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I often get asked what does SafeNet do. I'm either sitting on a plane or I'm talking to
a family member, and I love having this conversation, because SafeNet has been the leader in data
protection for 30 years. When you look at what SafeNet does, whether it be our Software
Monetization business or our Data Protection business, we are incredibly relevant to the
markets we serve because we tend to be number 1 or 2 in the spaces that we play in. It's
a great company. It's a global company. It's a company in a fast-growing industry. One
of the interesting things about our company is how we are positioned. We're not a very
small company, but we're not a very big company. You can start off as an intern and then in
5 to 10 years later find yourself being a vice president of one of our departments.
It can happen here. As the market has evolved over the years, we have been a very key player
in this industry, and so when new challenges come out we are right there building solutions
in order to meet those challenges. So as an employee at SafeNet, I started of as test
engineer in soft development. I started off my career at the SafeNet offices in India.
And during my span-off career at SafeNet, it has given me the ability to grow both horizontally
as well as vertically. Well, the best part of my job is getting the chance to address
a challenge and resolve issues. There's a saying amongst our team members in IT that
whenever we get a chance to resolve an issue, that's sort of a "tech high." When I started
working at SafeNet, I really didn't know what I wanted to do, but working here -- in this
environment -- I had the opportunity to work with a lot of different departments and kind
of learn from different places in the business and that really helped me to find the field
that I was really passionate about, which was marketing. It feels almost like winning
a football game sometimes -- that you're able to approach this and say "Yeah, we tackled
that."or "We got it done." For me personally, SafeNet's been both a very productive from
a career development perspective, but at the same time a very fun place to work. SafeNet's
work environment is generally an environment of challenges. There's always an opportunity
to learn a new technology. We all collaborate together. And you know, it's not just walking
and talking with someone in your department, but you bounce ideas off each other and brainstorm
and really generate something that's bigger than just one person. We have very much an
open door type of policy within the company that all the employees can talk to anyone
that works here and feel comfortable having those conversations. We work very hard at
maintaining that personal feel, whether it be in a corporate meeting environment or just
in a hallway because it's something that you can't fake. You're either that way or you're
not. Even when we are working hard, we're still having fun doing it, and I think we
just enjoy working with each other, which really helps make you want to come to work
every day and make it a fun place to be. I get feedback around the world that the people
they work with and the challenges that we give them and the products that we work with
and ultimately the customers that we serve really create an environment that really stimulates
people and gets them excited about what we do every day.