Kartik CDS

CEO

San Jose, California, United States22 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in cloud and network security architectures.
  • Authored multiple patents in cybersecurity.
  • Proven track record in startup founding and engineering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cybersecurity Architect with extensive experience in cloud and network security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentTelecommunicationsCloud TechnologiesNetwork SecurityWeb Security

Other Skills

AJAXC++Chrome ExtensionsFirefox ExtensionsGo (Programming Language)JadeJavaNISNetworkingNode.jsPKIPerlPython (Programming Language)RSA Ace ServerRSA-ACE

About

I am a Software Architect with strong design and development skills in Telecom, Networking, Cloud and Security domains. My Specialities include: -- Expertise in AAA [Radius, PKI, RSA-ACE, SAML 2.0, NIS.. ]. -- Web Security [includes, prevention, detection & cure] -- Network Security [SSL VPN, CASB, SWG, SASE] -- Authored & co-authored, 4 Patents granted in the US. -- Identity Management. -- Cloud Provisioning. -- Kubernetes -- Architecting, designing and developing highly scalable cloud solutions -- Worked on and contributed in almost all the areas of software development life cycle. -- Contributed and built several startups as a founding engineer/Architect. Contact Email: kartik.cdsj@gmail.com

Experience

Widefield security

CTO & Co-Founder

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • WideField Security helps enterprises combat identity attacks by detecting, remediating, and preventing threats across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem environments. Founded by cybersecurity veterans behind category-defining innovations in SASE, anti-phishing, and anti-malware, WideField is shaping the future of identity security.

Zscaler

Software Architect

Jul 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs · Greater Seattle Area

  • 5G - Emerging Technologies
JavaPython (Programming Language)Software DevelopmentTelecommunications

Stealth startup

Founding Architect

Dec 2020Jun 2021 · 6 mos · Los Gatos, California, United States

Netskope

4 roles

Architect

Promoted

Apr 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Responsible for architecting, building and owning the management plane architecture, using modern cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Pulsar, Kafka, ClickHouse, Mongo etc.
  • Engineering Architect for taking the entire Netskope product through FedRamp Certification.
  • Responsible for architecting the Production layout and scaling.
  • Architect for the complete Auth story of Netskope Product (SAML, WS-Fed, OAuth, IdP Integrations with OneLogin, Okta, PingIdentity etc.)
Python (Programming Language)Cloud TechnologiesNetwork Security

Principal Engineer

Jan 2016Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Senior Staff Engineer

Apr 2015Jan 2016 · 9 mos

Staff Engineer

Apr 2013Apr 2015 · 2 yrs

  • Netskope is the cloud app analytics and policy company that brings IT and the cloud together. Only the Netskope platform provides complete visibility into cloud apps and enforces sophisticated policies to make them safe, compliant, and high performance. With Netskope, people get their favorite cloud apps and the business can move fast, with confidence.

Juniper networks

2 roles

Staff Engineer

Apr 2012Mar 2013 · 11 mos

  • Project: SSL VPN
  • Product Info: Juniper Networks Secure Access leads the SSL VPN market with a complete range of remote-access appliances.
  • Responsibilities:
  • I am involved in the development and maintenance of the security components.
  • Different venders have different authentication servers, the Juniper SSL-VPN has to have the
  • provision for configuring and communicating with various authentication servers.
  • My role involves
  • Enabling SSL-VPN to communicate with RSA-ACE, Radius, PKI (Certificates), NIS, SAML 2.0-SSO.
  • Development and maintenance of the Authentication & Authorization flow for the product.
  • Responsible for reviewing other component’s deliverables.
  • Contact point for AAA for the product.
  • Analysing, fixing Web Security related issues [XSS, XSRF..] for AAA.
  • Responsible for the Role, Realm and Policy framework of the product.

Member of technical Staff

Aug 2007Apr 2012 · 4 yrs 8 mos

Kodiak networks

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2005Aug 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Project: Real Time Exchange (RTX)
  • Product Info: Kodiak’s Real Time Exchange (RTX®) platform provides a unique and powerful dispatch service (two-way half duplex voice calls within a group, PTT [ Push-To-Talk ], AVS) and presence solution.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analyzed, designed and developed the transport layer for the product which uses SMSC as the transport. Implemented the GSM Standard 3.40 for Messaging in the GSM network.
  • Designed component on UML Concepts with Magic Draw
  • Analyzed, designed and developed the Group SMS Application.
  • Did Requirements identification, consolidation and providing effort estimation.
  • Did interfacing with the Hand-Set Team for defining the protocol between the handset and the GroupSMS Application.
  • Component built on inbuilt fault-recovery and presistency mechanisms.
  • Analyzed, designed and developed the CDR [Call Data Records] Dispatcher and the billing processor.
  • Involved in Requirements identification, consolidation and providing effort estimation.

Nokia siemens networks

Software Engineer

Sep 2003Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

  • Project: Home Location Register-Innovation
  • Product Info: The Home Location Register (HLR) is the main database of permanent subscriber information for a mobile network.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analyzed, designed and developed the Man-Machine subscriber Admin interface component.
  • Involved in Requirements identification, consolidation and providing effort estimation.
  • Made sure that system is compatible with GSM/GPRS/UMTS standards.
  • Developed modules for translating command line to XML format.
  • Designed component on UML Concepts with Rational Rose.
  • Worked on Lawful Interception Feature for HLR.
  • Worked on Backward Migration Tool, which provides a mechanism for fallback from HLRi [ Home location register Innovation ] to HLRc [Home location register Classic] in case of adverse conditions like an application crash.

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Science (MS) — Software Systems

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Visvesvaraya Technological University

BE — Computer Science

Jan 1999Jan 2003

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