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Shashank Kesari

Business Development Executive

Toronto, Ontario, Canada5 yrs experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Cyber Security solutions and presales.
  • Proven track record in designing ICT security solutions.
  • Strong client-facing skills with a focus on enterprise opportunities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cyber Security expert with a strong focus on presales and solution design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cyber SecurityGovernance, Risk & ComplianceBusiness Development

Other Skills

Application securityBenefits NegotiationCRMCloud SecurityCloud securityCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Cyber DefenseCyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)Data Leakage PreventionData SecurityEnd Point ProtectionEndpoint Detection and ResponseEndpoint SecurityGenerative AIGovernance Ris

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• Presales, solution design & development , proposal response and presentation in the area of Cyber Security Solutions by strongly collaborating with larger infrastructure, applications, Cloud and Digital functions. • Competence in solution development and proposal response in the area of Cyber Security Solutions including infrastructure security, security monitoring/analytics/incident response, risk & compliance management, information and data security solutions. • Enable customers to understand and improve their security posture as part of a fast growing, highly collaborative team. • Technical knowledge & relevant experience in security domains /technologies related to :  Infrastructure/ Network security  Application security  Data Leakage Prevention  End Point Protection  Web filtering technologies, Proxies and firewalls.  Vulnerability Assessment / Penetration Testing  Cloud security • Client facing role, the main purpose being to uncover Enterprise Opportunities in the enterprise customers. • Respond in a timely and complete manner to ongoing Global RFPs • Travel to different geographies to attend customer workshops and present the security solution.

Experience

Hcltech

4 roles

Senior Area Sales Director

Promoted

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Area Sales Director

Promoted

Apr 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

Group Manager (Cyber Security Presales Consultant)

Oct 2021Apr 2022 · 6 mos

Senior Manager (Cyber Security Presales Consultant)

Oct 2018Oct 2021 · 3 yrs

  • Designing ICT security solutions in response to the Request for proposals (RFP), Request for information (RFI), Request for solution (RFS) released by the clients in accordance with their corporate security guidelines.
  • Designing security services framework – Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Cloud Security, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Data Security and Compliance.
  • Product Life Cycle Management – incubation of new services in information security domain, developing pricing model and defining go-to-market strategy.
  • Responsible for positioning, creating and defining service offerings around Cyber Security and Governance, Risk & Compliance.
  • Working on niche security solutions like biometric based centralized single sign on, container security and Information Technology – Operation Technology integration.
  • Created case studies on End point protection, Endpoint detection and response, Public Key Infrastructure, Security Information Event Monitoring and other security solutions.
  • Attended classroom sessions conducted by security vendors and liaising with them to understand the current security threats prevalent in the market.
  • Technical knowledge & relevant experience in security domains /technologies related to :
  • Infrastructure/ Network security
  • Application security
  • Data Leakage Prevention
  • End Point Protection
  • Web filtering technologies, Proxies and firewalls.
  • Vulnerability Assessment / Penetration Testing
  • Cloud security
  • Client facing role, the main purpose being to uncover Enterprise Opportunities in the enterprise customers.
  • Respond in a timely and complete manner to ongoing Global RFPs
  • Travel to different geographies to attend customer workshops and present the security solution.
Infrastructure/ Network securityApplication securityData Leakage PreventionEnd Point ProtectionWeb filtering technologiesProxies and firewalls+5

Softcell technologies limited

Strategic Engagement Manager (Cyber Security)

