Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• This is a first for me, A large family office appointing a CISO for all its investment Portfolio companies.. So much to work upon in different domains, portfolio and diverse set of Security needs..
• Exciting to work around this..

May 2025 – Jul 2025 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• One of the largest Industry Online D2C Provider.. Mandate to help setup ISO 27001, DPDPA implementation & help improve cloud Security.

Feb 2025 – May 2025 · 3 mos · Remote · Hybrid

• Mandate is to comply with SEBI, IRDA & achieve ISO 27001 & help improve Cyber Security posture..

Sep 2024 – Feb 2025 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Mandate to help Setup Security team, Cloud & Improve the security posture across 6000 People Back office

Jul 2024 – Jan 2025 · 6 mos · Bangalore · Hybrid

• Global SaaS B2B Organization in Loyalty domain space. Mandated to improve security posture across Cloud, Internal IT & various global compliances.

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Helping one of the largestTravel companies to improve their security posture across Cloud, On Prem Infra, Applications & Data Centre Network

May 2024 – Dec 2024 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Deeptech Drone Company at forefront of tech revolution of Indigenous drones build in India & for India.

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Happy to be part of this growth journey

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 · 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Working on Security Posture for the Cloud & Internal IT Systems..

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

• 1. Janitri
• 2. WE360.ai
• 3. Lark AI
• 4. Seclogic
• 5. Paymart (Virtual ATM)

Jun 2023 – Nov 2023 · 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Mandate is for Digital lending platform, RPA, Back office Automation, Security, Risk & Compliance. IT Ops & Mass Digitisation & drive IT Efficiency. Will act as CISO as well as per RBI & IRDA guidelines.

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

• Managing Security Strategy, operations, Tools/Platform, Risk & compliance across multiple countries in APAC region

Apr 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Feb 2023 – Nov 2023 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · India · Remote

Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 · 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Joined as CTO(Part Time) for Fintech company offering Digital lending. Mandate is ISO 27001 Compliance, Enterprise Architecture roadmap, Cloud first strategy & Business Process Automation..

Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 · 3 mos · Mumbai

• Mandate is to help the bank on the new RFQ, Enterprise Architecture, Security & Pan India roll outs. Also liase with Tier 1 partners on behalf of the Agri body

Aug 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Starting as Advisor & mentor to Web3 companies with Indian Eco system..

Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Apr 2022 – Nov 2022 · 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Digizen has been selected by a well funded Mobile Gaming company with the mandate of improving the security posture, ISO 27001 compliance, Cloud & Platform security. Also build the ISMS frame work from Scratch

Oct 2021 – Apr 2022 · 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Mandate is for ERP selection & Implementation, Achieve Digital Presence, security & embrace Cloud & Mobile first approach

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Florida, United States

• Seed Investor at Seclogic INC.

Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 · 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Digizen Consulting is been retained to help the customer to setup the IT Infra, Network & setting the IT Road map & strengthen the Security road map

May 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Apr 2021 – Oct 2021 · 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Advising on B2b startups with Growth capital, Connecting dots & scale up start-ups across domains like IT, Cyber Security, Fintech, SaaS etc..

Jan 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Work with other Board members & team of EC-Council

Jan 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Working as Mentor & Adviser for New age technologies & help setup CoE & startup Incubation

Jan 2021 – Sep 2021 · 8 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Would be woking to design the curriculum, CoE Labs & sharing industry experience on cutting edge Technologies like DLT, Blockchain etc..

May 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra

• Digital Boutique Consulting firm with focus on Emerging Technologies like AI/ML, RPA , DevOps, Cloud, Security, vCIO, vCISO services with focus on increasing productivity & Efficiency. Pls reach me on Pankaj@digizenconsulting.com / 9818081412

Sep 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pune, Maharashtra

• A global technology community backed Angels Network with over 1000+ members
• www.dfangels.in

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019 · 6 mos · Pune Area, India

• Did short stint & Headed the Network Product Engineering , Network tools & Network Automation team.

