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As President and CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. From 2014 to 2021, he served as Qualys’ Chief Product Officer, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24x7 follow-the-sun product team.

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Dr. Sameer Patil is Director, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India, a public policy think tank. His research and writing focuses on the intersection of technology and national security, including cybersecurity. In addition, he serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity and the Royal United Services Institute, UK’s Global Partnership for Responsible Cyber Behaviour Advisory Board. He has previously worked at the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India, New Delhi and Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, Mumbai. He has a PhD and MPhil in international politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Patil has a decade-long experience in the field of cyber policy. He is the author of Securing India in the Cyber Era (Routledge, 2022). His research has spanned diverse issues, such as critical infrastructure protection, cyber espionage, ransomware, and India’s cyber diplomacy. His recent research has focused on regulatory harmonisation among Quad countries on cyber policy. He has also worked with a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha for designing the private members’ bill on cyber hygiene and digital civics.

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Sudarshan Singh, Head - Cyber GRC at Capgemini, is a distinguished leader in Information Security with over two decades of cross-industry experience. Based in Mumbai, he has successfully driven governance, risk, and compliance initiatives, aligning global security frameworks with business goals. His leadership fosters resilience through ISO 27001 excellence, IT governance, and forward-looking cybersecurity strategies.

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With 17+ years of experience in cybersecurity and data privacy, I build security programs that enable business growth while reducing risk. I’ve led enterprise security and privacy strategy for Adani Digital Labs, Adani AI Labs, and NDTV, strengthening their security posture and ensuring global regulatory compliance — earning recognition from GIS India Leadership and multiple cybersecurity excellence awards. My work spans enterprise security architecture, cloud security, governance, incident response, and risk management across diverse sectors including aviation (IndiGo), fintech (Paytm), hospitality (OYO), and national digital identity initiatives (UIDAI/Aadhaar). I believe security is most powerful when culture, awareness, and technology move together — transforming cybersecurity from a defensive cost center into a strategic advantage.

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Muneer is a seasoned technology leader with nearly three decades of deep expertise in ICT and Cybersecurity, driving mission-critical security and IT transformations across Banking and Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, and large-scale Enterprise environments. Over his 29-year career, he has led and delivered some of the most complex security and infrastructure programs, bringing together strategy, architecture, governance, and execution to build resilient digital ecosystems. With a strong foundation in enterprise security architecture and secure solution design, Muneer has consistently shaped security programs that align with evolving business priorities while steering multi-disciplinary teams across global operations. A trusted advisor to CXOs and technology leaders, he has guided organizations through major modernization and compliance initiatives—establishing regulatory-aligned frameworks, integrating risk-based governance models, and managing end-to-end program lifecycles. His hands-on leadership spans advisory and consulting engagements, program governance, secure technology enablement, and high-stakes transformation efforts. Recognized for his ability to seamlessly bridge security and enterprise risk management, Muneer brings a sharp focus on optimizing cost, strengthening compliance, and enhancing operational resilience. His track record of orchestrating large-scale programs, managing diverse stakeholder environments, and building high-performance teams has made him a go-to leader for organizations looking to elevate their cyber posture and drive sustainable security maturity.

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Dynamic and seasoned IT professional with 18+ years of extensive experience in IT/IS, encompassing Application Security, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, and Data Centre Architecture. Proven track record of leading teams and managing projects for major organizations. Targeting a challenging role leveraging expertise to drive innovation, optimize processes, and enhance security measures in alignment with organizational objectives.

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Transformational cybersecurity leader with 20+ years’experience, Karthikeyan drives Cognizant’s global cyber operations, shaping advanced defence strategies across industries. He has built multi-million-dollar practices, led large-scale SOC, SIEM, and OT security initiatives, and mentored a generation of cybersecurity professionals worldwide.

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As Senior Manager at LTIMindtree, Ashish leads the organization’s Vulnerability Management program, driving enterprise-wide initiatives to strengthen cyber resilience and risk posture. With over a decade of experience, including more than seven years dedicated to cybersecurity, he has been instrumental in implementing and optimizing a wide range of security technologies and frameworks across global environments. Throughout his career, Ashish has successfully led deployments and integrations of key cybersecurity capabilities such as SIEM, NAC, IPS/IDS, EDR, MDM, Data Classification, and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM). His strategic focus lies in building scalable, process-driven programs that align technology, people, and governance to reduce organizational risk and enhance compliance maturity. Ashish is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC² and an ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor, underscoring his commitment to advancing security standards and operational excellence within the evolving threat landscape.

