David Africano, CISO of Caliburn International, is afraid of heights but instead of steering clear, he had a different approach. He looked at it as just a “veil to pass through.”
So, he became a Paratrooper, jumping out of planes for the US Army.
That first, major veil was just the beginning for David, and it created a habit which has lead him to a very successful and fulfilling career in IT.
Here’s David’s story.
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