Himanshu D.

VP of Engineering

Pune, Maharashtra, India18 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in cybersecurity product development.
Expert in leading cross-functional engineering teams.
Strong background in strategic planning and execution.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a strong focus on product engineering and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product EngineeringCybersecurityProduct DevelopmentTeam LeadershipBig Data

Other Skills

Acquisition IntegrationAgile MethodologiesAnti RansomwareBig Data AnalyticsBudget ManagementCloud ComputingCloud-based servicesCross-functional Team LeadershipData ScienceData analytics layerData analytics solutionsData processing platformDistributed Team ManagementEndpoint Detection & ResponseEndpoint Products

About

Engineering leader with extensive experience of delivering software products & cyber security technology to market. Strong technology background with expertise in Product Engineering & Management, Project Planning, Budget Planning & Execution, Defining Engineering Strategy & Vision In-depth experience of building and growing business groups with proven track record of building successful teams of talented individuals. Adept at leading cross functional teams for achieving the set objectives

Experience

Trellix

VP of Engineering

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Pune · Remote

Responsible for global engineering teams for Endpoint & Security Operations Product portfolios:
Endpoint Products -> Harden the system, Protect against attacks, Detect & Respond as needed. Comprises of Application & Change Control, Endpoint Security, and Endpoint Detection & Response
Security Operations Products -> Run analytics on large volumes of data collected from other Trellix products as well as third party products, generate alerts, enable SOC analysts to analyze & respond via playbooks. Comprises of SIEM, XDR, & Threat Intelligence Platform.
Orchestration Platform -> ePO, which offers a common deployment and management plane for all Trellix products.
Guiding product and platform strategy of next generation of EDR with Forensics and NGSIEM. Both are being built to be form factor agnostic i.e. support customers in the environment of their choice - on-prem, hybrid, or fully SaaS

Endpoint ProductsSecurity Operations ProductsOrchestration PlatformProduct StrategyProduct EngineeringCybersecurity

Quick heal

Senior Director Of Engineering

Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 · 4 yrs · Pune Area, India

Responsible for:
Building Endpoint Detection & Response and eXtended Detection & Response products (Seqrite Hawkk Hunt)
Developing endpoint security agents such as Firewall, IDS / IPS, Scan Engine, Behavioural Detection Engine, Anti Ransomware
Developing cloud based URL & File Reputation services that endpoint agents communicate with
Leading threat research effort. Includes malware analysis, detection writing, behavioural policy adding, APT research, and Dark Web monitoring
Maintaining & improving efficacy against Cyber Attacks & Threats. Tracked via third party reviews as well as in-field False Negatives & False Positives
Establishing & leading Data Science practice to solve security problems through use of Machine Learning
Building a public Malware Analysis application (Seqrite Hawkk Insight) that provides a web based interface to analyse samples & URLs
Extracting shareable intelligence from telemetry & private honeypots. Creating Threat Intelligence feeds. Converting them into external offering
Engaging with partners & customers. Presenting & demoing the products & technologies. Addressing requirements and gathering feedback
Budget planning & execution. Identifying new revenue generating opportunities. Optimizing operational cost

Endpoint Detection & ResponseCloud-based servicesThreat researchData ScienceCybersecurityProduct Development

Retail solutions inc.

Director of Engineering & India Site Leader

May 2018 – Dec 2018 · 7 mos · Pune Area, India

Responsible for:
1. Developing data analytics solutions that can enable Retail product companies to manage & optimize their supply chain, marketing, & promotions activities
2. Setting up India office & expanding the team. Included establishing HR, IT, & Finance teams in addition to engineering teams
3. Leading engineering efforts across multiple RSi products

Data analytics solutionsTeam expansionEngineering leadershipProduct EngineeringTeam Leadership

Symantec

Director Of Engineering

Jul 2007 – Apr 2018 · 10 yrs 9 mos · Pune Area, India

Responsible for:
1. Developing data processing platform that can store and process several TBs of data every day. This platform was initially built in on-prem data center, and was later moved to AWS
2. Building in-cloud sample & URL processing systems that can analyse several million samples & URLs and classify them. The classification was used by reputation services to provide near real time protection to end customers
3. Developing a data analytics layer that allowed researchers & engineers to interact with big data and slice / dice it as per their needs

Data processing platformIn-cloud processing systemsData analytics layerProduct EngineeringBig Data