About
Engineering and security leader with 20+ years managing global cross-functional teams at VMWare, Workday, Samsara, and Oracle. Currently Global Head of Security at SPAN.
Experience
- EarnInHead of Security & Trust Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Clear VenturesCxO Councilcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SPANCISO2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Stealth StartupCIO2022 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SamsaraHead of Security2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- WorkdayDirector / Sr, Security Products2017 — 2021Pleasanton
- BlueKaiSr. Manager, Security engineering and Data Platform2015 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- VMwareSr. Manager, Security and Cloud Platform2010 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- VMwareStaff / Lead Engineer, R&D2007 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- DecisivSr. Software Engineer2007
- MetallectSoftware Engineer2003 — 2007
- UT DallasResearch Assistant2002 — 2003
Education
- Stanford UniversityGraduate program, Management Science and Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurB.Tech
- The University of Texas at DallasMS, Computer Science
Same school
Also attended Stanford University1,578
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur53
Ashish GuptaChairman and Partner at MFV PartnersVeenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Shantanu NigamManaging Partner at SeedToBNakul MandanFounder & Partner at AudaciousJatin GargAI Lead at AudaciousAmit NarayanAdvisor - Energy and Renewables at Augment Ventures
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Also attended The University of Texas at Dallas23
Bonnie KomarController at Ballistic VenturesTriet NguyenPrincipal at Render CapitalStuart NguyenInvestor at Griffin Gaming PartnersJeff WilliamsManaging Partner at Interlock PartnersMichael TaData Scientist at TRACBibin MathewInvestor at Friends Family Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at EarnIn10
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalGreg FantBrand & Marketing at Roble VenturesDana StalderPartner at Matrix PartnersMatt BrownPartner at Matrix Partners
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Also worked at SPAN9
Abe YokellManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Congruent VenturesTanuj DuttaGeneral Partner at Congruent VenturesMurray McCaigCo-Founder and Managing Partner at ArcTern VenturesGregory DewerpeFounder & Managing Partner at noaJess ClemansPrincipal at noaNan ZhouDirector at Qualcomm Ventures
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Also worked at Stealth Startup184
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalGüimar Vaca SitticVenture Partner at FJ LabsKatie MishraInvestor at Khosla Ventures
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Also worked at Workday35
Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureAndy LeaverOperating Partner at Notion CapitalShashank SaxenaInvestor at Sierra VenturesMarisa WarrenFounder & Managing Partner at ALIAVIA Ventures
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