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Bala Sathiamurthy

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Operating Partner & CISO at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

San Francisco, California, United States

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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

Invests in

Cloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS

Experience

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

Skills & more

Team Building3Technical Hiring4Coaching1Cross-functional Team Leadership9Cohesive Teams2High Availability22Scalability56Distributed Systems65NoSQL3Server Architecture4Web Application Security17Product Security
+8 moreSecurityComputer SecurityPCI DSSOAuthSystems EngineeringScrumHadoopPerl

Languages English · Hindi

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Colleagues at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

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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).

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