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As Chief Product Solutions Officer, Shailesh Athalye leads Qualys’ product and security solutions organizations. He oversees product management and go-to-market functions, including product marketing, while also leading the cyber risk advisory and technical solutions architecture teams that help CISOs operationalize cyber risk reduction. He helps drive strategy for the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, empowering organizations to measure, communicate, and eliminate cyber risk in the AI era.

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Jonathan Trull is a longtime security practitioner and CISO & SVP Security Solution Architecture with over 18 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and is currently the Senior Vice President of Customer Solutions Architecture and Engineering at Qualys. His career has spanned operational CISO and infosec roles with the State of Colorado, Qualys, Optiv, and Microsoft. While at Microsoft, Jonathan led the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) whose mission was to respond to cyber security incidents around the globe ranging from cyber espionage initiated by nation-state actors to ransomware attacks and included the investigation of and response to the NOBELIUM threat actor campaign which leveraged the SolarWinds supply chain. Jonathan also serves as an advisor to several security startups and venture capital firms and supports the broader security community through his work with the Cloud Security Alliance, Center for Internet Security, and IANS. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University where he mentors and coaches those attending the CISO Executive Education Program. Jonathan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as BlackHat, RSA, and SANS and holds several industry certifications including the CISSP, OSCP, CCSP, and GCFA. Jonathan is a veteran of the U.S. Navy finishing his career as a Lieutenant Commander supporting the Information Warfare Domain.

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Kunal is currently VP of Product Management for the CyberSecurity Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), Web App and API Security product line at Qualys HQ in Foster City, CA. He is Qualys boomerang. He worked at Qualys for 3 years and incubated the XDR product line from inception. Kunal has spent 15+ years working at startups, and big and mid-size companies in cybersecurity, networking, and application security in both product and engineering roles at Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks, Sun Microsystems and Infinera. Prior to re-joining Qualys, Kunal was heading products at Israeli startup in API security and bot management AppSec space.

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Debashish Jyotiprakash is the Managing Director, India and ASEAN for Qualys and is responsible for sales, marketing, channel management and success in the region. Debashish joined Qualys in 2012 and has held various leadership roles at Qualys including Chief Technical Security Officer and managing director for India and Australia & New Zealand. Debashish is a passionate customer advocate. He helps Qualys customers leverage their investment in the Qualys Cloud Platform and its IT, Security and Compliance applications to reduce cyber risk and prepare defenses for emerging cyber threats. Previously Debashish held head of business and sales leadership roles at leading India-based technology companies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Government College Rourkela, and a master’s degree in Computer Science from Utkal University / Ravenshaw College.

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Himanshu Kathpal is VP, Product Management, Platform and Technologies at Qualys. He has over 13 years of experience in cybersecurity and product management, with a specialization in vulnerability management, remediation, and next-generation endpoint security. Himanshu is passionate about developing security solutions that align with the company's cybersecurity product strategy to meet customer needs, reduce the attack surface, and strengthen the organization's security posture. He holds a master's degree in engineering from D.Y.Patil University, Pune, as well as an MBA in International Business Management from NMIMS, Mumbai.

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Lavish Jhamb is Solution Architect for Compliance Solutions at Qualys, focused on building security solutions such as 'Custom Assessment and Response' and 'File Integrity Monitoring' and helping customers assess and improve their security and compliance posture. He has over 7 years of experience working on security solutions, regulatory standards, and cyber security frameworks, with thorough understanding of operating systems. Lavish holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the Kurukshetra University Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems and Security from CDAC Pune.

