When you’re doing something that you think – that you know – is a breakthrough, you cannot obsess about the possibility of failure. That is just not a great place to go. – Renee James
McAfee’s No. 1 strength is that they have a fantastic R&D team, engineering, as well as research at the core of security: database threat management. – Renee James
When you think about things like power efficiency or performance or Internet connectivity as major technology areas where you have multiple investments, multiple products – security is like that. – Renee James
If you don’t have women working for you, you really don’t know what the people who are buying from you really want. – Renee James
You see a lot of women who take the negative things that come their way and let it slide off them, like they are coated with Teflon. – Renee James
If you can make it so that I could touch somebody remotely through a wearable because it has haptic feedback – like, I could give a hug and it would touch you or pinch you – that would be killer. – Renee James
There is a huge business case for diversity. You will be making products for people you don’t understand, you don’t interact with. If you don’t have an inclusive, diverse workforce, it makes you myopic. – Renee James
In many countries, IT is a pillar of growth and attracts a lot more competitive talent. – Renee James
Having it all means different things to different people. I think it’s an individual choice. Nothing is perfect. Everyone makes sacrifices. For me, it’s worked out well. I have children. I have a very interesting career. But it’s not for everybody. – Renee James
Develop resilience and be brave. There are days when it is very discouraging. You have to develop personal resilience to environmental things that come along. If you let every single environmental challenge knock you off your game, it’s going to be very, very hard. – Renee James
Security can be enhanced with hardware. You can have a software-only solution, but it can be made more robust in conjunction with hardware. – Renee James
In my experience, in this industry, the things that have been breakthrough have all been about connecting human beings to each other, communicating with each other. – Renee James
Intel has been my second family. It is an amazing company that has changed the way people live their lives, and I am proud to have contributed to that in a meaningful way. – Renee James
We’re about getting all the people who want to compete with Samsung to be able to build devices. So we’re kind of down at the guts level saying, ‘Hey, we can give you the hardware, the sensor platform, the software you need to go build your own one.’ – Renee James
Not everybody wants be texting their 15-year-old asking how his math tutor was. They would rather be home looking at how the math tutor was today. But it is what it is. – Renee James
