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author name
Marla Hay
author title VP of Product Management, Security, Privacy, and Data Management
My Background
Marla Hay is the vice president of product management for security, privacy, and data protection. She has previously held product leadership roles at Janrain, acquired by Akamai, and product and engineering leadership positions at Mentor Graphics. She received a B.S. in computer science from Cornell University and an M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.
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