Date started current role: February 2017 Location: Los Angeles, CA Steve Tcherchian, CISSP, PCI-ISA, PCIP is the Chief Product Officer and Chief Information Security Officer for XYPRO Technology. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, the NonStop Under 40 executive board and part of the ANSI X9 Security Standards Committee. With over 20 years in the cybersecurity field, Tcherchian is responsible for global strategy and innovation of XYPRO’s security product line as well as overseeing XYPRO’s risk, compliance, and security to ensure the best experience to customers in the Mission-Critical computing marketplace. What was your first job? At 15 years old, I was a data entry intern. Repetitive tasks have never been appealing for me. I quickly figured out a way to automate my data entry work which allowed me to come in late, leave early and take 3-hour lunch breaks, all while getting my work done. Unfortunately, the company I was working for didn’t really see the benefit in my automation and decided to let me go. Oh well. At 17, I was in my senior year of high school and had a full-time job. I would often start my days very early and not finish until 2am — 6 days a week. I didn’t have a mentor at that age, so I had to decide for myself what was right and wrong.