“I had a conversation with the CEO of RiskOptics where I said, pretty frankly, that I wanted in. I want to be part of this product, I have an idea, and I think it can work. Hire me," said Meghan Maneval, Vice President of Product Strategy and Evangelism at RiskOptics.
Dara Gibson of Optiv had a rough time of it when she started off in cybersecurity – now she mentors other young women so they can start off on the right foot.
Dara Gibson, senior cyber insurance manager at Optiv, describes how she began her career in cybersecurity and how she became a mentor to other women looking to enter the field. "That forced me to look at where I was going and where I came from."
Says Rosso of her early days as a sports reporter: “I was treated extraordinarily unprofessionally by many of the coaches who didn’t think a young woman who was a graduate from college should be doing this work. Little did they know that I’m very tenacious.”
Fabiszak credits one of her early mentors in cybersecurity who pushed her to push the limits every time – she keeps doing that today, yet also encourages her team members to find the right work-life balance.
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