Ankush Jain

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States14 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founder and CTO of Akto.io
Over 15 years in engineering and data science
Expert in API security and quantitative finance

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Cybersecurity expert with strong leadership in API security development.

Contact

ankush@akto.io +919967167870 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Api SecurityTechnical LeadershipQuantitative FinanceData AnalysisRisk ValuationData IntegrationSoftware DevelopmentPrivacy Technology

Other Skills

ASP.NETAnalytical ModellingAnalyticsC#C++Data CommunicationData MiningData ScienceExcelFunctional ProgrammingGITInterest Rate DerivativesJavaLarge-scale Data AnalysisMachine Learning

About

With over 15 years of experience in engineering, data science and machine learning, I am the co-founder and CTO of Akto.io, fast growing API Security Platform. I lead the technical vision and strategy of Akto.io. In 2022, I quit my job to build my own startup - Akto. I spend every living hour working on building the best API Security Platform in the world. Prior to Akto.io, I spent over 12 years at Morgan Stanley and as a VP Engineer at CleverTap. Follow me to learn how to use AI to build 10x better tech in cybersecurity. #apisecurity #securitytesting #devsecops

Experience

Akto.io

Co-Founder & CTO

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

www.akto.io
https://github.com/akto-api-security/akto

API SecurityTechnical VisionStrategyTechnical Leadership

Clevertap

2 roles

Vice President, Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Developer

Nov 2016 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Morgan stanley

Quantitative Associate

Jul 2011 – Nov 2016 · 5 yrs 4 mos

VALUATION OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES :
(Collaboration with the traders, desk and IT teams from New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai)
Developed and deployed a data driven, functional pricing engine for valuation of all interest rate derivatives
Represented interest rate products traded by the firm in a domain specific language
Responsible for modelling and pricing of all options on rate-future/bond/bond-future traded in LN and NY
PROSPECTIVE TRADES RISK AND OTHER VALUATIONS :
(Excel sheet actively used by Interest Rate Traders)
Responsible for providing auxiliary and intermediate pricing information for prospective trades
Retired the old infra to save maintenance cost
Improved the efficiency by 80% compared to the legacy systems
Expire Legacy Trade Valuation System
ANALYTICS ENGINE TO PRICE TRADES VIA SIMULATIONS :
Established robust message communication between existing analytics engine and new Valuation Systems
Completed the switch for a book containing Cancellable Swaps
OTHERS :
Recruitment : Actively participated and organized the recruitment process for the team for 4 years
Part of the team that received the CEO Special Team India Award - 2012
SKILLS LEARNED : Functional Programming, Scala, C++, Boost, Pricing Models, Design, GIT, Google Buffer

Functional ProgrammingScalaC++Pricing ModelsGITQuantitative Finance+1

Microsoft research

Summer Internship

Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 · 2 mos

Proposed a privacy preserving user discovery service to match and connect smart-phone users with
similar location and interests – first of its kind
Modeled some well known attacks and incorporated appropriate defenses to ensure user privacy
Applications include well-targeted advertising, dating and social networking
Technologies used were C#, ASP.NET, PHP
Developed a proof-of-concept and filed a patent for the same

C#ASP.NETPHPSoftware Development