Brandon Mathis is a talented Full Stack Developer in Raleigh, NC currently serving as CTO of vTestify. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. His has a focus on web development using: Javascript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon.

GUEST:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/

Website: www.brandonmathis.me

GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis

Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/

Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/

TIMESTAMPS:

1:36 - Favorite movie

5:28 - Star Wars chat

9:07 - Acolyte cancellation

13:57 - How he landed in software engineering

21:26 - Golang vs Rust

24:59 - His favorite language

26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript

29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding

33:09 - Would he recommend getting in a dev career

35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot

37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life

43:03 - Mac or PC

46:15 - Alfred on Mac

46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone

51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity

54:34 - Polyfill.js hack

58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity

1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code

1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks

1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly

1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum

1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance

1:19:53 - Cheaply made Agencyware vs American Made Software

1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades

1:29:50 - Snowblades

1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code

1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development

1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media

1:39:00 - Where can you find Brandon

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

FOR JOB SEEKERS:

I offer career coaching with resume & LinkedIn profile reviews for $250. Use this calendar link to schedule a 1 hour session: https://blakewilliamscoaching.youcanbook.me/

FOR HIRING MANAGERS:

I'm actively seeking new clients to support on a retained, contingent, or fractional basis. If you need help with recruiting, schedule a meeting using this calendar link: https://blakewilliamsvideo.youcanbook.me

Sarah Choudhary is CEO of Aridian Technologies and ICE Innovations. She started her career in ETL development and has become a visionary AI innovator, tech leader, writer, and Forbes Council Member. She has a Ph.D. in Data Science and current spearheading the development of several AI applications. She has a newsletter called TechSpectrum where she writes about navigating VR, AI, ML, Data & Cybersecurity and offers a curated exploration into the world of AI.

GUEST:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchoudhary/

Website: www.sarahchoudhary.com

TIMESTAMPS:

6:30 - Sarah's background

10:07 - Pursuing her PhD in data science

13:10 - What she learned analyzing life expectancy data

19:03 - Bias in AI algorithms

28:26 - Deepfakes

30:43 - Using AI in school

33:15 - Her time at Ernst & Young

35:41 - What will we do when AI takes jobs

40:09 - Quantum Computing

49:26 - Sarah's Start-Ups - ICE Rides & iChef

51:24 - ICE Innovations

1:03:49 - Microsoft Fabric

1:06:55 - Sprawberry

1:10:48 - Advice for transitioning into AI jobs

1:19:27 - How she found a new level of confidence

1:23:38 - How to handle a low ball offer

1:36:59 - Where to find Sarah

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

FOR JOB SEEKERS: I offer career coaching, resume & LinkedIn profile reviews for $250. Use this calendar link to schedule a 1 hour session: https://blakewilliamscoaching.youcanbook.me/

FOR HIRING MANAGERS: I'm actively seeking new clients to support on a retained, contingent, or fractional basis. If you need help with recruiting, schedule a meeting using this calendar link: https://blakewilliamsvideo.youcanbook.me

Joe Aurilia is the SVP of Operations for Cyware, a threat intelligence sharing platform, SOAR platform, and cybersecurity managed servicing provider. He serves as the COO and CIO reporting directly to the CEO. He has over 20 years in technology, operations, and strategic planning, guiding teams and organizations to peak performance across diverse industries. He is an expert in building and scaling all aspects of company operations to meet mission and goals. He serves as an Executive Member and Membership Board Member for SIM (Society for Information Management) and a Executive Member and Raleigh (RDU) Steering Committee Leader for Pavilion - a global membership organization for high-growth operators. He is a GTM Advisor and public speaker available to help your organization optimize and grow.

GUEST:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephauriliajr/

Website: https://cyware.com/

TIMESTAMPS:

4:49 - If Aliens Asked Your Purpose Here

6:17 - Joe's Story

10:13 - New Market Trends

12:47 - New Trends in Contract Terms

14:57 - What's Happening In Cyber?

