Lead Cisco's Corporate Development team responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing venture investments and M&A in CybersecurityIndicative M&A: - Robust Intelligence (AI Security) / ND- Deepfactor (Cloud Native Security) / ND- Isovalent (Cloud Native Security and Networking) / ND- Splunk (SIEM Platform) / $28B- pinACL (Firewall Policy Management) / ND- Oort (Identity Threat Detection and Response) / ND- Armorblox (Generative AI / LLMs for Cybersecurity) / ND- Valtix (Multi-Cloud Network Security) / ND- Kenna Security (Risk Based Vulnerability Management) / ND- Duo Security (Cloud Identity & Access / $2.35B)- Observable Networks (Public Cloud and Private Network Monitoring) / ND- CloudLock (Cloud Access Security Broker, CASB / $293M)- Lancope (Netflow & Security Analytics / $453M)

Federated Search for Security Data

End-to-end Ransomware Readiness, Prevention, and Recovery platform

Modern / Cloud Privileged Access Management (PAM)

Open Network Detection and Response (NDR)

Securing Firmware and Software Supply Chain

Breakthrough Dynamic Authorization and Continuous Access Platform

Cloud Native Detection and Response Platform

Cloud Threat Detection and Incident Response

End-to-End AI / ML Model Security, Risk and Integrity

Open Source Software Security and Management

Leading SaaS Security (SSPM) platform

Secure Enterprise Browser

ARM Virtualization and Security Testing

Next-Gen Managed Detection & Response (MDR)

Continuous Application Security Monitoring

Cyber Asset Management

Security & Policy as Code / Cloud Native Security

Multi-Cloud Data Security & Privacy

Simulated SOC Training & SaaS Cyber Range Platform

XDR Platform

DevOps Training & Security

Zero Trust Workforce Security. Acquired by Mimecast.

Identity Security / Identity Threat Detection & Response. Acquired by Cisco.

Network Security for Public Clouds (Multi-Cloud). Acquired by Cisco.

Best-in-Class Network & Application Traffic Security / Management. Acquired by IBM.

Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP)

Dark Web and Business Risk Intelligence (BRI). Acquired by Audax Group.

Security Instrumentation and Measurement Platform. Acquired by FireEye, May 2019.

Description:- M&A advisor to senior management and responsible for end-to-end transaction execution; partnered with business units in strategy development, evaluated portfolio and identified businesses to grow or exit- Led matrixed, multi-disciplinary teams in executing acquisitions, equity investments and divestitures consistent with HP's strategy- Expertise in Security, Enterprise Software, IT services / C&SIIllustrative Transactions:- Led acquisition of Voltage Security (Encryption / Data Security Company)- Negotiated Strategic JV with leading Sovereign Wealth Fund in Africa, which unlocked multi billion $ TAM for HP

Description:- Strategic advisor to senior management; partnered with business units in strategy development, evaluated portfolio and identified businesses to grow and exit- Led matrixed, multi-disciplinary teams in executing acquisitions, equity investments and divestitures Illustrative Transactions:- $14B sale of EDS to HP- $450M acquisition of Saber Corporation (State and Local IT services provider)- Acquisition of RelQ Software, India based software testing company

Advised Fortune 50 consumer products company on market expansion in Asia

- Led multiple, simultaneous strategy and finance engagements for Fortune 500 and global financial services companies- Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance, Statistics, Team Management

Statistics, Econometric Modeling, Predictive Analytics