Corey White, Chief Executive and Experience Officer at Cyvatar.ai, tells us how he is always moving towards what scares him.

Global Tech Leaders' Podcast

In today's episode we have Corey White, Chief Executive and Experience Officer at Cyvatar.ai, prior to that he had an illustrious career at Cylance no less, he was at CompTIA and McAfee. He is a servant leader so very excited to talk about what that means. He has proven himself in organisations such as Cylance, where he was the first employee consultant in the organization to build a team to a 150+ globally which is not an easy task. Culminating in the acquisition of Cylance by Blackberry for 1.5 Billion. To say he is experienced in AI is an understatement.

We kick off by asking Corey about his career journey and what has led him to where he is today?

• It was not perfectly planned out
• Knew he liked computers
• First job was Microsoft
• Introduction of the internet
• What is a cookie
• Could not sit still on a support call
• Figure things out

We ask Corey how does the fact that his mind is so fast, how has that helped him in his career?

• Mindset
• Let go of ego

Then we ask Corey, what is a big red flag for you when interviewing new team members and how does he build culture?

• No one can be successful without knowing who they are
• Spark Type Test
• “I’m a maker” - love building things
• Be a better person
• Roles that match your innate skills
• Align skill and happiness

We ask Corey, you know what to look for when hiring, how do you manage those people with servant leadership and what does it mean to him?

• You’re doing everything
• Trust those people to do the job
• When hired, I now work for you
• Hire the right people
• Support them to be successful
• Servant leader mindset

Next we ask Corey how has AI affected the cybersecurity game and how it's used to win the war on threats that exist today?

• AI is a very good tool
• People, process and technology
• Without the right people using it, it's almost useless

We ask Corey, how are things going at Cyvatar.ai?

• Solution and secure
• Fully understand what the challenges are
• Subscription businesses
• Platform businesses

Then we ask Corey, how does he stay organized, any life hacks?

• Goes back to knowing yourself
• Assistant ingrained in my life
• Find a very very smart assistant
• Executive hack
• She's the organised version of Corey

Last but not least, we ask Corey what he feels are his super powers?

• Listening
• I'm constantly moving towards what scares me
• Stuck afraid

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