Sudheer Vaidya

Professional Summary

• Expertise: Cybersecurity, AI-driven security, Engineering Management, People Management.
• Experience: Over 18 years in the Software Applications industry, specializing in security.
• Leadership: 6 years as an engineering manager and 8 years leading teams, with a proven track record in cross-functional collaboration, team building, and mentoring.
• Vendor Management: Extensive experience managing multiple outsourced vendors, including hiring, training, and evaluating consulting engineers.
• Talent Development: Skilled in recruiting and mentoring engineers, fostering professional growth.
• Operational Context: Thrives in fast-paced, agile settings, contributing to security, stability, and quality assurance of complex, high-scale systems. Self-motivated, quick to master new technologies, strong team-oriented mindset.

• Head of Practice, Cyber Security and Networks, Bahwan Cybertek, Bengaluru, India, October 2024 - April 2025
• Chief Technology Officer, Cyber Defense, Vaticinari Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, India, June 2022 - September 2024
• Vice President, Network Security Services, Morgan Stanley, Bengaluru, India, November 2020 – May 2022
• System Architect, Security Assurance, AON, Bengaluru, India, 2017 - 2020
• Lead for Quality Assurance, Wireless Security, Sophos, Bengaluru, India, 2016
• Lead Test Engineer, WLAN, Juniper Networks, Bengaluru, India. 2013 - 2015
• Member of Technical Staff and Engineering Manager, Wireless Automation QA, Aruba Networks, Sunnyvale USA and Bengaluru, India, 2007 - 2012 
• Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Network and Security, Extreme Networks, Santa Clara, USA, 2005 - 2007

Education

• Post Graduate Degree in Cyber Security MIT xPRO (Online), 2022 - 2023

• Towards MS in Computer Science California State University, Chico USA, 2001 - 2003

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, University of Mysore, India 1996 - 2000

• Certifications

CISM by ISACA - April 2024

CompTIA Security+ by CompTIA - March 2024

Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security by EDX - June 2023

Advanced Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence Certificate Training by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur - September 2021 to February 2022

Certified SDN Associate Certificate (OCSA) by ONF - May 2016

• Training

Cisco DC AIE by Cisco Systems