Vijay Upadhyaya
Entrepreneurial spirit with 14 years of information security experience. Served as a trusted advisor to
the senior management. Lead technical marketing team in the strategic areas of competitive strategy, product
positioning and sales enablement. Acknowledged ability to understand technology in context of business. Regular speaker at user conferences and webinars such as Hacking Exposed. Received most valuable player award at multiple organization. Ability to tie projects to revenue and was able to contribute to first $600K deal in APAC for iPolicy, and $30 Million of new opportunities for McAfee by initiating and leading technical aspects of data center security campaign.
Strong network security background with six rare certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CRISC and certification from world famous hacker conference Blackhat on ShellCode writing, Webapplication penetration testing and Network Security Analytics.
Part of extremely rare group of individual with hands on security implementation experience, selling experience, marketing and strategic positioning experience.
On a personal side, a Chess player, attracted to anything strategic including games such as Risk and Go , a father of 8 months old daughter and curious about Quantum Physics.
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Education
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Bachelor Of Electronics, Robotics and Communication Networks
Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology
1999
Honors and Awards
- Most Valuable Player Award- McAfee
Work Experience
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Network Admin
Employer: Campazone Solution
March 1999 - January 2001
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Security Consultant- eSecurity
Employer: Rolta India Ltd
February 2001 - March 2003
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Senior Security Consultant
Employer: Ramco Systems
March 2003 - March 2004
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Sr.Security Architect
Employer: iPolicy Networks
March 2004 - April 2007
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Technical Marketing Manager
Employer: Agiliance
April 2007 - September 2009
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Technical Marketing Manager
Employer: McAfee
September 2009 - June 2013
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Director Product Management
Employer: Guavus
July 2013 - March 2014
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Sr. Manager Technical Marketing
Employer: Juniper
March 2014 - present
Membership in Professional Organizations
- ISACA
- ISC2
Psychology Mentors, Inspirations, and Influences
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Pravin KothariCiphorcloudSerial entrepreneur with track record of bootstrapping successful companies and products in security space. Founder of ArcSight, Agiliance and active member of TiE. -
Steve JobsAppleVisionary and inspirational figure, providing excellent framework for living life to its fullest and making decisions without any fear.
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Vijay Upadhyaya
California
United States of America
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