Rhonda Childress has earned more than her share of "firsts" over her 25 year IBM career: She was the first woman in IBM Security to become an IBM Fellow as well as the first woman in IBM Services to be named an IBM Master Inventor.

Rhonda is a force to be reckoned with, and these day she's using her influence to help inspire the next generation of women in the security industry. Today, she joins the podcast to share her story and remind us all of a simple but inconvenient fact: growth and comfort cannot coexist.

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