Thoughts on Diversity
Originally posted on my LinkedIn profile. I’ll be honest. If I were adding someone to
Just FYI. You might notice that my site is looking a little funky and/or there’s some templaty sh*t here. I’m in the middle of doing something you should NEVER do, and that’s updating a live site on the fly. The proper way to do these things, or so I’ve been taught, is to make changes to a dev site, test the changes thoroughly, then promote the code to the production site, following a well-defined and properly vetted process.
Don’t do what I’m in the middle of doing right now.
Keep checking back and you’ll see the updates as I continue to make progress. I’m doing it live, so whatever!
I'm also a Christian*, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a friend, a business leader, a CISO (that's Chief Information Security Officer to the layman), a hacker, a Certified (SCUBA) Rescue Diver, a biker (Harleys mostly), a welder (not professionally), an American Mexican (like a Mexican trapped in an American body), a cancer survivor, a recovered alcoholic, a harsh self-critic, a problem solver, a problem creator, and LOTS of other things.
My world, like yours, is far from perfect. My world, like yours, is pretty f@cked up sometimes.
Regardless of my imperfections, and despite myself (I'm always my own worst enemy), my world is REAL and my world is f@cking AWESOME! The truth is, SO IS YOURS!
Welcome to my world.
*DISCLAIMER: The words "Christian" and "religion" or "religous" are often misunderstood and misused. I'm a Christian, but I mostly despise religion. I call myself "a dirty Christian". A future blog post here.
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I need to write something here too?! WTF
NOTE TO SELF: Write something here too. Basically, I think about sh*t, break sh*t, fix sh*t, solve sh*t, and help other people with sh*t. I'll fill this in with some details. Promise.
I dunno. I guess I’ll put some more words here too. So many flippin’ words!
Fix the broken industry.
Yeah, I'm ALWAYS working on "projects"! Maybe you'd like to help me?
ADHD is my superpower. You read that right!
Imagine taking a guy with ADHD and giving him a mission (purpose). Now, take this same guy and somehow give him 30+ years doing what he was built to do.
I did a lot of things that I guess you’d call “illegal” in today’s world. Everything was driven by curiousity and showing off to friends. Using things beyond their intent or whatever boundaries there were. Thank God for the Statute of Limitations!
Words will be written by me here. Hang tight!
This has been an AMAZING ride so far! More words coming…
There was a chapter of life before FRSecure, filled with crazy information security adventures! Working for companies like Jasc Software (makers of PaintShop Pro), US Bank, United Health, Wells Fargo, MGI Pharma, etc.
Words will also be written by me here.
This was some crazy sh*t for sure! Tell you more about it later.
Work in progress I suppose.
Most people say good things, but some are afraid to say anything. Telling the truth without beating around the bush is appreciated by some and offensive to others. If you know me, you know that I appreciate EVERYONE'S perspective.
“You are extremely transparent, honest and candid. And Yes, thats a good thing! And that’s what we all love about you as this pioneer and godfather of cybersecurity that you are!”
“I don’t think I’ve met a more successful guy in this industry with less bullshit”
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