S5:E39🎙️ Live with Kathryn Wang "Mad Scientist in Cyber Security Partnerships and Sales" 🎙️ Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ – Season 5:Episode 39

Kathryn Wang 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-wang/ “Cybersecurity is the immune system that protects the digital ecosystem.” “Don’t conflate growth with success. Failures carry great value. Unlock that value every time, and success will follow.” “No matter your experience or background, cybersecurity needs you.” “Encryption isn’t optional when your data is your most valuable asset.” “We need to educate, secure, and deter — because as technology enhances human life, threats evolve alongside it.” “AI should be a force multiplier — not a liability — and we must think differently about risk and reward in every deployment.”

Mark your calendars. This is going to be a powerful one. 🚀

📅 Friday, February 20, 2026 ⏰ 4:00 PM PT (San Francisco / Mountain View, CA) ⏰ 7:00 PM ET (Washington, DC) 📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → RSVP & Join the Discussion

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🌟 Meet My Guest

Kathryn Wang stands at the crossroads of Cyber, AI, Quantum, and National Security.

She is: ✅ Principal, Public Sector at SandboxAQ ✅ Founder of CTRL+ALT+DEFEAT.io ✅ 16-year Google veteran ✅ 2026 Wash100 Award recipient ✅ Co-Chair, Uniting Women in Cyber

Kathryn describes cybersecurity as the immune system of the digital ecosystem — and in today’s AI-accelerated, quantum-disrupted world, that mindset couldn’t be more relevant.

She’s helping federal agencies prepare for post-quantum cryptography, AI-enabled defense, and Zero Trust at scale.

This conversation is about leadership under consequence.

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🎯 What You Will Learn…

🔹 How leaders should prepare for Q-Day and post-quantum threats 🔹 The real risks of AI in mission-critical environments 🔹 Why IT/OT convergence is a national security issue 🔹 What “Secure by Design” actually means at scale 🔹 Why growth ≠ success — and how failure fuels leadership 🔹 How to transition from individual contributor to strategic leader 🔹 What the next generation of cyber warriors must master

For my Naval Junior Officers aspiring to command… For my Silicon Valley security engineers preparing for executive leadership…

This episode is for you.

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💬 Join the Conversation!

🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments! 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today? 💬 Got leadership or networking questions for Kathryn? Post them below — we will answer them LIVE!

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👇 Your Turn:

➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode? ➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week? ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation ❤️🙏🏾

Let’s talk about leading at the edge of AI, quantum, and national resilience.

#LeadershipAndSuccess #CyberSecurity #QuantumComputing #ZeroTrust #NationalSecurity #WomenInCyber #AI #ServantLeadership #CoachBZ #Podcast

S5:E39🎙️ Live with Kathryn Wang "Mad Scientist in Cyber Security Partnerships and Sales" 🎙️ Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ – Season 5:Episode 39

Kathryn Wang 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-wang/ “Cybersecurity is the immune system that protects the digital ecosystem.” “Don’t conflate growth with success. Failures carry great value. Unlock that value every time, and success will follow.” “No matter your experience or background, cybersecurity needs you.” “Encryption isn’t optional when your data is your most valuable asset.” “We need to educate, secure, and deter — because as technology enhances human life, threats evolve alongside it.” “AI should be a force multiplier — not a liability — and we must think differently about risk and reward in every deployment.”

Mark your calendars. This is going to be a powerful one. 🚀

📅 Friday, February 20, 2026 ⏰ 4:00 PM PT (San Francisco / Mountain View, CA) ⏰ 7:00 PM ET (Washington, DC) 📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → RSVP & Join the Discussion

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🌟 Meet My Guest

Kathryn Wang stands at the crossroads of Cyber, AI, Quantum, and National Security.

She is: ✅ Principal, Public Sector at SandboxAQ ✅ Founder of CTRL+ALT+DEFEAT.io ✅ 16-year Google veteran ✅ 2026 Wash100 Award recipient ✅ Co-Chair, Uniting Women in Cyber

Kathryn describes cybersecurity as the immune system of the digital ecosystem — and in today’s AI-accelerated, quantum-disrupted world, that mindset couldn’t be more relevant.

