Serial entrepreneur, co-founder & CEO of Veza, next-generation identity platform focused on going beyond IAM to access controls and authorization. Leading a world class team on a mission to change the entire security industry. Veza is the identity platform built on the power of authorization. Our platform is purpose-built for multi-cloud environments to help you use and share your data more safely. Veza makes it easy to dynamically visualize, understand and control who can and should take what action on what data. We organize authorization metadata across identity providers, data systems, cloud service providers, and applications — all to address the toughest security challenges of the multi-cloud era. We are on a missionary path to advance the state of identity industry for decades to come - read our manifesto here: https://www.veza.com/company/manifestoWe believe that "talent has no boundaries" - we are hiring in all areas, if you are a builder and like a fast-paced environment, please apply at https://www.veza.com/company/careers.

Thought leader on Forbes Technology Council

Small angel investments in interesting companies where I have huge respect for the founders and early teams. Recent investments include : customer data management, APM for microservices, etc. - all great stealth-mode companies. Also, includes small angel investments in VC funds.

Datos IO was acquired by Rubrik in Feb 2018. GM, Databases and Big Data — responsible for data management products across all databases (Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA, Mosaic/Datos IO for NoSQL, Big Data, and more).https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-datos-io-mosaic/https://www.rubrik.com/blog/rubrik-mosaic-nosql-data-protection/GM, Rubrik Datos IO — acquisition integration across business functions, scaling teams across PM/Engg/Sales/Marketing/Customer Support, helping WW field teams understand market opportunity and target customers/buyers/persona, integrating into overall Rubrik messaging and positioning, and winning Fortune 500's logos.

Datos IO was Cloud Database Data Management company that was acquired by Rubrik. More: https://www.rubrik.com/blog/company/18/2/rubrik-acquire-datos-io-cloud-leadershipo Raised capital from Silicon Valley premier VC teams. Strategic investments from NetApp and Cisco.o Hired and recruited team across engineering, product, sales, support, marketing/PR, etc.o Launched 3 major releases of the Datos IO RecoverX, a NoSQL-based data protection product (on-prem, cloud, structured/unstructured).o Sold to and supported customers including Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Fortune 100 enterprises.o Partnered with leading enterprise companies such as NetApp, Cisco, VMWare, DataStax, MongoDB, et al. and cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure.o Worked with press, analysts, vendors, and other stakeholders.

- First Data Domain PM to define and lead beyond backup products. - Defined and launched 3 industry-first products on Data Domain to grow TAM w/ beyond backup use cases and MSP / SP markets. - Executed and launched ~5 DD OS product releases leading to millions in incremental revenue.- Lead PM on due diligence of various Advanced Development projects led by the Office of the CTO.- Primary BU representative to define EMC wide positioning on product portfolio.

Summer Consultant during Duke MBA program. Valuation (VC/PE), Growth Strategy, Business Development

Storage and Distributed Systems Research on products including IBM DS8000 Storage System, IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM XIV Storage System. 6 patents granted from USPTO.

Architectural contributions to Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) storage system product.