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Hi, my name is Dominique West and I am a technical account manager.

My father has, is an engineer. He's been an engineer my entire life. So he had me taking apart computers at such a young age. I've grown up with technology. So I thought, why not see,

you know, how I could make a career out of it. So in my undergraduate, I, a degree, I went for computer information systems.

I learned about programming, networking, a number of different avenues.

It's funny, I did not learn about cybersecurity, though.

I was introduced to cybersecurity through another avenue of actually being a victim of

credit card fraud and that's actually where I landed, I should say security found me.

And that's how I wind up getting into the field that way.

After graduating, I was fortunate to land a position. It was a help desk position at a museum in New York City.

It was one of the best jobs I've had simply because it's called the Rubin Museum of Art,

and they specialize in Buddhist and Hamilian art there.

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