A CTO’s life after retirement – Surprise!, Podcast

Telecom Reseller / Technology Reseller News

After a long career as a CTO with companies like NASA, Fannie Mae and Raytheon for the last 18 years, Julian Zottl was really looking forward to his retirement. Hold on – Not so fast! After a short respite, he started getting calls for help from different organizations. It did not take too long for Julian and his wife to recognize that they needed to incorporate and turn this into an engineering and consulting company. Julian discusses the company's future including: Bidding on federal contracts and Partnering with other countries International consulting work Julian Zottl Julian also touched on the future of cybersecurity noting that it is complex, evolving and filled with ongoing challenges. With the rapid evolution of cyber threats Julian noted that the decreasing cost and time required to develop advanced cyber capabilities has led to a significant acceleration in cyber-attacks. He explained how artificial intelligence and machine learning are being used to create vulnerabilities and execute tasks. Julian also touched on the use of AI to predict and exploit complex multi layered efforts in cyber operations highlighting the challenges posed by those advanced threats. What We Do at Azgard Tek! Systems Engineering: Nation-scale secure systems engineered using our aZgard Engineering Process (ZEP). Precision Intelligence: Ubiquitous surveillance, HTIO, SIGINT, and full-spectrum intelligence support—including cultural and geopolitical analysis. Cybersecurity Solutions: Zero Trust with Resiliency, Red Teaming, threat analytics, IR/Mitigation, and robust device testing. Data & AI/ML: Generative and Agentic AI solutions that automate and empower data fusion, threat detection, and mission intelligence at speed. For more information, go to: https://www.azgardtek.com