Hello Everyone!
Hi, I am Joe Pingtella. Thank you for having me join the Netskope team. I wanted to share a little about myself before we meet together and individually.
So, from the beginning, I served in the Army a total of 8 years (years regular and 4 reserves). I was a bit on the wild side while in the Army and jumped out of planes for a living with the 82nd Airborne Division. While in the Army I learned how to scuba dive, so I have an advanced open water certification, which I have had since 1988.
I got out of the Army and went back home to San Diego, where I grew up. I a defense contractor as a Quality Assurance Apprentice, while going to school for engineering. During the ’90s in San Diego, the defense industry had a tough time and shuttered many doors.
From there I moved to Austin, TX, and went to school for Computer Information Science and graduated with my bachelor’s from St. Edwards University while working at Motorola as a system administrator and t