As an eighth grader, computer games amazed me but in a slightly different way, "What's behind this screen giving me such a hard time?" And I decided to become a computer engineer. I was fortunate to join a startup company which gave me numerous opportunities which would not have been possible otherwise. I developed & contributed to various product features evolving around Security, Analytics & Data Mining. While still being part of development team, I travelled across the globe; met & trained end users & could record their experiences first hand than relying on survey teams. I also got an opportunity to bring a product to life, to be sole Technical Product Manager + Engineering Manager for a Zero-to-One product release. This exposure built an interest to be able to wear multiple hats. To broaden the horizon, I pursued MBA from Ohio University. MBA courses like Analytics, Finance & Marketing helped me to understand stakeholders, financial decisions, marketing & other interrelationships even further. I enjoy my role to be able to work with cross-functional teams, bring them together, connecting the dots & to be able to architect complex digital transformation solutions for large organizations. I get to learn & explore a ton with these brilliant minds of different organizations, functions & backgrounds, be it security & compliance aspects, hybrid deployment architectures, authentication challenges and many more.