Jul 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India

• De-Centralized Search
• Post Quantum Security
• Support attachments over the network
• GDPR Compliant
• 100K TPS (Saw it myself in Test net)
• Blockchain on Cross Platform/Mobile devices
• Atomic Multicast swaps
• Mining less nodes
• Zero Latency

Sep 2016 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• Managing Technology stack for Portfolio companies..

Sep 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune Area, India

• Responsible for planning, delivering & execution of Digital & Automation setup across the company and also manage & maintain current systems to ensure maximum up time and stability. The essence of my role is technology leadership, and to rally the troops around the Digital Technology Initiatives. To improve productivity, simplify the management of the computing environment, and optimizing how people and their applications utilize the infrastructure.
• Managing Budget of USD 18 million to lead various Projects in EUSS, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & RPA. Took additional responsibility of EUSS, IT NOC & Software Asset Management in April 17, with savings of USD 3mil already delivered in last 9 months.

Dec 2015 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune Area, India

• Founded Pune Angel Network with the vision to help startups with Funding, mentoring and connections to the right resources to help take their ideas to the next level.
• we are a group of like minded people and partners who are interested in positively contributing and creating a positive impact on the startup ecosystem in India.
• The mission is to become a premier network of investors who can add value to startups by funding them at an early stage and nurturing them to grow and scale for success.

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• Responsibilities include to front end the Infra operations and lead and manage transformation of all IT systems / applications from current data centers into the new data center supporting 188+mn customers across India hosted from two National Data centers
• To ensure complete E2E migration including planning, analyzing HW requirements, optimization and re utilization to reduce capex maintaining the minimal downtime of services during transition
• To ensure the environment is available in agreed schedule post deployments with minimal downtime
• Capacity Management Support for h/w sizing for business growth and new functional business demands including platform on cloud
• Also responsible for designing and implementing information systems which will adequately support the enterprise infrastructure of the organization
• Analyzing system requirements and ensures that systems will offer security and will be effectively integrated with current applications
• Managing a Data center Budget for INR 280Cr for Capex, Opex& Migration
• Ensuring that all systems are working at optimal levels and offers support to application development department regarding new technologies and system requirements
• To coordinate and conduct BCP for IT application ensuring DR site is up-to-date with production set-up, regular drills to maintain data consistency and availability
• o Assure reliable operational systems 24×7 with 99% availability (~950 databases, ~3500 servers, 16000 Network devices) post migrations to New DC.
• o Responsible for planning, preparing, scheduling of various applications stages for migration considering inter-dependencies, complexity and volume.
• o Proactively recommend and implement quality enhancements to operational systems, measured by a continued increase in performance and up time, decrease in manpower efforts and costs.
• o High Availability, Disaster recovery and Business Continuity to prevent data loss and maintain up time & regular drills

Jan 2015 – Apr 2023 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Active Angel Investor & work with fellow Angels. Active investments in B2B domain.. To name a few
• Anakage
• Skillenza
• Paytunes
• Code Mojo
• (Quagga) Aadhar API
• Aisle
• Tiny Tapps
• Aducrup
• Arcatron

Nov 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Pune Area, India

• Serving as CTO, reports to the CEO/COO and worked in close partnership with all members of the Management team to ensure product innovation in response to changing market, competitive and technology conditions. Rapidly assimilate and comprehend the current software engineering processes and core Intellectual Property (IP) of the company. Employed effective project management methodologies for administering development schedules, quality processes and documentation, planed and controlled the technology budget, delivering value for money while simultaneously ensuring optimal performance; oversees the back office IT operations
• Leading strategies for IT infrastructure, security, software development and remote support of operations at the onshore BPO centre in the USA. Supporting audits and business continuity planning, and ensuring compliance to global and US regulations.

Feb 2011 – Nov 2011 · 9 mos · Noida Area, India

• Responsible for Datacenters across world, Hosting Business, Application develeopment, Security, Customer interaction & revenue

Sep 2008 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Responsible for IT & Telecom Security for Data Center, Juniper & Cisco technologies.