Aruneesh Salhotra — Founder
Technologist and cybersecurity leader shaping the future of secure Products and AI. I combine deep expertise across Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Cloud, and AI Governance with strategic leadership as a board advisor, investor, and OWASP/CSA/IEEE contributor. A global speaker at RSA, BlackHat, OWASP, IAPP, SINET, Developer Week, ADDO, Harvard, Machines Can See and Beyond, I work across industry and government partners to advance security standards, strengthen ecosystems, and make AI and cybersecurity accessible, scalable, and actionable for all. Specialties: Technology, Investments, GTM, Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, Cyber Resilience, AI, AI Security/Governance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity and AI governance expert with extensive experience in strategic leadership.
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Experience: 26 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
- Devsecops
- Cloud Security
- Academic Advising
- Cybersecurity Governance
- Terraform
Career Highlights
- Cybersecurity leader with deep expertise in AI and DevSecOps.
- Global speaker at major cybersecurity conferences.
- Founder and advisor to multiple tech startups.
Work Experience
AI Security Academy
Strategic Advisor (4 mos)
Stealth Startup
Founder | Building Quietly. Thinking Loudly. (6 mos)
RiskProfiler
Investor, Advisory Board (6 mos)
OWASP® Foundation
OWASP AIBOM Project Lead (9 mos)
GlobalCISO Leadership Foundation
Co-Chair, Governing Board (1 yr 6 mos)
Nomura
US Lead for Third Party Cyber Risk Management (1 yr 2 mos)
Global Head of Application Security (3 yrs 3 mos)
Technical Program Manager, DevSecOps and Office of the CTO (1 yr 7 mos)
DevSecOps Engineer & Transformation Coach (10 mos)
Program Manager, DevSecOps Engineer (3 yrs 3 mos)
InfraGard
Member (1 yr 8 mos)
OWASP Top 10 For Large Language Model Applications
OWASP Core Member (1 yr 8 mos)
Suraksha Catalyst
Co-Founder (1 yr 3 mos)
OWASP Serverless Top Ten
OWASP Project Lead (2 yrs)
OWASP AI Exchange
OWASP AI Exchange Co-Lead (2 yrs 4 mos)
Emergent Ventures
Limited Partner (2 yrs 7 mos)
Preface Ventures
Limited Partner (2 yrs 9 mos)
Pocket Security, Inc.
Strategic Advisor (3 yrs)
CyberEdBoard Community
Executive Member (4 yrs 4 mos)
Strategio
Advisor (4 yrs 5 mos)
The Purple Book Community
Core Member (4 yrs 5 mos)
Virsec Systems
Advisory Board Member (4 yrs 10 mos)
Institute of MERIT
Advisory Board Member (6 yrs 5 mos)
SNM Consulting Inc.
CEO, CISO, Principal (11 yrs 1 mo)
Credit Suisse
Senior Devops Engineer, Consultant (4 mos)
Stealth - Tutoring (Acquired, 2012)
Co-Founder (11 mos)
Liquidnet
DevSecOps Architect, Technical Program Manager (8 yrs)
Miletus Trading (now Liquidnet)
DevOps Engineer, Head of Trade Reporting Settlement, Head of Infrastructure (1 yr 10 mos)
Oracle (formerly Fatwire Systems)
DevOps Lead, System Test Lead (8 mos)
Lucent
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr)
Softtech Source
Senior Consultant (2 yrs)
Ciena
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)
Nortel Networks
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 6 mos)
DCM DataSystems
Senior Software Engineer (6 mos)
Education
PMP at New York University
Certified Scrum Product Owner at Scrum Alliance
MCA at Delhi University
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) at Jobs Remote
High School at APJ