Achieving Career Security - Anne Coulombe Experts In Their Fields

Hi everyone,

We are back again with episode 2 on season 2 of the EITF project!

In this episode, we interview Anne Coulombe. Anne is a very unique addition to EITF.

I met Anne, when I went to the Women In Tech conference in Boston, in 2022. Anne was the keynote speaker, and her speech had us all, transfixed.

Once her speech was over, I had to meet her. She had had limited time to talk at the conference, and I felt like she had a lot more to say about the tech industry, and what better place to do that, than EITF?

Anne has had a long career in the tech industry, so her answers to our questions on the EITF project are drawn from a lot of experience.

Karthik and I will now introduce her career to you.

Anne started out in the tech industry with a job as a Program Manager at Microsoft for e mail gateways and APIs. This was back in 1994!

Anne worked alongside Bill Gates, on a major project - A project commonly known as "email" today.

Since then, she launched herself into the world of tech leadership, and has held numerous leadership positions.

Soon after her tenure at Microsoft, she founded SciPlan systems, a company targetted towards driving new tech products to worldwide markets.

In 2006, she was an SIP Evangelist for Global video and collaboration at Avaya for 5 years. She then worked for Intralinks as the director of the Information security programs and ISO for EMEA & APAC.

In 2020, was the head of data protection and cybersecutiy at MassMutual.

She is currently the Principal security and privacy advisor to CISO's, CIO's and DPOs at Amazon Web services.

All right, do you notice anything here?

We think we see a trend - Anne has been at the forefront of creating the technology that we all have today!

Another important thing to notice about her career journey is that Anne has always found a way to work on technology that are way beyond our times.

She finds projects that are up and coming not just within her company, but within the tech world.

Lets talk about the interview now.

In today's world where the hastag "layoffs" is trending, this interview is a refreshing one.

What struck a chord with us is that, this interview shows a lot of positivity. For a lot of us who are watching the news via Linkedin, it may not look great, but Anne says that it is the exact opposite.

She asks our audience to equip ourselves with skills that technology needs today, rather than skills that a specific role requires. She speaks passionately about cybersecurity and data protection, which are undoubtedly excellent skills to have in todays world.

we initially felt like the the industry is closing in around us by reducing the number of roles available, but after this interview, Karthik and I feel like there are a lot of positions available, if we just look in the right place.

This is a very interesting and informative interview about the tech world, from the eyes of someone who has seen the evolution of tech first hand. It was an eye opening conversation for us and we are sure it will be for you as well. Enjoy, and as usual, leave us your comments!