Go Tanium Tech Stories Podcast

Welcome to Episode 9.

This week I interview Julia Grunewald who comes to product management from a different angle but one that totally makes since once she talks about it.

We talk about how the successful product manager checks their ego at the door and leans on the customer to tell them what they need.

How using the language of the customer can unlock some really interesting discoveries and the key is to listen for what the customer is looking to accomplish rather than what they ask for.


Julia Grunewald is the Product Manager for Tanium Risk. Previously, she has worked on products for cyber insurance and third party risk management. She is passionate about security and privacy.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliagrunewald/

In this Episode I talk with Kimberely about her career and how she got into cyber security, even with only 3 months of college. We also discuss how she managed to become one of the top women in the field and how show jumping keeps her grounded. She also has advice on how we can get more women into technology.

Kimberley is our Director of Strategic Accounts for Tanium, based in Vancouver supporting the Western Canadian territory. She has worked in business development for the last 25 years, with over 20 years of IT experience and has specialized in cybersecurity for the last 5 years. She has worked for Canadian technology giants TELUS and Bell, and also for two of the world’s largest cybersecurity vendors, before joining Tanium at the beginning of 2020. Kimberley has become completely addicted to the cybersecurity field as global cyber risks continue to rise, as does the talent shortage. She volunteers with ISACA’s international charity, the OneInTech Foundation, as a member of the global SheLeadsTech Council, and is committed to engaging, empowering and elevating women in technology. She is a member of the Government of B.C.’s Provincial Security Advisory Council (PSAC) and is also very passionate about mentoring, connecting, and inspiring people. Outside of her professional life, she is an avid equestrian and an amateur competitive show jumper.

In this special episode of the Go Tanium Podcast, Ashley McGlone and Oliver Cronk join me to discuss the keynotes and sessions that were the Tanium Converge 2021 highlights for us.

If you missed a session, or want to watch one again, Converge 2021 keynotes and breakouts are now available to view on-demand! Check out the content for FREE here https://converge.tanium.com/converge2021/home

Want more Go Tanium content? Check out all the shows, including Oliver's and Ashley's, here https://community.tanium.com/s/go-tanium

Note: In this episode we also discuss the concept of sunk costs inspired by a Seth Godin podcast about the subject. Provided here for your reference https://play.acast.com/s/akimbo/ignoresunkcosts

Oliver Cronk is the Chief IT Architect for EMEA at Tanium and leader of Architect Tomorrow. Oliver is an IT architecture and DevOps leader with over 20 years experience in a variety of IT roles across energy, government, telecommunications, banking and professional services. Oliver joined Tanium from Deloitte where he spent 3 years as the Chief Architect for Risk Advisory – responsible for driving innovation, digital transformation and architecture of solutions for clients across a variety of risk areas. Oliver has led on the architecture of on prem, private cloud, Azure, Office 365 and AWS initiatives. Oliver leads on the Tanium Reference Architecture for IT Operations and Cyber capabilities. Oliver is a seasoned speaker and advisor on Innovation, Architecture and DevOps. Oliver has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Essex and has been a BCS Chartered IT Professional since 2012.

In this special episode, I speak to Tim Bremm of Honeywell. We discuss what you will learn in his session and it really thinks differently about automation. Below is the description of his session as well as a link to it on the Teanium Converge website.
Previous to using Tanium there was no automation in place to allow end users to configure their own patching options. By using ServiceNow as the front end, we built out a set of variables that server owners can configure in ServiceNow to configure different aspects of patching.

https://converge.tanium.com/converge2021/session/705551/manage-patch-configuration-in-tanium-using-servicenow?uid=618dcff168498

Chris Cruz | Vertical CIO, SLED

Chris Cruz serves as Tanium’s Vertical CIO for SLED (State, Local, Education), bringing over 30 years of government and public sector leadership to the role, including tenure as the Director and CIO for the County of San Joaquin in Stockton, California. Prior to this position, he served as the State of California’s Deputy CIO, and was the CIO for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Department of Health Care Services, and was the first such leader for the Health Benefits Exchange, now referred to as Covered California.

Cruz earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from California State University at Sacramento, and a certification from the UC Davis Master’s Program in Leadership Excellence. He was recognized by State Scoop as one of the 2020 County Executive Leaders of the Year, and received national honors from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) as the 2018 State Technology Innovator of the Year.

In this episode Chris shares:

How is love of the Tanium solution and the company culture lead him to leave government after 30 years to come to Tanium.

Did his perspective about the company change once he got a chance to peek behind the curtain and become an employee.?


Learn about his Business Transformation Architecture and how it transformed a city and county and state's thinking about IT.

How the Tanium platform compliments the Business Transformation Architecture.

The importance of sales inside an organization to facilitate change.

How to get the security and operations side of the house to talk to each other and move the ball forward because the old model of IT structure is dead.

