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Shan

Shan

Chief Information Security Officer | Security Architect | GRC
San Jose,CA

Summary

The entrepreneur who sold his house ☠️Chief Nixer 💻Cyber Security Architect 💛Virtual CISO 🖋️Journalist 💂Speaker 📝Product Manager🧘🏼‍♂️Yogi ✍️Author 🦋Hustler 🎉Passionpreneur 👨‍👧‍👦Dad

Overview

3
3
years of post-secondary education
16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder | Product Manager

FixNix Inc
San Francisco, CA
2012.11 - Current
  • Blue ocean strategized SaaS(Software as a Service) of GRC(Governance, Risk and Compliance) industry
  • Built $15M organization bootstrapping without any venture capital investments
  • FreshGRC.com launched platform of 10 products like Audit, Risk, Compliance over 8 years
  • 3 DeepTech products utilizing AI, Blockchain, Bigdata technologies
  • Attracted global senior talent to be part of building
  • Handled capital and other startup challenges innovatively more than thrice
  • Red Herring Asia | Medici RegTech21 | RegTech 100 | RSA Innovation Sandbox | 30 International awards
  • Strong IP portfolio of 19 patents

Chief Information Security Officer

Capillary Technologies (Martjack)
2012.04 - 2012.11
  • Identified entire cybersecurity strategy in minimal 100,000$ budget
  • Prepared for global acquisition charter conversations like Amazon, Rakuten
  • Implemented ISO27001, PCI-DSS, SOC 2 & obtained certification

Head of Compliance | Cyber Security Architect

IBM
2009.07 - 2012.03
  • Lead Compliance & Controls for a 300M$ business
  • Ran security governance for 15,000 employees division
  • Deliver Advanced Security Services saving around 25 FTE

Security Program Manager

Microsoft
2004.11 - 2009.06
  • Architected InfoSec Risk Management (ISRM) products and tools
  • Established Performance, Privacy and Security training for entire Microsoft IT
  • Achieved 90% utilization for 20+ analysts towards multi million $

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science Engineering

International Institute Of Information Technology
Hyderabad
2002.05 - 2004.12

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Skills

Blue Ocean Strategy

Cyber Security

Privacy

Compliance, Regulations

Product, Program Management, SDLC, Agile

Operations

Organization Building

Outsourcing, IT Service Management

ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA

Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing

Enterprise Architecture

Quote

Persevere till the problem dies. Pivot gets the solutions en route.
Shanmugavel Sankaran

Timeline

Founder | Product Manager

FixNix Inc
2012.11 - Current

Chief Information Security Officer

Capillary Technologies (Martjack)
2012.04 - 2012.11

Head of Compliance | Cyber Security Architect

IBM
2009.07 - 2012.03

Security Program Manager

Microsoft
2004.11 - 2009.06

Master of Science - Computer Science Engineering

International Institute Of Information Technology
2002.05 - 2004.12
Shan Chief Information Security Officer | Security Architect | GRC