Chapter 9

An Operating Model for Business Agility

Early morning meetings were not usually a great reason to be excited, but this was different. I was about to meet Brian Dye, newly minted Senior Vice President at Intel Security, to discuss our agile transformation strategy and help clarify questions he might have as we were doubling down on our new direction as a company.

There was a lot of energy and buzz around the new SVP. Brian had joined our firm from Citrix, after Chris Young—head of the company—picked him as his right-hand man. It was easy to see why Chris picked Brian to help make the strategy of becoming the “Number One Security Partner for the Fortune 2000” real. Brian was wicked smart, with a degree in engineering from MIT and an MBA ...

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