Karla Reffold founded the international recruitment business, BeecherMadden in 2010 before overseeing the acquisition by Nicoll Curtin. In 2020 she joined Orpheus Cyber as COO. Orpheus is a threat intelligence company with a SAAS platform that helps organizations manage their own risk, and that of their third parties, with an easy-to-understand cyber risk score.
Karla is an industry awards judge, the host of industry interviews on the Cyber Talks media platform and the Zero Hour Podcast. She is also an experienced speaker, on the topic of cyber security and women in technology. Karla was included in SC Magazine’s Top 50 Women in Security in 2019. She was a finalist at the Women of the Future awards in 2016, for Entrepreneur of the Year, and a finalist in The Future Ladies Awards for Mentor of the Year in 2019.
On this episode, we talk about the power of bouncing back after a setback. Karla shares that 2020 was a year that she had to bounce back and after her divorce, she has had the most success in her life. She shares the power of building relationships, why we are blinded by our comfort zone and the motivation behind proving her doubters wrong.
To contact Karla, visit: www.karlareffold.co.uk or www.orpheus-cyber.com