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David PhuunlockedRinki: together at University of California, Davis (2000–2004)
Rinki: together at Rubrik
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About
Rinki Sethi is Chief Security & Strategy Officer at Upwind Security and a founding partner at Lockstep. She has previously served as VP and CISO at Twitter, Rubrik, and BILL, and held security leadership roles at companies including IBM, PG&E, Walmart.com, eBay, Intuit, and Palo Alto Networks. Sethi has also served as a board member at StrongDM, ForgeRock, and Vaultree, and has more than 20 years of experience across product security, security education, and security operations.
Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Upwind
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Upwind's investors · 11
Artisanal VenturesTiburonBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2026Cerca PartnersRa'anana · $4M – $60M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksCyberstartsMikhmoretGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksLeaders FundToronto · $20M checksPicture CapitalWilmington · since 2026Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Swish VenturesTCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checks
Co-founders at Upwind
AS
Amiram ShacharCo-Founder & CEO
TZ
Tal ZurCo-Founder & CTO
LF
Lavi FerdmanCo-Founder, Growth
LP
Liran PolakCo-Founder & Chief Architect
Experience
- Upwind SecurityChief Security & Strategy Officer (CISO)current2025 — present
- LockstepFounding Partnercurrent2024 — present
- Dark ReadingAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- StrongDMMember Board of Directors2025 — 2026
- VaultreeMember Board of Directors2023 — 2026
- BILLVP, CISO & CIO2022 — 2025
- apisec.aiAdvisor2020 — 2024
- OneProsper InternationalBoard Member2020 — 2024
- Living SecurityAdvisor2022 — 2023
- ForgeRockMember Board of Directors2021 — 2023
- OortAdvisor2020 — 2023
- neosec.comAdvisor2021 — 2023
- PropeloAdvisor2019 — 2023
- AuthomizeAdvisor2020 — 2022
- SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO InvestmentsInvestor2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitterVP & CISO2020 — 2022
- Rubrik, Inc.VP & CISO2019 — 2020Palo Alto, California
- SecureWorldBoard Advisor2012 — 2019Santa Clara, CA
- IBMVice President, Information Security2018 — 2019San Jose, California
- Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS)Board Member2017 — 2018
Skills & more
Enterprise Software56SharePoint2Information Security99Security99Network Security99Cloud Computing86Vulnerability Assessment41Information Security Management28Information Technology34PCI DSS17Application Security22Vulnerability Management19
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CISSPSecurity Architecture DesignSDLCSecurity PolicyRisk AssessmentISO 27001Software DevelopmentPenetration TestingCloud SecurityCISAComputer SecurityStrategyLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Spanish
- Certified Ethical Hacker — Tech Train
- ICP - ICAgile Certified Professional — ICAgile
- Information Assurance Methodology Certified — National Security Agency
- GSEC — SANS Institute
- CISA — ISACA
- CISSP — ISC2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rinki Sethi?
- Rinki Sethi is Chief Security & Strategy Officer at Upwind Security and a founding partner at Lockstep. She has previously served as VP and CISO at Twitter, Rubrik, and BILL, and held security leadership roles at companies including IBM, PG&E, Walmart.com, eBay, Intuit, and Palo Alto Networks. Sethi has also served as a board member at StrongDM, ForgeRock, and Vaultree, and has more than 20 years of experience across product security, security education, and security operations.
- Where does Rinki Sethi work?
- Rinki Sethi is Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Upwind.
- Where did Rinki Sethi go to school?
- Rinki Sethi studied at University of California, Davis (B.S., Computer Science Engineering); Capella University (M.S., Information Security); Stanford University (Turning Strategy into Action).
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Also attended University of California, Davis352
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesTeresa ChanChief Financial Officer at Felicis VenturesBryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
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Also attended Capella University16
Mitch BensonInvestor at EPIC VENTURESVeronica FeyOperations & Analysis at Soundboard Venture FundJeany VegaExecutive Assistant at Hypersphere VenturesMargaret StryboschVP of Finance at Boundless AcceleratorShane ShookInvestor at ForgePoint CapitalRob AdamsManaging Partner at Alumni Ventures
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
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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Shared employers
Also worked at BILL31
David HornikFounder of Lobby CapitalPeter KightSenior Advisor at Commerce VenturesAndy CohenSVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITALEddy EkstromVice President, Data Science at Mainsail PartnersBrian JacobsVenture Capitalist Emergence, Moai Capital at AIFRené LacerteBILL founder, CEO and board chair; PayCycle cofounder
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Also worked at apisec.ai1
Also worked at SecureWorld1
Also worked at IBM1,524
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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