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Richard Melick: Finding the right pattern to solve the problem. [Threat reporting] [Career Notes]

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N2K Networks, Inc.

Technology, Tech News, Daily News, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Richard Melick, Director of Threat Reporting for Zimperium, talks about his journey, from working in the military to moving up to the big screens. He shares that he's been in the business of solving unique cybersecurity problems for so long that he has found his own path that works very well for him. He says, "if I go to a unique problem and try to solve it, I find that I'm solving it the same way that I would've solved it five years ago, because I found my pattern." Richard reflects on his time working in the industry, from moving away from the military and into different roles over the years. He notes that giving credit where credit is due, to those who deserve it, is how you keep the audience engaged as a storyteller. We thank Richard for sharing his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, my name is Richard Malick. I'm the director of threat reporting over at Zimperium.

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Thank you. over at Zimperium. I want to be an aeronautical engineer.

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And a lot of my friends in elementary school and middle school, their parents were scientists

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and engineers.

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And I very fondly recollect the meeting of one of my friends' dads who designed the first soda machine to go into space.

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And I got fascinated with it. I thought, you know what? I'm going to go design my own aircraft when I get older and start my own aircraft company.

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Then it was a realization a little bit further on that a ride around high school that's

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