Where does Bala Sathiamurthy work?

Bala Sathiamurthy is Operating Partner & CISO at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners).

What does Bala Sathiamurthy invest in?

Bala Sathiamurthy invests in Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, SaaS.

Where did Bala Sathiamurthy go to school?

Bala Sathiamurthy studied at Delhi Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Engineering).

Bala Sathiamurthy

Investor

Operating Partner & CISO at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Operating Partner and CISO at IVP with a background as an engineering and security leader. His career spans Microsoft's IE4 browser team, Yahoo!, NerdWallet (as CISO and VP of Engineering), and Atlassian, and he focuses on infrastructure, cybersecurity, and SaaS.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@ivp.comreveal

Invests in

Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS

Experience

IVPOperating Partner & CISOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
IVPStrategic Advisor2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
AtlassianChief Information Security Officer2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
AtlassianChief Trust Officer (Interim)2023San Francisco, California, United States
NerdWalletCISO (Chief Information Security Officer)2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
NerdWalletVice President of Engineering, Platform, Infrastructure, Operations & Corp IT2020 — 2022
NerdWalletSr. Director of Security, Technical Operations & Corp IT2016 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
HelixTechnical Advisor and Security Consultant2016 — 2018San Carlos, CA
Jive SoftwareDirector of Security2013 — 2015San Francisco
FoursquareDirector of Security2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo!Director Of Security2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
Yahoo!Sr. Manager of Security, YOS (Yahoo! Open Social) Platform2007 — 2010Sunnyvale,ca
Yahoo!Lead Architect, Platform Engineering2005 — 2007
Yahoo!Principal Software Engineer, Yahoo! User Database2001 — 2004
AltaVistaSr. Software Engineer1999 — 2000
Microsoft CorporationSoftware Developer1997 — 1999Greater Seattle Area
Mainsoft CorporationSoftware Engineer1997 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
Siemens Communication SoftwareSoftware Engineer1994 — 1996Bengaluru Area, India

Skills & more

NoSQL3OAuth3Hadoop17Perl14Bash4Unix36Apache9Linux17Databases9JavaScript10REST12Team Building3

+12 more

Technical HiringCoachingCross-functional Team LeadershipCohesive TeamsHigh AvailabilityScalabilityDistributed SystemsServer ArchitectureWeb Application SecurityProduct SecuritySecurityComputer Security

Languages English · Hindi · Malayalam · Punjabi

From Bala's professional profile.

Colleagues at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Ajay Vashee

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Alejandro Gomez

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Alex Lim

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Alexandria Simcox

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Amelia Gale

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Amelia Hobbs

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Andrew Hsu

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Andrew Reed

Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bala Sathiamurthy?: Operating Partner and CISO at IVP with a background as an engineering and security leader. His career spans Microsoft's IE4 browser team, Yahoo!, NerdWallet (as CISO and VP of Engineering), and Atlassian, and he focuses on infrastructure, cybersecurity, and SaaS.
Where does Bala Sathiamurthy work?: Bala Sathiamurthy is Operating Partner & CISO at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners).
What does Bala Sathiamurthy invest in?: Bala Sathiamurthy invests in Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, SaaS.
Where did Bala Sathiamurthy go to school?: Bala Sathiamurthy studied at Delhi Institute of Technology (BS, Computer Engineering).