Me-Rae Kim is a Regional Sales Manager at Torq, where she leads AI SOC strategy across the North Central territory. With over a decade in B2B sales spanning cybersecurity, AI, and enterprise technology, including roles at Abnormal AI and Cisco, she's spent her career at the intersection of security outcomes and the people trying to achieve them.  Me-Rae works directly with SOC leaders navigating the shift to AI-driven operations, giving her a ground-level view of where the technology is delivering and where the friction still lives. Her talk draws on Torq's 2025 global SOC survey of 450 security leaders and the gaps between what teams believe AI can do and what they're actually using it for.