Stellar Cyber launched in March of 2015. Just one year later, Wei led a small team of engineers to build the first version of what would become Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform. The company now has 100-plus employees, over 4,500 customers globally, and more than $3 million in assets under management.
“Each endeavor has been a vital learning and growth experience for me,” Wei says. “As a Chinese woman in an environment where most entrepreneurs and leaders are white men, I have faced many barriers. But I have found a way to share my vision with the world, embracing my role as a female engineering leader and encouraging other women to pursue their passion for cybersecurity.
“I am a firm believer that life is all about the journey,” says Tshuva. “My driving force always has been my desire to help people. This is what got me started with cybersecurity: I saw a problem and wanted to solve it, to make our devices better and safer to use. Smart devices have a huge and direct impact on our day-to-day lives and personal safety. This is also why our first customers were medical device companies.
Wei has this advice for female founders and women looking to break into the cybersecurity industry. “Build a meritocracy in a transparent environment where ideas are encouraged from employees at all levels and they are rewarded for their contributions, not just for the title on the door or their gender.”
We need to to talk about the editorial choice of the use of the word “female,” and how that is problematic because its etymology has history in slavery.