Gaurav Giri Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

My experiences and observations during 2019-2023 led to Kape Technologies PLC voluntarily delisting from the London Stock Exchange before intervention from Regulators became necessary.This project was undertaken at the request of an Investment Management Firm asking for my views on the general direction within the ad injunction and cyber security industry.Kape Technologies was acquired by Unikmind Group in 2023 for GBP 1.25 Billion and delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 2023-05-31.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kape Technologies was founded as Crossrider in 2011 in collaboration with Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces.Crossrider was widely known as a malware developer until the name change in 2018, in CEO Ido Erlichman's words, to escape the "strong association to the past activities of the company."Kape Technologies was acquired by Teddy Sagi’s Unikmind Group in 2023 for £1.25BB and delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 2023-05-31.Kape Technologies PLC no longer exists.“A vast number of companies are affiliated with ad injectors, either packaging their tools or funnelling ads down to them. One of the biggest is Crossrider, the majority stake of which is held by billionaire Teddy Sagi, a serial entrepreneur and ex-con who was jailed for insider trading in the 1990s. His biggest money maker to date is gambling software developer Playtech. Co-founder and CEO Koby Menachemi was part of Unit 8200, where he was a developer for three years.…Exposing former spies, it seems, can prove troublesome.”- Forbes on Crossrider. 2015-06-09

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Managed and led a multi-disciplinary team working on all operations and security objectives at the holdings company, including but not limited to Private Internet Access.> Negotiated complex deals with vendors and service providers leading to 30% reduction in infra costs.> Grew service availability regions from 22 to over 70 around the world.> Grew cluster size from 1200 servers to over 3400.> Grew active user count from 110,000 to over 320,000.> No security breaches or incidents requiring disclosure under my leadership.Private Internet Access was acquired by Kape Technologies in 2019 for ~USD 97 Million.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Berlin Area, Germany

Epiclist is a visual discovery app, helping people to explore, plan and share curated activities and travel experiences. We reimagine the Lonely Planet for a new generation of consumers.> Worked closely with founders on converting their vision into a tangible product.> Created a solid foundation of services, automation and APIs for easy extensibility and growth.> Epiclist was chosen to take part in the Startup-Chile accelerator program (Generation 8, 2013) and received a government grant.Epiclist was acquired by Vaude in 2015 for an undisclosed amount.

San Francisco Bay Area

Chute gives brands mastery over the visual media, discover audience content, ideate, and create compelling visual content.Expanded on an existing micro services architecture utilizing RoR, Node.js, Backbone, CoffeeScript, etc. Worked on several feature additions and optimizations to ensure faster and more reliable content delivery.Chute was acquired by ESW Capital in 2018 for an undisclosed amount.

New Delhi, India

A global software development and digital transformation consulting company, and curator of the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar.Worked as part of multi-disciplinary consulting teams on producing high quality products for clients like Sears Commercial, Delta Airlines, among others.Mentored new employees and worked closely with them to follow their progress.ThoughtWorks was acquired by Apax Partners in 2017 for an undisclosed amount and taken public in 2021.

New Delhi, India

SlideShare.net (Alexa #164) is a leading product for professional speakers to share their presentations and videos with a wide audience of over 20 million unique visitors every month.Worked on SlideView, the main content page serving 95% of total website traffic, and built the Zeitgeist feature which is an annual event highlighting the best user uploaded content.Worked across roles to improve load times through optimizations in code, caching and delivery, reduced deployment downtime by over 60% leading to higher availability.SlideShare was acquired by LinkedIn in 2012 for ~USD 120 Million.SlideShare was acquired by Scribd in 2020 for an undisclosed amount.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

Education record

Education record