Скачать или смотреть Tech Paired #1 | Birthdays Not Missed: Building Quorum Cyber w/ Federico Charosky, CEO

Federico, CEO of Quorum Cyber, traces his journey from Buenos Aires to building one of the UK’s fastest-growing cybersecurity firms. We dig into the brutal truths of leadership, AI’s real impact on security work, why SMBs are targets, and why your security program should favor platforms and simplicity. We end on quantum risk and a surprising metric: birthdays not missed.

Quorum Cyber (founded Edinburgh, 2016) operates across the UK and North America with 400+ employees and around 500 customers.

🎙️ Hosted by Michael Phair and Stuart Alexander, co-founders of Tech Pair — a Tech & Change recruitment firm built on real relationships and hands-on expertise. Tech Pair connects high-performing tech talent with scaling businesses through permanent, contract, RPO, and managed service models. Founder-led. No juniors. Just people who care about people.

Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
00:18 Origin Story: Buenos Aires to Scotland
02:24 The Scale-Up Arc: Bootstrapped to PE to M&A
06:55 Don’t Chase the Number
08:20 Who Should be a Founder?
10:05 The Worst Part of the Job
12:00 How the Team Sees Me
13:45 Seasons of Balance
15:20 Delegation
17:10 What’s Changed in Cyber
19:10 Talent in the AI Era
21:15 Crime-as-a-Service
23:20 Why SMBs Get Hit
25:40 Inside an Incident: Contain → Eradicate → Recover
28:10 Platform, Not Patchwork
30:40 From Firewalls to Identity & Data
33:10 Why This Work Feels Meaningful
44:21 Quantum: Act Before It Arrives
48:10 Society, AI & Purpose
54:30 Close