19:57 - What Makes Cyware Different?

22:10 - Challenges Running a 100% Remote Global Organization

24:27 - Optimist or Pessimist on AI?

29:38 - Who's Making Up All These Acronyms in Cyber?

31:33 - ISOA, ISAC, & CERTS - What are they?

33:44 - We Go Off Topic into Left Field

36:41 - 2024 Job Market

39:13 - Candidate Matching Challenges

43:39 - Benefits of Hiring Offshore

45:56 - SIM (Society for Information Management)

48:05 - Decision to Pursue the Renewable Energy Industry (2011-2019)

51:36 - Importance of Knowledge Base Curation

53:54 - Joe Favorite Interview Questions

56.06 - Personal Productivity & Efficiency Hacks

57:08 - Reclaim.ai

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Daniel Miessler is the Founder of Unsupervised Learning. Creator of https://fabricai.app, and open-source framework for Augmenting humans with AI, and https://threshold.app, a new AI-based way of finding the best content onlilne. 25 years experience in Cybersecurity. Active coder, builder in the AI and Security space (langchain, langraph, AWS step functions, local models, business context use-cases). Built and ran the business intelligence team / product for Information Security at Apple. Built and ran the Vulnerability Management and AppSec at Robinhood. Active programmer (github.com/danielmiessler).

GUEST:

Daniel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/

Newsletter Website: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe

Fabric: https://fabricai.app

Threshold: https://threshold.app

Substrate: https://danielmiessler.com/p/introducing-substrate

Timestamps:

4:10 - How He Landed in Cybersecurity

5:25 - Advice to Job Seekers

6:32 - Unsupervised Learning

7:07 - How He Manages His Time

9:18 - Why He Shifted from FTE to Solopreneur

11:38 - How He Prioritizes

13:39 - Human 3.0

16:15 - Augmented

17:42 - The Moment He Wanted Me Dead

18:26 - Fabric

20:06 - Threshold

21:48 - Substrate

26:05 - AI's Predictable Path & DA's

30:36 - How He Would Configure His DA's

33:15 - Jobs & Recruiting

36:11 - Should Recruiters Find New Professions

45:45 - AI Interviews & Veton.ai

52:09 - Bumble

53:26 - Lattice Introduces Digital Employee

54:58 - Ask Me Anything

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

Justin Copeland is the Director of Product Marketing with Praetorian, an offensive security and managed security services company. With over 15 years of marketing experience and 12 years in cybersecurity industry, Jason is a data-driven, growth-focused marketing leader with extensive experience developing and executing strategic marketing initiatives for elite cybersecurity SaaS organizations. His areas of expertise include: Marketing Operations, Go-to-Market Planning & Execution, Brand Development & Positioning, Demand Generation Strategy, Competitive Research & Analysis, Sales and Product Enablement, Persona Development, Product Launch Management, Content Development

GUEST:

Justin Copeland - Director, Product Marketing at Praetorian

Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whoisjustincopeland/

Company Website: https://www.praetorian.com/

Timestamps:

5:31 - How Justin Landed in Marketing & Cybersecurity

7:39 - Challenges Facing Marketing Departments

9:59 - Email Deliverability Issues

11:13 - HTML vs Plain Text Emails

11:59 - A/B Testing

13:32 - Top Secret Marketing Content Trick

14:23 - Shout Out to Ben Mena at Elite Recruiter Podcast & Castmagic

17:36 - Marketing vs. Product Marketing

20:00 - Campaign Personalization & Persona Development

21:45 - What Makes Praetorian Different

23:32 - CTEM - Continuous Threat Exposure Management

26:21 - AI's Impact on Marketing Departments

27:51 - What Is He Spending Time On

30:15 - Importance of Net Promoter Score

32:10 - How He Decides Where to Focus

34:03 - Marketing Experimentation & Wordsmithing

38:45 - Recruiting Questions

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Blake Williams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Blake Williams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Blake Williams Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

Blake Williams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperdriveRecruiting

Blake Williams Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Company Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

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 authors books and instructional courses online.

