Welcome back to 7Rapid Questions, our blog series where we hear about the great work happening at Rapid7 from the people who are doing it across our global offices. For this installment, we sat down with Maria Loughrey, Commercial Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland at our Reading, UK office.
Maria LoughreyWhat did you want to be when you grew up?
After a brief stint of wanting to go to America to study law at Harvard (thank you, "Legally Blonde"), I ended up studying psychology and wanted to become a forensic psychologist.
So, how did you end up in cybersecurity?
I was approached by a recruitment partner of Rapid7, which prompted me to research what cybersecurity was all about. I found that not only is it a super interesting topic, but people are really passionate about it. It was evident how much Rapid7 cared about their customers' security and, in turn, how much customers respected them as a vendor. It took a bit of a leap of faith to step away from my career plan and start working for a company I knew very little about, but I'm so glad I did!
What has your career journey been like at Rapid7?
Since the aforementioned leap of faith, Rapid7 haven't stopped putting their faith in me in return. I started in the business development team and then got promoted into a sales overlay role supporting the Account Executive team. I've been in sales ever since — starting with SMB customers, then mid-market accounts, and more recently covering the Enterprise market in the UK.
Last year, I became a team lead alongside my Enterprise AE role, and then at the beginning of this year, I ..
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