Erin Verna

Background

Job Description

My focus is on application security, specifically access control and authorization which includes holistic zero-trust approaches. As a Product Marketing Manager, I work with developers and product managers to identify key market segments, cybersecurity trends and customer use cases that impact the development of our access security products. I create product narrative, positioning and technical messaging while also delivering key sales enablement activities and speaking engagements with customers.

Company Description

F5 is a multicloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life. F5 partners with the world's largest, most advanced organizations to secure every app--on premises, in the cloud, or at the edge.

Employment History

I've worked with a variety of large global clients including Microsoft and currently F5 Inc.

Education

BA Gonzaga University

Mentoring Objectives & Scope

Our scope can be as specific or broad as you like. I'm curious to know your goals and we can form objectives from there. I've found throughout my own career I've benefited from guidance in the following areas: interviewing, public speaking, overall career growth, navigating corporate culture, having difficult conversations, leadership development.

When and where do you hold meetings with your students?

Hybrid (mix of in-person and virtual) - Open; casual meeting spot like coffee shop

Additional Information

As a journalism major at university, having a career in cybersecurity was not immediately on my radar. One of the things I love most about the tech space is that it takes all kinds of backgrounds to innovate. Some may have an engineering background, or some may have a writing background, like me. The avenues to tech and cybersecurity are many and this diversity of life experience is incredibly valuable when working to solve problems.