Rakesh Khanduja

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

22+ years of experience in AI and data security.
6+ US patents showcasing innovation in technology.
Expert in building enterprise-ready agentic AI systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Data Security expert with a focus on enterprise AI solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Team ManagementDatabases

Other Skills

C++LinuxNeo4jSemantic ModelingVector DatabasesStructured Memory GraphContext GraphAgentic AutomationSecurity OperationsTensorFlowNatural Language Processing (NLP)Data PipelinesPython (Programming Language)Software Architectural DesignHadoop

About

I believe the future of the enterprise will be powered by agentic AI systems that work in production — secure, governed, and accountable by design. For 22+ years, I’ve built the infrastructure that makes this possible. My career spans two complementary worlds. As a Startup Founder & CTO, I learned how to build fast, innovate under pressure, and take products from idea to acquisition. As a Senior Engineering Leader at Microsoft, I learned how to scale those innovations to serve millions of users and highly regulated enterprises. Today, I work at the intersection of AI, data, and security, shaping platforms such as Microsoft Purview and Sentinel. My focus is on: Data foundations, governance, and trust Cloud-native security and observability Agentic workflows that move beyond demos into reliable execution I’m a builder at heart, with 6+ US patents reflecting a long-term commitment to applied R&D. I’m most energized where deep technical complexity meets real business outcomes — from zero-trust architectures to AI-ready data platforms. Beyond systems, I mentor teams and leaders to adopt AI responsibly — not just faster, but safer, more observable, and aligned with how decisions actually get made. Topics I write and speak about: • Taking AI from demo to production • Data foundations, governance, and trust • Enterprise-ready agentic AI • Scaling engineering teams and platforms If you’re building AI systems that need to work in the real world — or figuring out what breaks when they don’t — let’s connect.

Experience

22 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Principal Software Engineer

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Working as an Architect for Microsoft Purview Policies with focus on distribution and enforcement of policies for Azure SQL Server, ADLS Gen2 (Azure Storage), Cosmos DB. Designed the highly scalable microservices for distribution of policy at scale and developed the SDKs in C++ to integrate to database platforms.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Team Management

Principal Software Engineer Lead

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

Worked as Primary Architect for designing the core compliance and data governance capabilities in Azure SQL Server with RBAC and ABAC policy frameworks. Led the architecture, design and successful integration across the data platforms.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Databases

Bluetalon | unified data access control

2 roles

Senior Technical Director

Aug 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr

Driving the unified data access control technology stack & innovation for Hadoop and relational databases. Driving the architecture of the product and technology vision with great team. Driving the key innovations and patents with team.

LinuxDatabases

Technical Director

Jan 2016 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Technical Leadership in execution of the unified data access control for Hadoop distributions (HDP,MapR,CDH) and Relational databases (PostgreSQL,GreenPlum). Designed the architecture of a robust interception points for unified access control for SQL systems in modern data lakes. Leading the team and product development with senior engineers to create the world class unified data access control.

LinuxDatabases

Db research pvt. ltd

Technical Director

Sep 2010 – Dec 2015 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Indore Area, India

Leadership role in driving the technology vision to implement the secured federated data access across the heterogeneous data sources(Oracle,DB2,SQLServer,Netezza,PostgreSQL,MySQL) Built the multiple product lines Secure Office , Enterprise Access Control, Secure Enterprise Federated Access, Secure Access Control for ODBC & JDBC Adapters and deployed the product to Fortune 100 customers in Health Care and Financial Domain. Built the world class technology for customers with very few smart engineers.

LinuxDatabases

Bd innoware pvt. ltd

CTO

Nov 2003 – Aug 2010 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Indore Area, India

Leadership role in research and creating the technology stack for data access control and federated data access for multiple data sources (Oracle,DB2,SQLServer). Created a team of research engineers and developed a world class technology to smartly process the database requests for implementing the access control and audit frameworks for enterprise applications. Great experience & achievement in turning the entry level and mid level engineers into highly productive startup team.

LinuxDatabases

Bd innoware pvt ltd

Software Engineer

Nov 2003 – Jun 2006 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Indore Area, India

Started my journey as the software research engineer in BD Innoware pvt. ltd. Here I was responsible to develop the database security controls and research on data processing algorithms. As part of development I used C,C++,MFC,ActiveX,COM,DCOM , Linux, AIX, Oracle, DB2,SQL Server to develop the enterprise tools for data processing , workflow and data control.

LinuxDatabases