She’s helping federal agencies prepare for post-quantum cryptography, AI-enabled defense, and Zero Trust at scale.

This conversation is about leadership under consequence.

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🎯 What You Will Learn…

🔹 How leaders should prepare for Q-Day and post-quantum threats 🔹 The real risks of AI in mission-critical environments 🔹 Why IT/OT convergence is a national security issue 🔹 What “Secure by Design” actually means at scale 🔹 Why growth ≠ success — and how failure fuels leadership 🔹 How to transition from individual contributor to strategic leader 🔹 What the next generation of cyber warriors must master

For my Naval Junior Officers aspiring to command… For my Silicon Valley security engineers preparing for executive leadership…

This episode is for you.

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💬 Join the Conversation!

🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments! 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today? 💬 Got leadership or networking questions for Kathryn? Post them below — we will answer them LIVE!

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👇 Your Turn:

➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode? ➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week? ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation ❤️🙏🏾

Let’s talk about leading at the edge of AI, quantum, and national resilience.

#LeadershipAndSuccess #CyberSecurity #QuantumComputing #ZeroTrust #NationalSecurity #WomenInCyber #AI #ServantLeadership #CoachBZ #Podcast

S5E38🎙️ LIVE with Alan Kilian 🎙️ Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — Season 5:Episode 38 “Efficiency isn’t about doing more — it’s about doing what matters most.” “Most organizations don’t have a growth problem — they have a waste problem.” “Low-return activity is the silent killer of high-performing teams.”

🚨 Mark Your Calendars, Leaders! 🚨

I’m excited to invite you to the next powerful conversation on the Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — where we spotlight leaders who are building organizations, scaling people, and transforming culture through intentional leadership.

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🎙️ LIVE with Alan Kilian → https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-kilian/

📅 Date: Friday, February 20, 2026 ⏰ Time: 8:30 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 10:30 AM CT (Tulsa, OK) | 11:30 PM ET (Washington, DC) 📍 LIVE on LinkedIn → [RSVP & Join the Discussion]

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🌟 Introducing My Guest: Alan Kilian

Alan Kilian is an Efficiency Architect, People-First Scale Strategist, and Purpose-Driven Performance Coach who has spent more than 25 years owning, scaling, and leading companies across industries including energy, insurance, transportation, manufacturing, and financial services.

Today, he is:

🔹 Co-Founder — Level Up Leadership Accelerator 🔹 CEO & Co-Founder — Dream Chapter 🔹 Owner — Kilian Consulting 🔹 Executive & Performance Coach 🔹 High-impact Keynote Speaker

Alan is widely recognized for his philosophy of Efficiency-Based Leadership — helping organizations eliminate low-return activities, align talent to mission, and scale execution through people… not bureaucracy.

His keynotes are known as “acceleration events” — delivering real-time breakthroughs and practical tools leaders can apply immediately.

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🎯 What You Will Learn

In this high-energy leadership conversation, we’ll unpack:

⚙️ What Efficiency-Based Leadership really means — beyond productivity hacks 👥 How to scale organizations through people, not just process 🧭 Why “Right People, Right Seats” drives execution excellence 📈 How elite leaders eliminate operational waste 🧠 Coaching insights from working with high-net-worth families & billion-dollar enterprises ✝️ How Faith, Family, Freedom, and Flexibility anchor sustainable success 🌅 Leadership identity shifts from builder → legacy leader 🚀 Practical tools to accelerate performance starting immediately

If you lead teams, build companies, command missions, or scale culture — this episode is for you.

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💬 Join the Conversation LIVE!

🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments! 🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today? 💬 Got leadership or networking questions for Alan? Post them below — we will answer them LIVE!

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👇 Your Turn (Post-Episode Reflection):

➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode? ➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week? ➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation ❤️🙏🏾

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I’m looking forward to this powerful discussion on scaling leadership, eliminating inefficiency, and building purpose-aligned success.

Let’s grow together. Let’s lead forward. 🎙️🔥

#LeadershipAndSuccess #Podcast #CoachBZ #FriendInTheSpotlight #EfficiencyBasedLeadership #ExecutiveCoaching #ScalingLeadership #OrganizationalCulture #Entrepreneurship #ServantLeadership