NAVYA IYENGAR
Summary
Dynamic technology leader with a proven track record at LLN Evara Advisors LLP, driving cybersecurity innovations and securing strategic partnerships. Expert in risk assessment and stakeholder engagement, I enhanced profitability by 33% through AI-driven solutions, showcasing my ability to deliver impactful results while managing complex projects and teams.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Partner / Chief Technology Officer
LLN Evara Advisors LLP
08.2024 - Current
- Passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to mitigate cyber threats and safeguard digital ecosystems.
- Develop and execute the company's cybersecurity strategy, ensuring robust protection against evolving threats.
- Lead research and implementation of advanced security solutions, including threat intelligence, risk assessment, and incident response.
- Drive innovation by integrating emerging technologies such as AI-driven threat detection and blockchain security.
- Spearhead funding initiatives, securing investments and partnerships to scale cybersecurity solutions.
- Represent the company in industry forums, conferences, and partnerships to enhance market presence.
- Drive business development by identifying new market opportunities, building strategic partnerships, and expanding the company's cybersecurity portfolio.
Chief Information Officer / Board of Director
Ka-naada Phonetics Pvt Ltd
05.2023 - 04.2024
- Entrusted to turnaround people, processes, and technology of standardizing and transforming the collection, organization and distribution of accounting data to support Board of Directors and executive management decision-making.
- Streamlining of the production and technology integration.
- Develop and execute IT and digital transformation strategies to enhance operational efficiency and business growth.
- Drive innovation in product development by integrating emerging technologies - ideated and designed encrypted chips.
- Guide business expansion, market positioning, and stakeholder engagement.
- Support leadership in high-impact decisions related to acquisitions, partnerships, and global growth.
- Manage IT budgets, vendor partnerships, and strategic technology investments.
- Participated in job fairs for hiring potential talents and conferences representing the organisation.
Vice President
LM Consultants
11.2020 - 05.2023
- Head of Technology Development.
- Responsible for overseeing all technology aspects of the business, including technology roadmap, cybersecurity, data protection, and future preparedness to ensure productive day-to-day operations and consistent business growth.
- Report to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), supervise 3 direct reports, 73 indirect reports and manage the company budget.
- Directed multi-department operations across global locations, managing a team of 70+ employees and driving annual revenue of $27M.
- Led the development and market launch of AI and ML-driven cybersecurity products for neo-banks in the UK, increasing profitability by 33%.
- Spearheaded the design and deployment of an Early Warning Signal System (EWSS) for cybersecurity, leveraging AI-driven threat detection, reducing cyber intrusion risks by 47%, and enhancing response time by 63%.
- Led cutting-edge AI projects, including real-time autonomous vehicle security and IoT-based anomaly detection, fortifying cyber-defense mechanisms.
- Managed cybersecurity teams and conducted audits for micro and SME clients, ensuring compliance with ISO, IASME (Cyber Essentials, UK), and NIST standards, securing £20K in revenue.
- Worked closely with the board of directors to define strategic goals and drive business expansion initiatives.
- Oversaw budgeting, financial planning, and resource allocation, optimizing costs while maximizing profitability.
- Strengthened client relationships by delivering tailored cybersecurity solutions, increasing customer retention by 25% and expanding the client portfolio.
Manager - West Region Business
Experian Plc
10.2017 - 08.2019
- Reported to Director of Consumer Business and dotted line reporting to CEO, while managing multiple employees.
- Conceptualized & implemented ML based SMS application for instant credit score check and KYC verification leading to reduced fraud rates of over 59% and increased ticket size by 37%. Lauded by the Ministry of Finance (Government of India).
- Liaised and managed 3rd party auditors like Deloitte for security audits including Business Continuity Planning and GDPR, completing the audit in 33 days triggering strengthened client relations and business growth of 73%.
- Through predictive modelling, sentiment analysis, and opinion mining, aided 43%+ recovery rate of defaulting loans, in various public sector banks. Lead to a surge in revenue by 23% by launching new products in respective markets.
- Designed, tested and implemented chatbots for leading banks for instant credit score checks and loan approvals This enabled growth in the lending business of the banks by over 27% MoM.
- Based on bureau data, social media and legal datasets of the country developed a customer segmentation algorithm for banks to increase their market share by 28%.
- Represented the organization in various seminars and government RFP/Tender discussions & presentations, winning multiple government tenders, while successfully working on various new business acquisitions.
Regional Manager
Citibank N.A.
09.2015 - 10.2017
- Reported to Senior Vice President and dotted line reporting to Managing Director Consumer Banking. Managed 23 direct reports.
- Led internal-application system change management and integration, alongside the global technology team.
- Performed UAT and integration of net banking systems with government-backed UPI payment, ensuring compliance with information security standards outlined by the regulator.
- Successfully managed and grew P&L of cards product at 19% YoY ($5M) along with the generation of EBITDA gains.
- Managed and mentored a team of 23 members while conducting various workshops along with business planning.
