Feb 2021 – Feb 2026 · 5 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Directed enterprise-wide security transformations and compliance strategies aligned with organizational OKRs. Partnered with the Leadership to define the security vision, allocate multi-million dollar budgets, and drive quantifiable risk mitigation across 12+ Business Units.
• Common Control Framework (JCCF): Orchestrated the rollout of a unified security framework across on-prem and cloud environments; achieved a 20% vulnerability reduction and advanced organizational maturity to Level 3 (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2).
• Critical Ops Protection (COP): Directed security hardening for 12 Engineering BUs, successfully deploying 66% of critical controls and institutionalizing Secure SDLC.
• API & Cloud Security: Spearheaded the FY25 API Security program, automating discovery and classification for IT and Engineering (MIST, J-Cloud) to mitigate OWASP Top 10 threats.
• Incident Recovery & Transformation: Led the post-incident corrective action plan for the Agile PLM breach, modernizing legacy security through network segmentation, AWS firewalls, and centralized logging.
• Global Security Operations: Managed large-scale deployments of Forcepoint DLP and SentinelOne across 23K+ global endpoints and servers, including third-party manufacturing sites.
• Strategic Compliance: Secured high-value SaaS deployments for Tier-1 telcos (Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom) by ensuring rigid InfoSec compliance and leading executive steering committees.
• Operational Excellence: Reduced lab onboarding time by 10% through a global GLO governance council.

Mar 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Orchestrated a multi-million-dollar portfolio of cybersecurity and technology transformation programs for Fortune 500 clients (Diageo, Unilever). Reported to the Global Head of Cyber Strategy to align technical roadmaps with business-critical risk objectives and P&L targets.
• Data Protection & Privacy: Spearheaded the enterprise-wide Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) initiative across five global workstreams, enhancing data sovereignty and IP protection.
• Identity & Access Management: Orchestrated the integration of IDAM services with Okta and ServiceNow, automating secure access management and reducing identity-based risk.
• Digital Defense & EUC: Directed the implementation of Nexthink across the end-user computing (EUC) environment to provide real-time visibility into endpoint security posture and threat detection.
• Cloud Transformation: Led Program Dash, migrating legacy business applications to a secure Azure Cloud infrastructure, ensuring compliance with global cloud security standards.
• SaaS & Supply Chain Security: Directed the global implementation of Jaggaer SaaS (P2P) for Unilever, integrating Universal Data Lake and RPA processes to secure the digital supply chain.
• Business Development: Managed engagement P&L and identified new business opportunities, expanding EY’s footprint within client verticals through strategic advisory.

May 2012 – Mar 2019 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Managed a portfolio of 10+ global strategic initiatives within the OCI Business Office, focusing on infrastructure security, cloud migration, and operational quality control.
• Cloud Infrastructure Modernization: Directed large-scale migrations of SCM and Procurement tools to Oracle Fusion Cloud, streamlining global supply chain operations and sunsetting 15 legacy systems.
• Operational Excellence: Orchestrated "Project Mercury" to automate global order management workflows and resolved critical material build issues, reducing Data Center (DC) Operations cycle time by 30%.
• Risk & Incident Mitigation: Collaborated with engineering leadership to implement process controls that reduced security/operational incidents by 40%.
• Financial & Resource Governance: Engineered the Budget Planning Tool (BPT) and cost modeling frameworks to improve financial accuracy; managed a global Cloud Hardware Loan/REUSE program to optimize resource utilization.
• Program Methodology: Standardized project management best practices across 30+ multi-party projects, achieving a 95% milestone completion rate and significantly reducing schedule variance.

Sep 2010 – Aug 2011 · 11 mos · Hull, United Kingdom

• Conducted regulatory and financial audits for global sectors including Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals, ensuring rigorous documentation and compliance standards.

Jul 2006 – Sep 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos · India

• Developed and integrated mission-critical subsystems for BT’s PACS project using PL/SQL, SQL, and JavaScript, focusing on system functionality and automated reporting.