{"id":26228,"date":"2024-06-05T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/?post_type=contributor&#038;p=26228"},"modified":"2024-06-05T17:39:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:39:45","slug":"ricky-slater","status":"publish","type":"contributor","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/sv\/contributor\/ricky-slater\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Slater"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"hero-section\" class=\"wp-block-e25m-section bs-section bs-section-85cf43654716f7dbcfe22c950f148fb166be92f4 bs-section---default bs-section--blog-feature\"><style>.bs-section.bs-section-85cf43654716f7dbcfe22c950f148fb166be92f4{ background-color: #1b2149;} <\/style><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-e25m-row bs-row row  bs-row---default\">\n<div class=\"bs-column col-12   bs-column-d25ea99bcc1f7ef371cb5152ee66710bcfa7121e bs-column---default\">\n<div style=\"height:20px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-e25m-row bs-row row  bs-row---default\">\n<div class=\"bs-column col-12 col-md-4   bs-column-2607029796da6e7e9e041fb01e6d9205ece90142 bs-column---default bs-column--left-content\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ricky Slater\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress-776622-2794197.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ricky-slater-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f488332b3bb676d2c38d0316d30a676\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Author: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52c4807a9431617e2189d0c9d6fb6854\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Ricky Slater<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-67a6ec7a0899ee3cfb7b9685568e529b\" id=\"h-key-account-manager-of-inside-sales-vipre\" style=\"font-size:24px;letter-spacing:0.3px\">Key Account Manager of Inside Sales, VIPRE<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bs-column col-12 col-md-8   bs-column-7cae3cb647c36ceafa2c80a9ded419a2adb2d44a bs-column---default bs-column--right-side\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4da87ccc0a7c9d5b98c0267e66238c0a\" id=\"h-biography\" style=\"font-size:24px\">BIOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-71395c6c14bccc83910d6699993d1639\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Ricky Slater, is a native of Stoke-on-Trent, England where VIPRE UK are headquartered.\u00a0 Ricky is currently a Key Account Manager at VIPRE Security. His career journey has taken him through various sales roles in telecoms, B2B, and utilities. Despite his successes in these areas, he often felt something was missing and that he had reached a plateau.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pure-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6de8b100954fb467a7e4ba026dee889\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In early 2022, he decided to dive into the world of cyber security. Since then, with the help of his VIPRE colleagues he has experienced significant growth in both industry knowledge and expertise. 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