portcos. He serves as primary bridge between ca...

Ivan Fonseca is an Incident Response Consultant at Google working within the Mandiant Security team for Google Cloud. He is a talented Cybersecurity Engineer with extensive experience in threat detection, AI security automation, and cloud infrastructure. Adept at leading teams and working cross-functionally to ensure optimal security and efficiency. Prior to joining Google, he served as a Cybersec...

Lance James - CEO of Unit 221B, is an internationally renowned cybersecurity specialist with 25 years of experience in programming, network security, digital forensics, malware research, cryptography design, cryptanalysis, counterintelligence, protocol exploitation, and executive leadership. Credited with the identification of Zeus and other malware, James is an active contributor to the evolution...

Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas and Elected Board Member of the OWASP Foundation. My favorite part (aside from the chat about Star Wars and the 501st Legion) is the informational bit about Identity Protection Services and what to do if your email or personal info has been found in a data breach or on the dark web. That was eye opening for me. He also breaks down the differences between all the...

Richard Ford, ex-Chief Technology Officer of Praetorian, Cyren, Forcepoint and Chief Scientist / Researcher in the Cybersecurity industry shares insights on cybersecurity leadership and shares how to stay optimistic about the future of AI. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ford/ HOST: Blake Williams - Founder / Headhunter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Resume Writer at HR Approved Linktree...

Andrew Wilder, CISO of Community Veterinary Partner, ex-CISO of Hillenbrand, and ex-CISO of Nestle for 18 years, and Cybersecurity start-up advisor shares his insight on a wide variety of topics in the cybersecurity space. I had an eye opening moment when he reveals the shocking truth behind text messaging scams. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apwilder/ Website: https://cybersecurity...

Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CRISC, CISSP, is an author, professor, and a Principal in Cybersecurity Regulatory Assurance for Amazon Web Services. He is a wealth of knowledge and fun to talk with. Fair Warning, we spent a fifth of the podcast talking about Star Wars :) GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonedwardsdmist/ Website: https://jason-edwards.me/Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co...

Keyaan Williams is Managing Director of CLASS, LLC a Cybersecurity advisory and consulting firm. He shares insights on cybersecurity strategy and GRC. We chat about his background, cybersecurity strategy, governance, risk management, compliance, concerns with AI, and advice on breaking into cybersecurity careers. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyaan/ Website: https://www.class-llc.c...

Mike Curnow is the Founder/CEO of Defiant Networks, past CISO, and a Cybersecurity consultant. He is a hands-on engineering and cybersecurity expert with entrepreneurial mindset and a preference for opensource technologies. He has interesting and unique opinions that are unfiltered yet very well thought out. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takko-the-boss/ Website: https://defiant-netw...