Rear Admiral Robert “Bob” E. Day Jr of BlackBerry Corporation: “Let’s elevate the standing of educators, especially those in K-12, to bring them on par with some of the more important contributors to our society”

I would elevate the standing of educators, especially those in K-12, to bring them on par with some of the more important contributors to our society, and reward them as such. We are failing to make the investment in our children while many other countries our making this a top priority.

As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rear Admiral Robert “Bob” E. Day Jr., United States Coast Guard (retired). Rear Admiral Day is the vice president of cyber security operations services for BlackBerry Corporation where he leads the effort to develop, deploy, and maintain Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) compliant versions of BlackBerry products. Additionally, he has developed a U.S. based Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) to monitor all BlackBerry product FedRAMP instances. Prior to his current position…