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Dhiraj Sharan

Founder

Founder at Query Ai

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedQuery Ai

About

Dhiraj Sharan is the Founder and Chief Scientist at Query, with a background in cybersecurity technology development spanning SIEM, cloud-native SaaS, security AI, user behavior analytics, network traffic analysis, and big data systems. He holds 10 patents and has experience in product and engineering management as well as building and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Sharan also advises and mentors early-stage entrepreneurs, serves as a Cisco Entrepreneur in Residence, and is a member of the Entrepreneurial Advisory Board at South Dakota State University.

Founder at Query Ai

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Query Ai's investors · 6

Cisco InvestmentsSan JoseClearSkyWest Palm Beachfama Ventures, LLCBostonSYN VenturesWest Palm Beach · since 2020Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcWest Palm Beach · since 2021Tech Square VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $3M checks

Experience

  1. QueryFounder and Chief Scientistcurrent2022 — present
  2. QueryFounder and CEO2018 — 2022
  3. Niara, Inc. (acquired by HP Enterprise)Sr. Director of Engineering and e-staff member2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. PetaSecure, Inc. (acquired by Niara)Founder and CTO2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  5. ArcSightArcSight Engineering Leadership (CTO's Architecture Council, Engg Mgmt., Tech. Product Mgmt.)2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  6. ArcSightMember of CTO's Architecture Council, Software Development Manager IV2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  7. ArcSightMember of CTO's Architecture Council, Software Development Manager II2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
  8. ArcSightSoftware Development Manager2007 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  9. ArcSightSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2007Greater Boston
  10. ArcSightSenior Security Consultant (services and sales engineering in early-stage startup)2002 — 2005Greater Boston
  11. ArcSightSoftware Engineer (founding engineering team)2001 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
  12. Sigma Storage CorporationSoftware Engineer (early-stage startup)2001San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Ericsson HP TelecomSenior System Engineer2000Greater Delhi Area
  14. NovellSoftware Engineer (1999), Senior Software Engineer (2000)1998 — 2000Bangalore, India
  15. C-DOT Centre for Development of TelematicsIntern1997Greater Delhi Area

Skills & more

Hadoop7Enterprise Software57PythonJava35Angular1Linux28Oracle16MySQL2J2EENOSQLSIEM24Start-ups20
+12 moreBehavior AnalyticsEnterprise SecurityNetwork SecurityCloud ComputingInternet of ThingsMachine LearningBig DataApache SparkMLlibData VisualizationDistributed SystemsProduct Management

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dhiraj Sharan?
Dhiraj Sharan is the Founder and Chief Scientist at Query, with a background in cybersecurity technology development spanning SIEM, cloud-native SaaS, security AI, user behavior analytics, network traffic analysis, and big data systems. He holds 10 patents and has experience in product and engineering management as well as building and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Sharan also advises and mentors early-stage entrepreneurs, serves as a Cisco Entrepreneur in Residence, and is a member of the Entrepreneurial Advisory Board at South Dakota State University.
Where does Dhiraj Sharan work?
Dhiraj Sharan is Founder of Query Ai.
What companies did Dhiraj Sharan found?
Dhiraj Sharan founded Query Ai.
Where did Dhiraj Sharan go to school?
Dhiraj Sharan studied at Harvard University (CM, 2006 (Graduate Professional Certificate in Management)); Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering); St. Michael's High School - India.

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Also attended Harvard University1,970

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi35

Saurabh LahotiFounding Partner at Pentathlon VenturesVaniya Dangwal EternalMarketing and Community at Pentathlon VenturesMohan KumarInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesDilip JamesSenior Advisor at Elevar EquitySiddharth GuptaManaging Director at Samsung VenturesAbhishek SharmaManaging Director at Nexus Venture Partners

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Also attended St. Michael's High School - India2

Ashul SinhaFinance Analyst at Planet A VenturesPratik GangwalFounder at Wuri

Shared employers

Also worked at Query5

Asif GigaInvestment Director at Prosperity7 VenturesRyan PermehOperating Partner at Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcMahendra RamsinghaniManaging Director at Secure OctanePatrick HeimManaging Partner at Syn Ventures Seed Management LlcJay LeekManaging Partner at Syngenta Group Ventures

Also worked at ArcSight1

Robert LauOperating Partner at SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)

Also worked at Ericsson HP Telecom116

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesTom HodgesPartner & co-Head of Private Equity Strategy at Generation Investment ManagementFrank LevinsonInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesPedro GomesDirector, Intelligence & Transformation at Bright Pixel CapitalMarc FaucherManaging Partner at ArcTern Ventures

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Also worked at Novell34

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGChris StoneInvestor at EPIC VENTURESAnshu AgarwalGeneral Partner at ConvergeSunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesHoward LevensonAdvisor at SINEWAVE VENTURESBlake ModersitskiManaging Partner, Pelion VP at Juvo Ventures

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