Register for Converge here http://bit.ly/TaniumConverge

Converge provides customers, prospects and partners with invaluable insight into how Tanium supports their IT, security, and business operations across their IT estate. Attendees learn best practices through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities led by experts and each other.

In this episode of the Go Tanium Tech Stories Podcast I interview Aylwyn Ribeiro .

We discuss how he made the jump from hospitality to education and how the focus on the customer experience helped him lead a transformation change at his school district. We also discussed his philosophy on transformational change and how he shared that vision to lead his teams to travel down this path. We also discussed how the Tanium solutions helped him make this transformation more impactful and streamlined.

Aylwyn's Bio

Aylwyn Ribeiro is the Manager of Networking and Security at Burnaby School District, where he works on planning, implementation and support of IT infrastructure and security initiatives.
Prior to working for Burnaby School District, Aylwyn was with Marriott International where he worked on the implementation and support of various hotel technology and security initiatives.
Aylwyn is alumni of Seneca College in Toronto and holds an Honours Bachelors of Technology degree in Informatics and Security.

Register for Converge here http://bit.ly/TaniumConverge

Converge provides customers, prospects and partners with invaluable insight into how Tanium supports their IT, security, and business operations across their IT estate. Attendees learn best practices through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities led by experts and each other.

In this Episode of the Go Tanium Tech Stories podcast I talk with Sam Rajachudamani where we discuss the story behind our recently introduced Risk and Compliance solution.

Listen to learn about the stories our customer told us about how managing risk and compliance was one of their biggest challenges and how we created our solution to help solve those challenges and allow our customers to sleep better at night because they had incredible visibility into their environment.

Sam Rajachudamani is a Director of Special Projects at Tanium, where he works on strategic initiatives across the company. This includes new product initiatives, strategic partnerships, as well as go-to-market strategy and execution. Prior to Tanium, Sam was at Boston Consulting Group, where he primarily worked with telecommunications, enterprise technology, and financial services companies on new product introduction strategies and M&A due diligence. Additionally, he has worked with the World Economic Forum to develop cyber resilience strategies for Boards of Directors in the Energy industry. Sam is an alum of the University of Michigan and holds Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration.

To learn more about Sam connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-rajachudamani-04bb1165/

To learn more about Tanium's Risk and Compliance solution https://www.tanium.com/solutions/risk-and-compliance-management/

Register for Converge here http://bit.ly/TaniumConverge

Converge provides customers, prospects and partners with invaluable insight into how Tanium supports their IT, security, and business operations across their IT estate. Attendees learn best practices through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities led by experts and each other.

It is a rarity when you get to talk to employee #10 at any company with over 1000 people, but in this episode of the Go Tanium Tech Stories podcast, I get to do just that.

Come hear some stories of why he chose Tanium when he was a security analyst and decided to come to work for us as one of 2 Technical Account Managers here and how things have changed as he takes on the role of Global Technology Expert.

Hear why he believes that the ability to extend a platform to solve your own problems is often the most efficient path to resolution.

Follow him on Twitter @deathbots
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-prendergast-4706871/
GitHub https://github.com/rp-tanium

Register for Converge here http://bit.ly/TaniumConverge

Converge provides customers, prospects and partners with invaluable insight into how Tanium supports their IT, security, and business operations across their IT estate. Attendees learn best practices through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities led by experts and each other.

Bio:
Tim Morris | Financial Services Strategist

Tim joined Tanium in May 2021, after retiring from Wells Fargo, where he spent 21 years. He led the Cyber Threat Engineering and Research teams within Information & Cyber Security for the bank.

Tim has worked with almost every facet of computer and network technologies. Concentration has been with endpoint detection & response, systems & patch management, and vulnerability assessment. He has built teams that manage: endpoint security, platform engineering, incident response, digital forensics, and offensive security, i.e., "red team".

Tim was first introduced to Tanium in 2008. However, he didn't begin working with it fully until 2013. Tim was privileged to have the opportunity to be one of the first to deploy & manage Tanium at a large scale on 500K endpoints. At the same time, he was able to build one of the best cyber security engineering teams in the industry. Their effectiveness and efficiency were due in large part to Tanium - The best incident response and system management tool in the industry.

In this episode Tim reveals:

Why he came to Tanium after a 20 year career at Wells Fargo

How taking a risk on a new company/technology paid off.

What was the big problem that Tanium solved that made the decision to Go Tanium a no brainer.

Why he had to conduct a "CISO Apology Tour"

Who do you call when the best minds can't fix a problem? The CEO of course.

How a people first attitude is a key success factor for transformational change.


Tanium Converge 2021. https://bit.ly/TaniumConverge

Converge provides customers, prospects and partners with invaluable insight into how Tanium supports their IT, security, and business operations across their IT estate. Attendees learn best practices through keynote addresses, breakout sessions, hands-on training, and networking opportunities led by experts and each other.

Register at http://bit.ly/TaniumConverge