Jun 2017Oct 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Presales, solution design & development, proposal response and presentation in the area of Cyber Security Solutions by strongly collaborating with larger infrastructure, applications, Cloud and Digital functions.
  • Solution development and proposal response in the area of Cyber Security Solutions including infrastructure security, security monitoring/analytics/incident response, risk & compliance management, information and data security solutions.
  • Map Business use cases for Cyber security solutions like Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM), User Entity and Behavior Analysis (UEBA), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and other Infra/data security products.
  • Understand the security design landscape of the customer and position the benefits of the software/hardware solutions to the assigned customers by mapping the right solutions with the design requirement of the customers.
  • Work daily with different Information Security counterparts to gather intelligence and data for analysis and to formulate changes in technology, policy or procedure that may reduce the risk to information security.
  • Conduct Disaster Recovery drills and mapped performance delivery at the backup sites.
  • Implement software security solutions to minimize the internal/external risks in an organization.
  • Delivery and operations governance as per agreed Service Level Agreement.
  • Perform business development, pre-sales engagement and sales enablement activities for Cyber Security solutions.
  • Keep abreast with latest developments in Cyber Security landscape and changes in Security OEM solutions.
  • Assist with solution marketing, practice development and pipeline buildup activities.
  • Maintain a robust technical viewpoint for security solutions and their applicability across customer scenarios.
Presalessolution designdevelopmentproposal responsepresentationsecurity monitoring+6

Campus eai

Customer Success & Account Manager

Oct 2016Jun 2017 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Lead cyber threat analysis, alerting, and reporting based on intelligence and information gathering from both internal and external sources globally.
  • Provide subject matter expertise on security projects and ensure security controls are implemented according to the defined security policies.
  • Participate in business security awareness and training initiatives.
  • Drive cyber security research projects using multiple data sources, perform analysis and disseminate findings to both technical and non-technical consumers throughout the enterprise.
  • Monitor and maintain application security policies as per the Statement of Work mutually signed between CampusEAI and Customers.
  • Create recovery strategies for Customers to meet their security principles and guidelines.
  • Participate in the Business Continuity Planning strategies.
  • Establish productive and professional relationship with key personnel in assigned customer accounts.
  • Coordinate the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet the desired results.
  • Responsible for giving product demos to customers and take their feedbacks.
  • Coordinating with product developers to tweak the product as per customers requirement and monitoring the smooth delivery of the product/services. The services include product support and implementations.
  • Also responsible for discussing the other business unit which includes applications security and penetration testing services.
  • Make strategies for existing customers to Upsell, cross sell and major focus on contract renewal.
  • Worked on myCampus portal and products like Santibase and Eliminame; to explain their capabilities to the customers and gathered requirements from them.
  • Discussion with technical teams to enhance the features of the products based on Customer’s requirement.
  • Meet given targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned accounts.

Hcl technologies

Account Manager

Jul 2011Sep 2016 · 5 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

  • Understand the security landscape of the customer and position the benefits of the software/hardware solutions to the assigned customers by mapping the right solutions with the design requirement of the customers and respond to request for proposals.
  • IT Security implementation covering the domains of end point security, data security, network security, Cloud Security and Application Security.
  • Perform second-level analysis, remediation and escalations of Cyber Threat scenarios.
  • Experience in developing and managing cyber defense tools and procedures.
  • Possible participation in the ongoing development and enhancement of our Insider Threat Program and security metrics program.
  • Collaborate directly with security vendors to resolve urgent matters in a constructive and thoughtful manner.
  • Expertise in ethical hacking, firewall and intrusion detection/prevention technologies, secure coding practices, and threat modeling.
  • Formulate and implement disaster recovery strategize for end customers.
  • Worked with relevant teams to monitor and administer applications and responded within the agreed Service Level Agreement as per the contract
  • Reach the company's sales target and generate sales for a portfolio of accounts.
  • Identify new sales opportunities within existing accounts and maintain a client-account manager relationship by up-selling and cross-selling.
  • Interact and coordinate with the Finance team and other staff members in other departments working on the same account.
  • Engaged in a variety of tasks including project management, coordination, strategic planning, relationship management, negotiation and innovative development of opportunities.
  • Coordinate with customers to gather requirements and manage expectations.
  • Onsite Experience of working at client’s sites in United States for Business Development and plan out customer’s IT infrastructure transformations and transition.

Education

Annamalai University

Masters of Business Administration — International Business

Jan 2020Jan 2022

United Institute of Technology

Bachelors of Technology — Computer Science

Jan 2007Jan 2011

City Montessori School, Lucknow

Associate’s Degree — ICSE and ISC

Jan 1992Jan 2007

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