Ep.31 | Accelerating Your Career in Privacy (Guest: Jamal Ahmed)

About this episode

Jamal Ahmed discusses strategies for advancing a career in privacy and avoiding common pitfalls.

Want to advance your career in privacy? Want to avoid common mistakes that will stall your career? What are the most important skills to work on? We were happy to have Jamal Ahmed join us to discuss how he's helped 70,000 privacy professionals across 137 countries advance their careers in privacy. 

People in this episode

Host: Donata Stroink-Skillrud

Guest: Jamal Ahmed

Topics covered

• career advancement
• privacy
• professional development
• skills
• common mistakes

Keywords

• privacy career
• professional skills
• career mistakes
• privacy professionals
• global privacy

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