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The Tech Trek
By ElevanoTechnology
The Tech Trek episodes
- George Bezerra: Moving the business forward with data science
What you’ll learn:
Evaluating where data science and machine learning can be applied
Complimenting human decision making with algorithms
Being aware of impacting existing processes
Meet: George Bezerra is a strategic data executive with expertise in Machine Learning and Data Science. Currently VP of Data Science at Frontdoor, he was previously the head of data science at car insurance startup Metromile and spent five years at TripAdvisor where he was Senior Director of Data Science and Analytics. Like many data scientists, George has an academic background, including a Post-doctorate at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico.
If you have any questions for George, please feel free to reach out via:
www.linkedin.com/in/george-bezerra
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
20 min - George Bezerra: Modernizing a legacy data infrastructure and culture
What you’ll learn:
Modernizing a legacy data infrastructure and culture
Pushing people out of their comfort zone
Quick wins while building the long term foundation
Meet: George Bezerra is a strategic data executive with expertise in Machine Learning and Data Science. Currently VP of Data Science at Frontdoor, he was previously the head of data science at car insurance startup Metromile and spent five years at TripAdvisor where he was Senior Director of Data Science and Analytics. Like many data scientists, George has an academic background, including a Post-doctorate at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico.
If you have any questions for George, please feel free to reach out via:
www.linkedin.com/in/george-bezerra
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
22 min - Ian Amit: Mental health within the cybersecurity field
What you’ll learn:
Security professionals and mental health
Accepting that there are inherent limitations in security
If you burn yourself out you are doing more harm to the business than you think
Simulate how you would handle a security breach
Meet: Ian Amit is the CSO at Cimpress. Ian is an executive manager in the security and software industry with vast experience in multiple fields - from enterprise security, through retail, to end-user software and large back-end systems. Highly experienced in leading marketing opportunities, and translating technical innovation into marketable concepts that increase sales and exposure.
He is an Information Security expert with vast experience ranging from low-level technical expertise and up to corporate security policy, regulatory compliance, and strategy.
Ian keynote speaker, with vast experience in public speaking and private customer-focused seminars (Conferences featuring BlackHat, DEFCON, RSA, BSides, BlueHat, ZonCon, Source, and many more).
He is also a founding member of the PTES (Penetration Testing Execution Standard), IL-CERT, and the Tel-Aviv DEFCON group (DC9723).
If you have any questions for Ian, please feel free to reach out via:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamit/
https://www.iamit.org/
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
18 min - Ian Amit: Managing security across multiple brands
What you’ll learn:
Setting up an internal MSSP (managed security service provider)
Establishing a baseline of security (using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework)
Using the M&A process to get a headstart on security
Meet: Ian Amit is the CSO at Cimpress. Ian is an executive manager in the security and software industry with vast experience in multiple fields - from enterprise security, through retail, to end-user software and large back-end systems. Highly experienced in leading marketing opportunities, and translating technical innovation into marketable concepts that increase sales and exposure.
He is an Information Security expert with vast experience ranging from low-level technical expertise and up to corporate security policy, regulatory compliance, and strategy.
Ian keynote speaker, with vast experience in public speaking and private customer-focused seminars (Conferences featuring BlackHat, DEFCON, RSA, BSides, BlueHat, ZonCon, Source, and many more).
He is also a founding member of the PTES (Penetration Testing Execution Standard), IL-CERT, and the Tel-Aviv DEFCON group (DC9723).
If you have any questions for Ian, please feel free to reach out via:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamit/
https://www.iamit.org/
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
17 min - Peter Fishman: Complexities of modern data platforms
What you’ll learn:
Managing the complexities of the modern data platform
Balancing between hiring for the right data skill
Breaking out roles by areas of specialization
Meet:
Peter Fishman is the co-founder and CEO of Mozart Data (YCS20), the easiest way to spin up a modern data stack. Previously, he was the Chief Strategy Officer at Eaze, a cannabis technology platform. He has also worked at fast-growing startups including Opendoor, Zenefits, Yammer/Microsoft, Playdom/Disney. He also has been involved with sports analytics at the Philadelphia Eagles and has run a hot sauce company, Bacon Hot Sauce. He holds a B.S. from Duke University and a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley.
If you have any questions for Fish, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petefishman/
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
18 min - Cassio Goldschmidt: Security is a business enabler
What you’ll learn:
- Security shifting left
- Taking security from afterthought to active participant
- Keeping up with the pace of change in security
Meet: Cassio Goldschmidt is regarded as an internationally recognized, award-winning security expert. With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Goldschmidt has a remarkable record of industry accolades and honors.
