Mr. Venugopal received the Best Technology and Innovation Award from McAfee.
PLEASANTON, CA, October 07, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Naveen Venugopal has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Venugopal excels as an infrastructure and compliance leader with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. Currently affiliated with Cisco since 2022, he manages initiatives on FedRAMP, StateRAMP, SOC 2 and other cloud security compliance programs to enable Umbrella and Cisco Secure Access’s consumer base. He also leads teams responsible for product security, vulnerability management and change management. Mr. Venugopal’s ability in cybersecurity has been instrumental in delivering significant improvements across multiple companies.
Before joining Cisco, Mr. Venugopal was a consultant at M Squared Consulting in 2022. He also served as the Director of Product Solutions for Telcos and ISPs at Aura, a consumer security company in Mountain View, California, from 2021 to 2022.
Mr. Venugopal’s career also included a notable tenure as senior engineering manager at McAfee in Santa Clara, California, from 2012 to 2021. Earlier, he was an infrastructure engineering consultant at the International Finance Corporation (part of World Bank Group) in Washington, D.C., between 2011 and 2012, where he was engaged in thought leadership for setting up a data center for the firm’s field project applications. As a senior manager at SMARTBridge from 2003 to 2011, Mr. Venugopal has played a pivotal role in implementing ERP systems and back-office systems at nearly 600 Whataburger restaurants across the U.S. Mr. Venugopal was a manager at Arthur Andersen between 2001 and 2003, a senior consultant at Pro-Nexus IT Resources from 1999 to 2001 and a senior systems engineer at Business Function Library Software between 1996 and 1999.
Highly educated, Mr. Venugopal holds a Bachelor of Technology in instrumentation and control from the University of Calicut in Malappuram, India, since 1996 and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University in Tempe since 2008. Moreover, he received credentials as a project management professional in 2006 and as a certified SAFe Agilist by Scaled Agile Inc. in 2015.
Mr. Venugopal is also actively involved as a professional member of the Project Management Institute. He has also made significant contributions to community initiatives as a donor to the American Red Cross since 2016. He previously served as an incubation catalyst for North America, Argentina, China and Japan at Intel Security from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Venugopal remains dedicated to making a positive impact by sharing his professional expertise and supporting charitable organizations. He also seeks to empower others through mentorship and knowledge-sharing while contributing to philanthropic causes.
During his career, Mr. Venugopal received the Best Technology and Innovation Award from McAfee and an Intel Group Recognition Award from Intel in 2015. He attributes his success to maintaining high integrity in his work and always striving to perform to the best of his abilities.
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