Seasoned cybersecurity leader with 15 years of experience in strategising and driving enterprise-scale Cyber Security, Compliance, and Privacy initiatives, leveraging cross-functional leadership and operational excellence.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Security Program Manager - MSRC
Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd
05.2022 - Current
Company Overview: https://msrc.microsoft.com/
Leading End-to-End Vulnerability Response & Resolution for Azure and Entra ID
Leading Security Researcher Engagements
Driving operational excellence charter and necessary process improvements for internal teams, partners and security researchers
Https://msrc.microsoft.com/
Staff T. Program Manager - Product Security
Citrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd
12.2020 - 05.2022
Propelling Customer-impacting Product Security Incidents as global Security Incident Response Manager
Executing strategies for PSIRT as an independent function under Product Security Engineering Org
Steering Bug Bounty programs and Security Response for Citrix Products and Managed Services
Liaising with CRO, CIO, GSO, Product, Engg, Legal, PR teams for Internal & external communications
Senior Program Manager - Cyber Security
Cleartrip India Pvt. Ltd
04.2018 - 12.2020
Spearheaded CyberSecurity programs, processes and policies across cross-functional teams
Revamped various Compliance programs for PCI-DSS, GDPR, U.S. Export Control, Partner compliance
Liaised with Legal and Business teams for Contract Reviews and Data Protection Agreements
Overhauled Internal as well as External Audits, Stakeholder Management, Cost Optimizations
Showcased Quarterly and Bi-Annual reports to Leadership team and the Board
Program Manager - Cyber Security
Quikr India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2014 - 04.2018
Assessed the Cyber Security needs, devised, strategized, and executed roadmaps for Security of various applications, network and infra of Quikr and its acquired businesses
Performed Internal audits of access, privileges and coordinate and support external audits
Actively participated in the M&A activities for necessary due diligence and integrations
Contributed to QuikrJobs vertical as Associate Product Manager via creating LEMS for blue-collar jobs
Performed project management tasks and drove Email & SMS alerts enhancements
Software Analyst II
Talentica Software (India) Pvt. Ltd
09.2012 - 12.2014
Acceptance Testing of Web-based and Desktop (GUI) applications as per the requirements
Designed and executed the test cases for Functional, System and Regression Testing
Deployment of the application in the production environment
Requirement gathering from client and potential leads of client along with user training
Deputy Manager, Product
Reliance Tech Services
08.2010 - 09.2012
Managed E-to-E enhancements for Reliance Global Call product
Created reports using Rational Clear Quest
Instrumented the deployment plan & process with the help of business team
Education
Executive Programme - Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute Of Management (IIM)
Rohtak, India
01-2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Bhopal, India
01-2010
Skills
Cyber Security Governance Trust building
Risk Management Compliance Management
Vulnerability management Process improvement
Security incident response Critical thinking
Cross-functional collaboration KPI tracking
Strategic planning Operations management
Stakeholder management Problem solving
Effective leadership Adaptive thinking
Team management Time management
Remote team management Onboarding, Training
Policy and procedure development
Effective Communication
Ability to influence without authority
OWASP ZAP BurpSuite Spacewalk
JIRA AzureDevOps
BitSight Azure Sentinel
Akamai WAF Distil BotManager
NewRelic Splunk GrayLog
JMeter Postman Wireshark
Balsamiq Drawio Miro
Awards
CT Achiever 2018-19: Annual Recognition/Award program done across global functions levels.
Initiated and led GDPR compliance activities at Cleartrip.
Successfully instituted a culture of Cyber Security awareness at Cleartrip and Quikr.
Revitalized Security audits for various business functions and respective processes at Quikr.
Initiated and completed programs like HTTP to HTTPS migration, Asset Management, Server Patch monitoring and system upgrade at Quikr.
Got recognition for owning and driving conversions to 4x within 2 months for Low End Mobile Site
Successfully implemented 1st of its kind offline candidate product for Quikr Jobs.
Received multiple Performance and Quarterly Employee recognitions at Talentica and Reliance.
Timeline
Sr. Security Program Manager - MSRC
Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd
05.2022 - Current
Staff T. Program Manager - Product Security
Citrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd
12.2020 - 05.2022
Senior Program Manager - Cyber Security
Cleartrip India Pvt. Ltd
04.2018 - 12.2020
Program Manager - Cyber Security
Quikr India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2014 - 04.2018
Software Analyst II
Talentica Software (India) Pvt. Ltd
09.2012 - 12.2014
Deputy Manager, Product
Reliance Tech Services
08.2010 - 09.2012
Executive Programme - Entrepreneurship
Indian Institute Of Management (IIM)
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications