All right, everyone, welcome back to another episode of the Crypto 101 podcast.

I'm especially excited today because we have with us David Schwed, the CEO from

Haliborne Security with us today. This is one of the guys

that you don't run into very often in life. And I'm going to let the episode explain what I mean

there. So let's get David on the stage right now. David, welcome to the Crypto 101 podcast. How you

doing? I'm doing good. Thanks for having me.

It's a pleasure to have you. Uh, I met you over at Salon of Breakpoint last year and we had the

pleasure of just sitting down and chatting over a cup of coffee, just about the markets,

security, things in general. Um, but before we get into all that stuff, give us, uh, a little bit about your background for our listeners that aren't familiar with you yet.

What were you doing before you got into the crypto space?

Sure. I like to talk about my career in like three different arcs.

You know, the first part of my arc was just in Tradfai, you know, working at companies like Citigorp prior to the merger with

Citigr with Citigr, Merrill Lynch, Marsh McClennan, Salmless-Beth Barney, and I worked in various

infrastructure roles. And at a certain point in my career, I gravitated towards risk management and

internal audit. And that was like the first light bulb in my head that went off that, you know,

I don't want to be just labeled as someone who's technical. I that was like the first light bulb in my head that went off that, you know, I don't want

to be just labeled as someone who's technical.

I started to see the connection between what I did from a technical perspective and how I'm

actually helping a business achieve their objectives through technology.

And I started looking at it through a different lens in the lens of managing risk.

And I started interfacing with the different heads of businesses

as opposed to just being siloed within a technology unit. And I started to really understand

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