Bill Collins followed his career as a high-level executive in the roofing industry by becoming a consultant for companies looking for expertise in any of his varied fields of interest. In 2017, he broadened his scope and became intrigued by the developing buzz around cybersecurity. He began consuming information and among the things that stood out to him was an anticipated shortfall of cybersecurity jobs. So he got to work.
“Knowing very little about IT and computers in general, I became worried about the vulnerabilities of my own computer and, more importantly, of my roofing industry clients,” said Collins, who recently graduated from a three-year program at Villanova University with a full master’s degree in cybersecurity.