Rick Avila is a Senior Director, Internal Communications at Cohesity at Cohesity. He possess expertise in program management, cross functional team leadership, leadership, project management, management and 42 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I had the greatest opportunity to work and partner with Rick Avila at PeopleSoft. An example of a creative thinker and an extraordinary talent, Rick consistently demonstrated his ability to inspire, lead, and motivate people. He created and managed the information security communications department, where his leadership was a catalyst of success. Rick’s accomplishments resonated not only internally but externally as a benchmark of a successful information security awareness program. This was demonstrated by his leadership on the “Operation Barbed Wire” initiative where the program was recognized by the CIO Business Technology Leadership organization. He is an inspirational leader, and is a valuable asset to all organizations he has been associated with. I am proud to recommend him and can attest to his accomplishments. I hope to have the opportunity to work with him again in the future."