How did a B.Com graduate found his way up to becoming Chief Cyber Security Adviser at Microsoft, APAC?
Not only that, Abbas Kudrati is also a Professor, Mentor, and Keynote speaker.
Abbas has demonstrated that life is full of Opportunities if you are willing to grab one.
His story starts way back in a small town in Gujarat named Jamnagar.
He completed his secondary education from Patna, Bihar, and moved back to Gujarat for senior secondary schooling.
In 1993, due to less percentage in 10th, he had to choose commerce over science.
But the love for technology drove him to do a diploma in IT simultaneously.
He used to attend B.Com classes till 12 pm, followed by diploma classes till 2 pm, and later in the evening used to do odd jobs to be financially independent.
After the completion of the Diploma, he was the first student to get placed on the campus.
Professionally, he has not only experienced vertical growth, but also horizontal growth.
He started as System Administration at BHA then moved to Hyderabad with one of his CFO's.
He got into a financial crisis after the 24/11 attack.
So then he moved to Kuwait.
And within 15- 20 days, he got a job in system administration.
He shares his journey of starting as Sys admin to multiple award-winning CISO and now the APAC Chief Security Advisor at Microsoft.
In this episode, You will learn about :
Abbas also shares his 3 tips for people in their 20's.
Abbas coordinates:
Host Ehsan coordinates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alimohammadehsan
E40 - Building Linkedin Profile With Karen Tisdell, LinkedIn Profile Writer and Trainer
E39 - Using Technologies To Impact Human Lives With Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO, BCT Digital
E38 - From Door-to-Door Sales to Building a Technology Platform With Tinesh Chhaya, Founder, Decipher Cyber
E37 - From a Programmer to Global Innovation Leader & CEO of a Startup Incubator/Accelerator, Malik Irfan
E36 - From The Study of Medicines to Tutoring Neurodivergent Kids and NLP Trainer With Fatema Kudrati, Director, Kip McGrath Education Centre Ringwood
E35 - Running a Portfolio Career With Founder and CEO of Wisedoc, Akash Kannegulla, Ph.D
E34 - Starting Biz From Scratch in a New Country, With Naheed Khan, Founder of FuturWits
E33 - From Chef to Airline CEO, With Koustav Dhar, CEO At Zoom Air
E32 - A Senior Marketing & Digital Innovation Professional to Mental Health Start-up With Vijay Solanki, Co-founder & CEO at ParentalEQ, TEDx Speaker
E31 - From HR Recruiting to Building His Own Sports Analytics Business With Nakul Pednekar, Founder, Wicky
E30 - From a Doer to a Thought Leader With Kshira Saagar, Chief Data Officer, Latitude Financial Services
E29 - Dare to Build Unconventional Career With Ashi Singhal, Linkedin Personal Branding Expert
E28 - First Female Senior Executive In The Family Business to Becoming an Executive Coach With Vinita Surana, Entrepreneur, Creative Director, & Performance Coach
E27 - From Chartered Accountant to Cyber Security with Anu Kukar, Associate Partner, IBM & Keynote Speaker
E26 - Discovering The Purpose of Life with Chinmay Ananda, Financial Educator, Business Storyteller & Author
E25 - Building Authority and Personal Brand with Aruna Pattam, Head of AI and Data Science, HCL
E24 - From Attempting to End Her Life to Becoming a Global Pharma and Technology Leader, With Dr Kamala Maddali
E23 - Creating Your Inner Circle with Jay Hira, Executive Cyber Security Advisor, Salesforce
E22 - Fast Tracking Your IT Career, with Prakhar Rawat, CTO, Simple.io
E21 - Building First of Its Kind Fintech Platform in Australia, with Anto Joseph, CEO & MD of STROPRO
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