Tejas Dakve

CEO

Sterling, Virginia, United States12 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building and maturing AppSec programs.
Proven track record in vulnerability management and penetration testing.
Strong leadership in mentoring and developing security teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert specializing in Application Security within the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Application SecurityRisk ManagementCybersecurity

Other Skills

Product SecurityBusiness AnalysisLeadershipStakeholder ManagementTeam ManagementSecurity and risk managementAsset SecuritySecurity architecture and engineeringSecurity assessment and testingSoftware Development SecurityProgram ManagementVulnerability ManagementThreat ModelingCryptographyInformation Security

About

I’m a passionate InfoSec professional specializing in Application Security, with a strong interest in both strategic leadership and hands-on technical work. As the leader of the Application Security team at Bloomberg Industry Group, I’m responsible for building and maturing the AppSec program, driving new security initiatives, contributing to our Cloud Security practices, supporting incident investigations, managing vendor relationships, and most importantly, mentoring and developing my team. I thrive on identifying security gaps in the software development lifecycle and implementing practical solutions to close those gaps effectively. Despite being a people manager, I’ve maintained my enthusiasm for technical challenges. I continue to actively participate day-to-day technical matters while applying my skills to real-world problems and staying close to the technology I love. All posts and views shared here are my own and do not represent my employer.

Experience

12 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

6 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Bloomberg industry group

2 roles

Senior Manager, Application Security

Promoted

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Arlington, Virginia, United States · Hybrid

Leading a Product Security team and reporting to the CISO.
Building a team that is responsible for securely delivering products to the customers.
Contribute to the overall direction and strategy of the Product Security program.
Identifying gaps in the security posture of the program and providing solutions to the leadership to bridge the gap.
Manage application security vendor engagements and provide budgetary planning and analysis.
Help grow direct reports from the team, build their growth plan, provide periodic feedbacks and participate in the performance reviews.
Providing oversight to various tools/controls being used by the team.

Risk ManagementProduct SecurityApplication Security

Assistant Manager, Application Security

Mar 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Arlington, Virginia, United States · Hybrid

A member of Product Security team hired as an Individual Contributor.
Managed DAST and IAST platform by on-boarding products for security scanning.
Responsible for vulnerability management (triaging, reporting and getting it remediated) across SAST, SCA, IAST and DAST platforms.
Collaborated with different product and development teams across the organization, providing consultation on all matters regarding application security.
Identified an absence of Penetration Testing as a gap in the security portfolio and proposed it to leadership as a program to implement with details around benefits and cost estimate, thus growing beyond my Individual Contributor role.
Implemented and established Penetration Testing program from the start of 2021. Responsible for performing internal penetration tests whenever needed, while outsourcing some tests.
Started managing vendor relationships on behalf of the team.

Risk ManagementProduct SecurityApplication Security

Synopsys inc

Security Consultant

Dec 2016 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Dulles, VA

1. Involved with Synopsys's Architecture Analysis practice to perform Threat Modeling and Architecture Risk Analysis assessments.
2. Actively contributed to the development of the Architecture Analysis practice by creating threat modeling patterns on various security controls, frameworks and third-party products.
3. Responsible to perform penetration testing on various web applications to identify number of vulnerabilities. These assessments included both, automatic and manual testing of an application using tools such as Burp suite, IBM Appscan, etc.
4. Performed Mobile Application penetration test for both, iOS and Android applications. I have performed several iOS and handful of Android Penetration tests and discovered Critical issues with a potential to have severe impact on business.
5. Provided technical oversight on penetration testing projects.

Risk ManagementCybersecurity