Ask Mike Anything - Exploring Career Growth with Pure Community Member Mike Dehaan
At Pure Storage//Accelerate 2025 last week, one of our community members, Mike_Dehaan, from the Mississippi Dept. of Revenue, had the opportunity to share his career journey on main stage in Las Vegas with Pure's VP of HR and Legal Niki Armstrong. Ask Mike anything in this forum about his experience with Pure and his career path - tag him in your questions and let's get some discussion going! Check out the full video below to hear Mike's challenges, triumphs, and how he's worked to drive better outcomes for the citizens of Mississippi. Hear about the significant role that community and culture played in fostering his progress, both in his own career and for those around him. Reach out to Ludes or legan if you're interested in working with our customer advocacy team to do something similar. Or talk to you local User Group SE leaders about featuring your career path in an upcoming user group meetup. Thanks to bmcdougall for working with Mike to craft his talk track for the segment. https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/exploring-careers-growth-in-the-industry/6374610495112.html?shareVideo=6374610495112What was your favorite project or tech experiment during your college years that still sticks with you today?
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Press play on an exciting conversation with Rob Quast, Pure's Principal Technologist, as he dives into the latest trends in AI, cloud storage, and networking! What’s been one of your most surreal or memorable career moments so far? Share it below!
