Ashwath Desai

CEO

India14 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led the Cloud AI Safety and Security CoE at Google.
Generated $16M in annual revenue through secure product launches.
Reduced security vulnerabilities by 20% across 50+ product lines.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert in SaaS with a focus on AI safety and security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cybersecurity GovernanceProduct ManagementProgram ManagementCybersecurityProduct StrategySecurity EngineeringApplication Security

Other Skills

NISTISO 27001Team LeadershipData PrivacyAbuse PreventionMachine LearningThreat & Vulnerability ManagementEncryptionCloud SecurityInformation Security AwarenessDevSecOpsSoftware Project ManagementProduct DevelopmentGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Team Management

About

As the leader of the Cloud AI Safety and Security Center of Excellence (CoE) in India, I'm focused on cultivating an exceptional, high-performing team to pioneer and deliver trusted, high-quality, and safe technology. We build and deploy critical protections for Generative AI products to steadfastly protect users from security threats, abuse, and fraud. My 12+ years of global experience in cybersecurity management—including setting up and growing successful capability centers across EMEA, the Americas, and India—allows me to expertly balance innovation with risk. Core areas of expertise: Enterprise Cybersecurity, AI Safety & Security, Product/Program Management, Cybersecurity Risk Assessment, Cloud Security, and IAM.

Experience

Google

2 roles

Cloud AI Security and Safety India CoE Leader

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

CoE Leadership: Founded and scaled the Cloud AI Security and Safety Center of Excellence in India, hiring and leading a high-impact team of 10+ data scientists and security engineers.
AI Governance & Strategy: Defined the AI security strategy and governance framework, aligning a portfolio of 40+ Cloud AI products with industry-leading standards, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF).
Revenue & Compliance Enablement: Established an in-country AI testing center to deliver critical security and safety evaluation services, enabling secure product launches that generated approximately $16M in annual revenue.
Optimization & Automation: Developed and implemented AI-driven solutions for synthetic data generation, data labeling, and LLM-based rating systems, optimizing product evaluations by 60% while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
Product Safety & Trust: Collaborated cross-functionally (Legal, Privacy, Compliance) to analyze user feedback reports from ~30M users, deriving actionable insights that improved the product safety sentiment score by 34%.

Cybersecurity GovernanceNISTISO 27001Team LeadershipData PrivacyProduct Management

Lead Program Manager: Cloud API Security

Oct 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

API Security: Led multiple complex technical programs focused on Cloud API security on Google Apigee, ensuring robust defense across core service delivery.
ML-Enabled Revenue Protection: Deployed and scaled an ML-based solution to identify security threats and abuse for 60K customers, enabling approximately $10M USD in annual revenue through enhanced product protection.

Data PrivacyAbuse PreventionProduct ManagementMachine LearningProgram ManagementCybersecurity+2

Schneider electric

4 roles

Global Product Security Leader : Programs and Products

Promoted

Feb 2021 – Oct 2021 · 8 mos

Served as Head of Product Security for E-Mobility, Solar and Microgrid Lines of Business.
Administered development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the organisation's product security programme.
Assessed and mitigated product security risks across the entire product lifecycle by influencing cross-functional teams.
Built and maintained product security risk management processes and procedures per industry rules (IEC62443).
Partnered with customers and stakeholders to understand product security requirements.
Monitored industry trends and developments in product security whilst improving product security programmes.
Key Achievements:
Led 50+ product lines; supervised 20+ development teams whilst deploying secure development lifecycle and privacy by design.
Reduced 20% of high-medium security vulnerabilities by implementing a comprehensive product security programme which included secure coding practices and vulnerability management.

Product StrategyThreat & Vulnerability ManagementData PrivacyEncryptionSecurity EngineeringProduct Management+3

Cybersecurity and Privacy Compliance Leader

Promoted

Oct 2015 – Feb 2021 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Steered and supervised a team of Cybersecurity and Privacy professionals, Technical Project Managers and Software Engineering Teams across China, India, France, and the US to reduce Enterprise Cyber Security / Privacy Risks.
Conducted regular risk assessments to identify cybersecurity and privacy risks. Directed and oversaw a team of cybersecurity and privacy professionals whilst providing direction, coaching, and mentoring to ensure team members achieve goals and objectives.
Implemented and deployed cybersecurity products to achieve compliance to the NIST cybersecurity framework. Built and led a global team of penetration testers for conducting high quality security testing on digital products; promoted team cooperation.
Key Achievements:
Built and provided cybersecurity products to enable services, including security/privacy risk assessments and maturity based privacy compliance reviews for 1000+ applications and 6000+ users.
Deployed cybersecurity and privacy certification process for 3000+ software applications with 98% adoption.
Mitigated 45% of cyber and privacy risks globally in adherence with the NIST Cybersecurity framework.
Performed vulnerability assessment in Schneider Electric whilst managing testing operations for 2000+ applications.

Data PrivacyApplication SecuritySoftware Project ManagementProduct DevelopmentProgram ManagementTeam Leadership+2

Technical Delivery Manager

Promoted

Apr 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Delivered 15+ global middle ware implementation projects on OpenText(java based) technology as global Delivery Lead. - Projects include- HVDC deployments(High Volume Delivery Center), Enterprise Integration across CRM and ERPs.
Set up a centralized delivery and support team of 20+ members
Managed insourcing of support for 15+ applications from onsite to offshore teams within a year

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2010 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Worked on Oracle Business Intelligence, SAP Business Objects and .Net technology developing applications, reports and dashboards for Sales Managers of IT Division and Global Marketing leaders.
These reports were crucial for the month end financial closing activities and reconciliations as well as determining the sales opportunities in our strategic regions.