Consultant
Visa Inc
07.2012 - 08.2015
- Reported to Director Commercial Cards and managed multiple professionals across S.E. Asia and USA while being enrolled on third party company named Infiniti Connect.
- Managed the entire life-cycle of the Visa bill pay system, a web-based application (product). Executed go-to-market strategy and ensured an increase in revenue of commercial card usage by 51% YoY, in India and South East Asia region.
- Revamped Visa's ERP tool and led integration with third-party expense management solution of banks' systems for MNCs and travel agencies, across geography.
- Performed market/event-driven research, published and presented publications to internal and external stakeholders using Visa's big data through the Oracle business intelligence tool. Increased the accuracy of forecasting from 79% to 91%.
- Assisted merchants (travel agencies) across geographies to prepare and implement PCI DSS.
Senior Business Analyst
Viking Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 07.2012
- Audited and implemented ISO 27001 and NIST 800 framework code of practice for various clients in the shortest period, thus, saving clients' resources.
- Optimised reporting and resolution time deficiencies by 73%, by formulating a strategy for regular vulnerability management, penetration testing and reporting. Identified over 19 new vulnerabilities.
- Gather, analyse, and document business requirements in a BRD by collaborating with stakeholders to define project scope, identify functional and non-functional needs, and ensure alignment with business goals.
- Performed eDiscovery using FTKImager, Autopsy, Wireshark and volatility tools based on NIST sp 800-86 guideline.
- Developed and executed the company's first Security Education & Awareness Training (SETA) for over 75 employees.
- Developed plans for migration, deployment and security for open-source cloud technology.
Founder
LN Tech
06.2008 - 05.2010
- Network installation & documentation and IT audit-related document requirements.
- Perform vulnerability assessment and analysis of smaller networks using NMAP and Zenmap, and, automation of datasets to boost the revenue to INR 75k in the first 6 months of setup.
- Evaluate various network devices and storage devices for companies and suggest them better solutions.
Education
MSc - Cyber Security (ML & AI)
Robert Gordon University
United Kingdom01.2020
BE - Computer
Mumbai University
India01.2010
Skills
- Systems Engineering & Architecture
- Agile Project Management
- Product Development
- IT Audit
- Cybersecurity & Data Protection
- Digital Analysis
- Transformation and Visualisation
- Business Intelligence
- Budget Management Skills
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Technological Change Management
- Okrs and KPIs
- Portfolio Management
- Negotiation and Persuasion
- Project Direction
- P&L Responsibility
- Deal Structuring
- SciKit-Learn
- NumPy
- SciPy
- Plotly
- Pandas
- Matplotlib
- Hadoop
- Apache
- R
- Python
- IBM Watson IoT Module
- AWS
- Spark
- Microsoft Azure
- Linear/Logistic Regression
- SVM
- Ensemble Trees
- Random Forests
- Clustering
- Gradient Boosted trees
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
- QlikView
- Observium
- ELK
- Zenmap
- NMAP
- Nessus
- Armitage
- Metasploit
- Splunk
- OpenVAS
- Wireshark
- OWASP
- Putty
- Burp Suite
- Aircrack-ng
- Volatility
- Snort
- ISO 27001
- PCI DSS
- NIST sp 800-53 Rev 4
- NIST sp 800-86
- Cybersecurity strategy
- Threat intelligence
- Risk assessment
- Data protection
- Stakeholder engagement
- Regulatory compliance
- Corporate governance
- Profit maximization
Websites
Certification
- Certified AEP Forensics & IT Compliance Auditor, Asian School of Cyber Law (GoI), PGPCL-D24-20, 2012
- Certified Cyber Law, Asian School of Cyber Law (GoI), CSAC-D53-2, 2012
- Certified Business Basics, ICFAI University, 2012
Accomplishments
- Discovered new clients, negotiated over $500 Million of partnership and product deals with key customers
- Turned around a failing vertical from a loss to a major profitable vertical within 12 months
- Using AI to develop industry ready credit application for the largest credit scoring company helped in increased adoption
- Founder of a startup and led it to a notable exit to Viking Pvt Ltd for $10k within 2 years
Personal Information
Title: MANAGING PARTNER / CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Affiliations
- Traveling is my passion and a continuous source of personal and professional growth. Exploring diverse cultures and environments has enhanced my adaptability, broadened my perspective, and strengthened my communication skills Each journey challenges me to navigate new situations, solve problems creatively, and build meaningful connections with people from all walks of life
Timeline
Managing Partner / Chief Technology Officer
LLN Evara Advisors LLP
08.2024 - Current
Chief Information Officer / Board of Director
Ka-naada Phonetics Pvt Ltd
05.2023 - 04.2024
Vice President
LM Consultants
11.2020 - 05.2023
Manager - West Region Business
Experian Plc
10.2017 - 08.2019
Regional Manager
Citibank N.A.
09.2015 - 10.2017
Consultant
Visa Inc
07.2012 - 08.2015
Senior Business Analyst
Viking Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 07.2012
Founder
LN Tech
06.2008 - 05.2010
MSc - Cyber Security (ML & AI)
Robert Gordon University
BE - Computer
Mumbai University
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