Chief Security & Technology Executive (CTO)

Subhash Bhatia, CISSP [****]

Fremont, California 94539

Contact: 510-***-****; email: ***********@*****.***

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/subhash-bhatia-40a4561

Senior Leadership Role in Information Security, Technology & Engineering

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Technology Leader with 20+ yrs hands-on experience in Information and Infrastructure Security for Enterprise & Cloud based Software as Service (SAAS) platforms and AI/ML Based applications design and development. Provide leadership in Business, Product, and Technology Strategy, Product & Program management, Software engineering and 24x7 IT/operations.

SKILLS

Global Team Leadership Product & Technology Roadmaps Cloud SAAS Architecture Security Strategy AI/ML Platforms Agile Development DevSecOps Multi-Cloud Governance Multi-Language Development AWS ERP Merger & Acquisitions (M&A)

CORE COMPETENCIES

-Work with cross companies Board, CEO & Executive teams on Business and Technology alignment, Revenue Growth, Business Development, Venture financing and M&A.

-Ability to build, mentor and scale Product, Technology and IT/Operations Teams (150+)

-Flexibility in serving as CTO, VP Products, VP Engineering & VP IT for several Cloud/SAAS based Startups (<50), Mid-size (~200) and public companies (1000+)

-Expertise in building architecture roadmaps, implementation of software development best practices, Quality metrics, performance & scalability engineering, and information security.

-Lead the Architecture and design of HW/SW platforms for Digital Transformation and AI/ML based applications development

-Cost savings and efficiency: by Agile Development/DevSecOps and QA Automation

-Champion the adoption of cutting-edge cybersecurity controls across IAM, AppSec, and DevSecOps domains

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS

Major Software Platform releases: Informix Parallel Server, Yahoo! Petabyte scale analytics platform, Oracle Application Server, Amazon New Car Buying experience platform, Disney Shopping & Auctions Network, Multiple large scale B2B & Mobile platforms for Finance, Supply Chain, Consumer, Medical, Media and Communications sector. M&A of several companies.

EDUCATION

MS Engineering Management – Santa Clara University

MS Electrical Engineering – Queen’s University, Canada

CERTIFICATIONS CISSP Certified Security professional (2008)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CEO & Founder

Asticasoft (Stealth Startup), Fremont 2023 - Present

-Leading AI/ML based innovation for security platforms

-Driving product-market fit technical vision, and early prototyping

Associate Director, Cloud Technology 2021-2023

HCL America, Sunnyvale, CA

-Advisor to F500 Clients on hybrid cloud architecture and governance.

-Designed security-first cloud solutions across multiple vendors

-Act as SME supporting Development/Implementation practice in Digital Transformation

Executive Vice President, Product & Technology Operations 2019-2020

Verisk Financial, Burlingame, CA

-Collaborate with CEO, COO and senior leadership team on opportunities for Revenue growth

-Supervise Product/Program Management teams – build product roadmap and cross company partnership programs. Led B2B SAAS platform dev for financial risk/ compliance

-Championed Agile Development, DevSecOps/CD pipelines and implementation

-Directed 24x7 development, QA Automation, site reliability engineering and Information Security

Practice Director, Digital transformation/Cloud/Data Platform/ML

Wipro Limited,, Mountain View, CA 2018-2019

-Build an R&D HUB for Digital Transformation and help build ML based intelligent applications

-Introduce Asset based Services: Anomaly detection, Traceability analysis and Data Quality.

-Led technical strategy for Data Architecture/Machine Learning Platforms, Cross Cloud integration, Microservices services leading to addition new accounts & revenue stream

-Build Design & Architecture for customers: Big Data Analytics/Pattern matching/ML Applications

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CTO

AsticaSoft, Inc., Fremont, CA 2015 - 2018

-Strategic Management & Technology consulting: Security and Bigdata in SF Bay area

-Client: Macate Systems - Consulting EVP of Products & Engineering for a Mobile Security

-Success in building Security Products Strategy, eCommerce Strategy, Mobile Security plans

-Success in hiring and building a Product and Technology team in the Bay area (20+)

-Serve as Information Security Expert and Advisor for Client companies

Chief Technology Officer and VPE 2013-2014

Acesse Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA

-Build R&D Center in Silicon Valley and scale to 100+ engineering organization.

-Grow revenue by 300% by introducing three new product lines - Ad Mgmt. & Collaboration Tools

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- Subhash Bhatia – Resume ..3

-Lead and manage CISO function within the company. Build IAM Strategy, Security posture, observability, and incident management.

CTO 2012-2013

AsticaSoft Consulting, Inc. Fremont, CA

-AngiesList – As Chief Architect and Head for Search & Browse deliver next generation platform (heterogeneous .NET and Django/Python, SOLR based Search).

-CoreMobile Networks – As Consulting CTO/EVP engineering for an enterprise mobility company deliver mobile smart assistants for Physicians, Investment bankers, and Sales executives. Drive Security considerations - HIPAA compliance for medical devices

SVP Engineering and IT Operations 2009-2011

Mobile Content Networks, Mountain View, CA

-Drive Architecture, Development and IT/Operations for Cloud/SAAS based Mobile Search and Ad management to support mobile operators/content providers in Asia & Europe.

-Serve as IT Head and CISO responsible all infrastructure security.

-Successful M&A leading to MCN acquisition by Opt. Inc. Japan

Sr. Director of Engineering and COS - Strategic Data Division (500+) 2006-2008

Yahoo, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA

-Managed new technology initiatives, strategic hiring (100+), optimize software teams and acquisition integration, operations budget optimization, drive architectural enhancements

-Successful roll out of major releases of Ad monetization platform and petabyte scale

Query & Storage platform for Analytics and Search. Revenue lift of 250MM+

-Successful hiring 100+ critical engineering expertise; set up & onboard R&D center in Illinois

CTO & VP Products & Technology

TradeBeam, SupplySolution & Encover, San Mateo, CA 2002-2006

-Worked with 3 Sigma Partners VC portfolio companies. As CTO managed Product strategy, Architecture vision and Development for supporting B2B SAAS based applications.

-Manage portfolio companies’ security posture and risk management

-Serve as Joint CTO for TradeBeam and SupplySolution leading to company merger.

-Retain 10+MM revenue by meeting customers’ requirements and needs

CTO & Cofounder 2000-2002

SiteBurst, Inc., A Video Ad Platform startup, San Mateo, CA

-Successfully created new product definition, software architecture & development of digital content publishing and serving platform (YouTube/DART). Build A+ team from scratch.

Vice President Engineering 1999-2000

Infoseek, A Walt Disney Company – Sunnyvale, CA

- Managed multi-location teams of 70+ managers and engineers with overall budget of over

$20+MM. Corporate IT Finance, Security infrastructure, Data Warehouse & BI teams.

-Successful Launch of Auctions & Stores, Registration & Billing systems, Corporate ERP.

-Promoted to VP of Engineering - successful launch of scalable Order Management for Disney

-Drive integration of multi-location teams post merger of Starwave, Infoseek & Disney.

-Support IT organization on software and infrastructure security functions and controls.

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