They include:
- Winner of the 2019 (ISC)² Information Security Leadership Award for all Americas
- Nominee for the 2019 TEN Information Security Executive Award for North America
- Winner of the 2020 TEN Information Security Executive Best Project Award for the West Coast region
- Winner of the 2011 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Community Services Star Award for all Americas
- Finalist of the 2011 (ISC)² Americas Information Security Leadership (ISLA) Awards 2011 in the Information Security Practitioner category
- Nominee for the 2012 OWASP Web Application Security Person of the Year (WASPY) Awards
Other honors include being:
- Publicly thanked by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) for finding security weaknesses and providing significant recommendations to improve the security of the electronic voting systems used in the country’s presidential election
- A member of Forbes Technology Council and contributor of Forbes.com
- The founding member of OWASP Los Angeles Chapter, which was elected the best OWASP chapter in the world in 2013
- A co-founder of OWASP AppSec Cali conference
- A speaker at many of the most respected international security conferences, including RSA, Black Hat, ISSA, CIO Event, ACSAC, (ISC)² Security Congress, FS-ISAC, Better Software, NULLCon, and Global OWASP AppSec in countries such as Brazil, China, India, Poland, Sweden, and the United States
- The single inventor of three U.S. patents and the co-inventor of the fourth U.S. patent
Cassio holds a bachelor degree in computer science (BS in CS) from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUC-RS), a masters degree in software engineering (MS in SE) from Santa Clara University (SCU), and a master of business administration (MBA) from the University of Southern California (USC).
If you have any questions for Cassio, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassiogoldschmidt/
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.
16 min - Security shifting left
- Addressing the security challenges of Shadow IT with Cassio Goldschmidt, CISO at ServiceTitan (Part 1)
Meet: Cassio Goldschmidt is regarded as an internationally recognized, award-winning security expert. With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Goldschmidt has a remarkable record of industry accolades and honors.
They include:
- Winner of the 2019 (ISC)² Information Security Leadership Award for all Americas
- Nominee for the 2019 TEN Information Security Executive Award for North America
- Winner of the 2020 TEN Information Security Executive Best Project Award for the West Coast region
- Winner of the 2011 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Community Services Star Award for all Americas
- Finalist of the 2011 (ISC)² Americas Information Security Leadership (ISLA) Awards 2011 in the Information Security Practitioner category
- Nominee for the 2012 OWASP Web Application Security Person of the Year (WASPY) Awards
Other honors include being:
- Publicly thanked by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) for finding security weaknesses and providing significant recommendations to improve the security of the electronic voting systems used in the country’s presidential election
- A member of Forbes Technology Council and contributor of Forbes.com
- The founding member of OWASP Los Angeles Chapter, which was elected the best OWASP chapter in the world in 2013
- A co-founder of OWASP AppSec Cali conference
- A speaker at many of the most respected international security conferences, including RSA, Black Hat, ISSA, CIO Event, ACSAC, (ISC)² Security Congress, FS-ISAC, Better Software, NULLCon, and Global OWASP AppSec in countries such as Brazil, China, India, Poland, Sweden, and the United States
- The single inventor of three U.S. patents and the co-inventor of the fourth U.S. patent
Cassio holds a bachelor degree in computer science (BS in CS) from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUC-RS), a masters degree in software engineering (MS in SE) from Santa Clara University (SCU), and a master of business administration (MBA) from the University of Southern California (USC).
What you’ll learn:
- Addressing the security challenges of shadow IT
- Hackers are looking for just one thing to get in
- The impact of the pandemic on the security roadmap
If you have any questions for Cassio, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassiogoldschmidt/
15 min - Winner of the 2019 (ISC)² Information Security Leadership Award for all Americas
- Enterprises are becoming more customer-centric, with more data, we need more clarity, and data quality is a journey with Michael Remyn, Director Salesforce Product Management
Meet: Michael Remyn is a product management executive who is passionate about creating intuitive user experiences within enterprise software. As a Director of Product Management at American Express, Michael has delivered products aimed to bring user efficiency and productivity to multiple instances of Salesforce, from complex transformations such as combining instances and overhauling the user interface to a variety of smaller products meant to improve sales and client management processes.
Michael has built high performing digital product teams while coaching and training others through the organization. He also has shown a continued focus on the digital experience by creating his own in-house user experience team to increase focus on user workflow and build the right solutions that solve user and stakeholder problems.
Michael also has experience with data analytics, corporate strategy, and financial management before moving full time into digital product management.
What you’ll learn:
Salesforce is not just an IT application
Managing user request change
Enterprises are becoming more customer-centric
With more data, we need more clarity
Data quality is a journey
If you have any questions for Michael, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-remyn-875145/
24 min - Modernization of master data management and the changing complexity of data projects with Mike Arbitman, Senior Director, Technology Organization Data and Analytics at Medidata
Meet: Mike Arbitman, Senior Director, Technology Organization Data and Analytics at Medidata, a technology leader skilled at defining, building, improving, and optimizing data-focused organizations delivering innovative and leading-edge solitons
What you’ll learn:
Modernization of master data management
Determining the system of record
The changing complexity of data projects
If you have any questions for Mike, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelarbitman/
34 min - Working for an engineering org where the CTO still checks in code and looking for transferable skills in hiring DevOps and Security engineers with Mark Shasha, Head of Security at Braze
Meet: Mark Shasha is the Head of Security at Braze. He is a career security professional specializing in enterprise application and infrastructure security.
What you’ll learn:
Working in an engineering org where the CTO still checks in code
Owning security processes
Looking for transferable skills in hiring DevOps and Security professionals.
If you have any questions for Mark, please feel free to reach out via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markshasha/
28 min
About The Tech Trek
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The Tech Trek is a podcast about how founders, operators, and technology leaders build and scale technology companies.
Each episode explores the decisions behind building products, teams, and technical organizations, with conversations spanning engineering, AI, data, product, hiring, leadership, and growth.
Guests share what they are building, what they are learning, and how they are navigating the challenges that come with turning technology into a successful company.