Addressing the cybersecurity talent shortage

By Mike Switzer

Published January 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM EST

Dr. Lyda Fontes McCartin, Director of the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.

By now, most people are pretty aware of the labor shortage our state and country is facing. But there’s one important area in particular with a talent gap that our next guest is working hard to alleviate. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Lyda Fontes McCartin, Director of the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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