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Bhagyashree Thorat is a Product Manager at Qualys, where she has been part of the organization since 2018. Born an engineer and transformed into a Product Manager, she evolved from building core capabilities in VMDR to driving the vision of Enterprise TruRisk Management (ETM) - the first ROC (Risk Operations Center) in cloud. Her work focuses on enabling cyber-risk teams to evolve from traditional scanning and patching to a proactive, outcome-driven risk-management model, centered on risk correlation, real-time prioritization based on internal and external risk factors, and measurable risk reduction aligned with business goals. By delivering a single pane of glass for risk, she is helping dissolve conflicting views of what’s critical across siloed tools and teams, redefining how organizations make decisions and act on cybersecurity risk. Building on this foundation, she helped introduce Agentic AI, virtual agents that augment security teams, autonomously perform ROC tasks, and power the vision of an AI-native ROC, accelerating outcomes and reducing time to respond. Earlier, at Calsoft, Bhagyashree worked on a food-tech startup that shaped her product-thinking mindset. Grounded in her entrepreneurial experiences with Tailoroom and BhadePay, her product philosophy remains simple yet powerful: “A root problem identified is ~equivalent to a problem solved.” Bhagyashree has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with distinction from the Pune University.

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Padmanabh Sahasrabudhe is a seasoned product leader with over 24 years of experience spanning product management, engineering, and executive leadership. Over the past 8 years, he has driven product success in Cybersecurity, IT Operations, and Pharmaceutical Supply Chain domains, leading 15 products to a combined ARR of $180M. He has been working on executing long-term strategies across APAC and EMEA, and enabled global enterprise growth through customer-first innovation and cross-functional collaboration.

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Vallabh Joshi is a Senior Product Manager at Qualys with 17 years of experience building secure products, spanning the full lifecycle from development to production environments. As a product craftsperson, he brings a unique perspective that bridges technical expertise with deep understanding of how organizations defend against evolving cyber threats. Vallabh began his journey at Qualys focusing on container security and Kubernetes security, helping organizations secure their cloud native infrastructure. Today, he leads the application security portfolio, bringing his expertise in modern applications and cloud environments to help organizations strengthen their security posture. His work focuses on enabling security teams to understand their attack surface, prioritize what matters most, and reduce cyber risk effectively. Throughout his career, Vallabh has been driven by a simple belief: security solutions must work for real world scenarios. He focuses on building products that help security teams cut through the noise, make faster decisions, and demonstrate measurable impact to their leadership. His approach emphasizes practical cyber risk management over checkbox compliance. Vallabh holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and completed his Product Management education at the Indian School of Business. This combination enables him to deliver solutions that address the complex challenges facing cybersecurity professionals today.

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With over 13 years of experience in cybersecurity, I specialize in securing modern cloud-native environments—aligning security with agility, scalability, and resilience. A high-octane engineer at heart, I’m driven by a passion for building secure, scalable architectures and leading innovation at the intersection of security and automation. Throughout my career, I’ve helped organizations design and mature their cloud security strategies by embedding DevSecOps practices, managing misconfigurations at scale, and establishing end-to-end security frameworks. My work spans from hardening Kubernetes clusters and securing APIs to implementing advanced cloud security posture management systems that ensure continuous protection across environments. I’m deeply focused on advancing capabilities across: - Kubernetes & Container Security (KCS) - Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) - Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) - Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) - Web Application & API Security Scanning Combining deep technical expertise with a strategic mindset, I strive to help enterprises build resilient cloud ecosystems—empowering teams to move fast, innovate confidently, and stay secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

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Madhuri is a cybersecurity professional with over a decade of experience and currently serves as a Principal Subject Matter Expert for Qualys VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response). In her role, she guides enterprises in transforming their vulnerability management programs from traditional, reactive practices to proactive, outcome-driven strategies that align risk reduction with business objectives.

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As a seasoned Information Security and Compliance professional, Shekhar brings deep expertise in research-driven security initiatives and regulatory alignment. In his role as Senior Compliance Research Analyst, he leads the research, analysis, and development of content that powers Qualys’ compliance solutions, enabling customers to confidently meet evolving security and compliance requirements. With a strong academic foundation that includes a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Security Management, Shekhar pairs technical rigor with practical insight. He also holds respected industry certifications such as CEH, ECSA, COBIT 5 Foundation, and ITIL V3 Foundation. Driven by a passion for simplifying compliance and strengthening organizational security posture, Shekhar plays a key role in enhancing the depth, accuracy, and relevance of the compliance content that supports customers worldwide.