GUEST:

Ayman Elsawah - Fractional CISO at Cloud Security Labs

Ayman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/infosecleader/

Ayman's Website: https://coffeewithayman.com/

Ayman's Fractional CISO Course: https://securitycafe.thinkific.com/courses/vciso-fractional-ciso-course

Timestamps:

2:25 - Favorite Movie & Music

4:45 - Coffee

8:17 - Ayman's Book & Podcast

9:22 - What He's Learned from Podcasting

11:52 - Top 5 Ways to Break into Cybersecurity

13:42 - How Ayman Landed in Cybersecurity

15:30 - Becoming Fractional

17:44 - Should You Go Fractional?

23:34 - Best Parts of Being Fractional

30:59 - Why Fractional is Becoming so Popular

40:26 - Social Selling

43:10 - BD Strategies for Landing Fractional Clients

45:34 - What's Happening in Cyber?

47:19 - Can Cyber Issues Be Solved with Hiring?

49:24 - Opportunities for American Workers

50:16 - What's Up with Ghost Job Postings?

54:41 - What He Does For Fun

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Blake Williams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Blake Williams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Blake Williams Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

Blake Williams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperdriveRecruiting

Blake Williams Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Hyperdrive Website: https://www.hyperdriverecruiting.com

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), non-voting interest in 3 portcos. He serves as primary bridge between capital owners and portfolio company leadership. Infusing portcos with AI, nearshoring capability, and EBTIDA recovery as valuation multipliers. He focuses on lower mid-market PE focal verticals: Telecommunications, Energy, Electric Utilities, Financial Services, FinTech, and Technology Services. He's lead 11 business acquisitions and integrations from both the buy and sell side. A large portion of his career has involved turning around non-performing teams, transforming business cultures from pessimistic to energized, and achieving improbable goals in the process. He's led product development/R&D launches and go-to-market campaigns for $330m businesses

GUEST:

Tom Mirc - Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet

Tom's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmirc/

Company Website: https://www.shadowhornet.com/

Timestamps:

3:09 - Favorite Movie & Music

5:04 - Tom's Story

10:32 - Current Market Conditions & Statistics

18:08 - 3 Fronts (Offshore, Nearshore, and AI)

25:09 - Growing Energy Production Industry

27:38 - ThorCon

29:51 - Where Will the Opportunities Be for American Workers

34:06 - Erosion of Trust in Employers

35:57 - Job Security in Cybersecurity?

38:08 - Reductions in IT Spending (Primarily Software)

41:11 - Tom's Experience as a White House Advisor

42:45 - Leave the World Behind Movie

43:49 - Moore County Power Grid Incident

45:25 - Opportunities in Solving the Feeble Power Grid

47:14 - One Second After Book

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Blake Williams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Blake Williams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Blake Williams Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

Blake Williams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperdriveRecruiting

Blake Williams Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Company Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

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 Cybersecurity Researcher for Threatlocker and Cloud Engineer for Burgess.

GUEST:

Ivan Fonseca - Incident Response Consultant at Google (3 years in Cybersecurity)

Ivan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-fonseca-64139222b/

Timestamps:

3:26 - How Ivan Landed in Cybersecurity

6:51 - How Ivan Landed at Google

9:07 - Importance of Showcasing Work on Social Media

12:23 - His New Role at Google

13:24 - Shoutouts to his Mentors

14:37 - Automap Tool (for Nmap Scanning)

18:47 - Ivan's Favorite Cybersecurity Tools

24:41 - Ivan's Primary Sources of Threat Intel

28:23 - Living off the Land Binaries

34:44 - AI Concerns

41:26 - Ivan's Advice for Entry Level Cybersecurity Job Seekers

48:04 - Gaming

51:06 - The Acolyte & Star Wars chat

HOST:

Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

Blake Williams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

Blake Williams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

Blake Williams Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

Blake Williams Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

Blake Williams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HyperdriveRecruiting

Blake Williams Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

Company Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com