David, the SVP, CISO at Oracle SaaS Cloud, and former Microsoft and Google Leader and I discussed the state of the market after Q1 in 2023. David has a great view of the market overall being well connected and we then shift our conversation to the main topic around the federal/defense space in security and the current state of the job market for veterans. David, former U.S. Navy, shares some great experience in how he grew his career out of the military, and best ways for veterans to stand out to hiring managers using their service skills.

David has been the SVP, CISO at Oracle SaaS Cloud for 4.5+ years, where he’s helped scale and expand security services for the division focused on cyber defense, cloud security, risk assessment, and DevSecOps. He is a well regarded and respected leader in the space, currently investing in and supporting several smaller companies in helping transform the market. Former Cloud Security Engineering Platform Director at Google, and long time enterprise security leader at Microsoft, David brings decades of experience across global organizations and cutting edge environments. David served in the US Navy, where he started his technology journey.

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