Mahesh Sogane

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India28 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over two decades of experience in cybersecurity.
Led global cyber defense initiatives at Shell.
Expert in regulatory compliance and risk management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Expert with extensive experience in financial services and enterprise security management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cyber-securityRegulatory ComplianceIncident ResponseCyber Threat MonitoringCyber SecurityThreat ManagementInfrastructure ManagementVirtualizationData Center ManagementProject ManagementNetwork AdministrationIt Infrastructure ManagementDesktop SupportLotus Notes Administration

Other Skills

Business AnalysisBusiness Continuity PlanningComputer SecurityCyber DefenseData CenterData Leakage PreventionDisaster RecoveryDisaster Recovery PlanningE-Discovery & SurveillanceEnterprise ArchitectureISO 27001 Internal AuditIT Service ManagementIT StrategyITILInformation Security

About

Currently serving as Deputy CISO at Kotak Mahindra Bank, a leading private sector bank in India, with over one year of experience in this role. Focused on ensuring regulatory compliance in IT and information security, enhancing cyber defense capabilities, and fostering organization-wide awareness to minimize risks. Leveraging insights and best practices gleaned from global organizations to strengthen security frameworks and align them with top industry standards. With over two decades of experience in cybersecurity, including a tenure as Global Lead for Cyber Defense at Shell, contributed to advancing incident response protocols and cyber threat monitoring. Dedicated to building high-performance teams, implementing robust security strategies, and mitigating complex threats in dynamic environments. Committed to empowering organizations to navigate evolving threats while enabling business growth and operational resilience.

Experience

28 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Kotak mahindra bank

Executive Vice President

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Hi all
Happy to share , i have taken the position of - CISO ( Interim) in Kotak Mahindra Bank which is among the Top 3 Pvt sector Banks in India. Quite challenging role, working with incredible people and learning every day. As an Interim CISO -My primary goal is to keep the Bank complaint to all regulatory requirements in IT and Information security, drive Cyber Security Capabilities to Top quartile, bring some of the best practices of Global organisations i have worked in the last 2 decades and most importantly enhance end user awareness and emphasis will be on what role each one in the organization has to play to keep Bank safe and secure. on being alert . Please reach out if you want to know more about the Bank , opportunities and why KMBL is a great place to work

Cyber-securityThreat ManagementRegulatory ComplianceCyber Defense

Shell

2 roles

Global Lead - Cyber Defense - Monitoring and Incident Response

Aug 2017 – Apr 2024 · 6 yrs 8 mos

Incident ResponseCyber Threat Monitoring

Senior Manager - Cyber Security

Aug 2017 – Apr 2024 · 6 yrs 8 mos

Goldman sachs

3 roles

Vice President–Security Incident Response Team & Global Lead-Threat Management Centre Operations

Promoted

Oct 2006 – Sep 2017 · 10 yrs 11 mos

Global lead for core operations and engineering team driving the cyber security platform to detect, respond and mitigate advance adversary attacks and persistent threats. Conceptualized, Built and leading Threat Management Center operating from multiple regions for providing front line of Cyber Security defense for Goldman Sachs
Successfully migrated entire GS India (5000+ users along with business application) from classic Citrix to Virtualized Desktop platform seamlessly.
Identified the root cause for the performance issue and highlighted the Risk posture to the firm with the connectivity model for off shore resources connecting to GS. Successfully led the Bandwidth upgrade, Migration to virtual platforms for vendor resources.
Successfully rolled out 24X7 Banking technology helpdesk supporting Global Bankers
Played a lead role in Integration of Infrastructure & business application of companies acquired by GS.
Implemented E mail security enhancement TAP ( Targeted attack Prevention ) – Proof point URL and Attachment defense
Lead for all the M &A activities, GS acquired many companies and Mahesh was the lead for user migration and Infrastructure migration.
Implemented Quality assurance program to measure effectiveness of Incident response process as well as Detection on boarding process.
Developed and implemented a provisioning methodology ensure we have >50% availability of compute resources across all BU’s in the event of losing a Data center.

Cyber SecurityThreat ManagementIncident ResponseIntegrationQuality Assurance

Senior Vice President

Oct 2006 – Aug 2017 · 10 yrs 10 mos

Vice President

Oct 2006 – Aug 2017 · 10 yrs 10 mos

Global Lead- SIRT

Intel technology india pvt ltd

Technology Project Manager

Feb 2002 – Oct 2006 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Bengalore, India

Supported the growing compute demands of the Silicon design center, Data center management, capacity planning, remote support for windows infrastructure, Managing storage and Back up infrastructure, New campus Infrastructure build out, Disaster recovery planning and implementation, team building, stake holder management, Global and regional program / project management, Lab build out, procurement, recruitment.
Built multiple large scale data centers in Intel India campus and optimally managed them to support the chip design center.
Actively participated in technical design of Data center, Campus WIFI network implementation, ODCs, End user set up, Switching, LAN and WAN connectivity to other offices. Negotiated large value purchases and managed vendors throughout project lifecycle.
Was the key member in implementing campus WIFI network for Intel India Bangalore campus. Successfully optimized cost through free seating, reduction of cabling costs, productivity enhancements which was a key highlight at the customer highlight program known as “IT @ Intel”.

Satyam computer service ltd

Senior Engineer Network & Systems

Oct 2000 – Feb 2002 · 1 yr 4 mos · India

Was a site IT manager for two sites in Bangalore, was responsible for for managing the IT infrastructure and providing support for the technology requirements of the Developers.
Administration of Exchange Server, Proxy , Wins & DHCP servers related activities for all Sites across Bangalore
Supporting more than 400 users for day-to-day activity for File print services, Mail & connectivity
Technical consultancy to Clients for their Network

Data Center ManagementDisaster Recovery PlanningStakeholder ManagementProject Management

Praxair india pvt. ltd.

System Administrator

Sep 1999 – Sep 2000 · 1 yr · India

Administration of Lotus Notes Servers & Clients at all locations in India, Desktop support for 200 users for day to day activity for File print services, Mail services, network connectivity, & for running ERP applications
Replication of Databases with Servers at Tonawanda (US), Singapore & with all other locations in India
Ensuring connectivity from remote locations to centralized Lotus Notes Server & AS400 server running JD Edwards

Network AdministrationIT Infrastructure Management

Reliance cybertech pvt ltd

System Administrator

Aug 1997 – Sep 1999 · 2 yrs 1 mo · India

Installation & Maintenance of Windows NT Server, NT& 95 workstations, Proxy Server, DHCP sever, file & print server.
SAP server, creating Clients, Log devices etc.
Setup & Maintain Network Hardware, File & Print Services
Managing Desktop support for 100 clients

Lotus Notes AdministrationDesktop Support