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Visit z-scaler.com slash Zero zero trust AI. Hello, my name is Michael de Bolt. I'm not sure how many people know this about me but they're

gonna know now I grew up wanting to be an actor actually. I went to a creative arts academy in elementary school and I just had this

idea of performing on stage. I also had other dreams of becoming a baseball player and stuff like that.

But cyber and technology was never really part of my mindset, but that's kind of how I grew up. I actually had a minor

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