Ram Kumar
Security EngineerDirector / VP / CISO · 7+ SaaS platforms · 30+ years Security-First AI & SaaS Strategy & Governance Leader · Ex-Cisco · CISSP Candidate
Self Employed
About
I'm "RAM" that makes "AI" work for you. 30 years building, securing, and scaling technology at the intersection of enterprise security and intelligent systems. I've taken 7 SaaS platforms from zero to one — across FinTech, MedTech, HRTech, and EcoTech — and kept every one of them secure, compliant, and running at scale. At Cisco, I contributed to a Zero-Trust AI platform serving 5M+ global networks and Fortune 500 clients at 99.99% uptime. At Perx Technologies, I led an API-first platform through ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certification while sustaining 5M+ transactions per minute. At Idexcel, I directed 150 engineers to PCI-DSS compliance and a 60% reduction in deployment cycles. The thread connecting all of it: **security-first architecture before the first line of code.** Not compliance as a checkbox. Not patching after the fact. Zero-Trust, Zero-Standing Privileges, Zero-Secret, Zero-Drift — built into the foundation. --- **What I bring that's rare:** Most security leaders can govern. Most engineering leaders can build. Few can do both — write production code in the morning, present risk posture to the board in the afternoon, and make the right architectural call at every layer in between. That's the gap I fill. I've secured $1M+ in regulated data assets under HIPAA and GDPR. Reduced critical incident frequency by 80%. Saved $120K+ annually through a private LLM strategy that eliminated third-party AI data exposure entirely. Delivered MVPs in under 4 hours. Built teams from 0 to 150+ across 4 continents. --- **Right now:** I'm co-founding Recyclr — building India's **compliance-automation-first** circular economy marketplace using AI-driven ESG and CSR governance. Every architectural decision is a compliance decision. Designing it Zero-Trust and DPDPA-compliant from day one — not because it's trendy, but because regulated markets demand it. I'm als
Top Skills
Skills
Information Security GovernanceRisk ManagementRegulatory ComplianceInformation SecuritySecurityMicrosoft Power BIMicrosoft AzureAzure Ai FoundryCompliance ManagementZero Trust ArchitectureCybersecurityEnterprise SecurityApplication Securitylocal LLMsData AnalysisProduct Development
Education
Amity University Online
BCA - Cloud & CyberSecurity, Cloud & CyberSecurity
N/A – Present
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (NIELIT)
Level A, Information Technology
N/A – Present
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Design Thinking - A Primer, Design and Visual Communications, General
N/A – Present
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
International Marketing, International Marketing
N/A – Present
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Global Marketing Management, International Marketing
N/A – Present
Experience
Self Employed
CISSP ISC2 Candidate * Future-Focused, Action-Driven
April 1, 2026 – Present
New Delhi · On-site
Cisco Meraki
Software Engineering Technical Leader (G11)
April 1, 2024 – February 1, 2026
Karnataka, New Delhi, India · Hybrid
SaaS marketplace, APIs, Mobile apps, stealth startup, India
Head of Product & Engineering
January 1, 2023 – April 1, 2024
Delhi, India · Hybrid
Perx Technologies
Software Engineering Team Lead, Mentor
January 1, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Singapore · Remote
EvueMe Selection Robot | Robot Interview
CPTO - Chief Product & Technology Officer
Projects
LangChain Video Transcription & Study Material Generator
December 1, 2025 – December 1, 2025
Agentic AI | LangChain Video Transcription & Study Material Generator. Video > Audio > Text transcript > AI summary > Web + AI content > markdown > PDF
Distributed Document Search
October 1, 2025 – October 1, 2025
https://github.com/ramonrails/ddoc_search Secure-first, highly concurrent, multi-tenant, full-text, scalable, event-driven programming, asynchronous message queue with REST API interface.
https://www.pagr.in/
January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2020
SaaS platform for DIY WYSIWYG website building and management. Marketing, transactional email and SMS integrations.
https://www.toolbelt.in
January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2019
Mobile first SaaS for the automobile business. CRM + ERP + Sales + Service + Inventory + Accounting + GST + Mobility + Telemetry + Analytics + Machine Learning + Artificial Intelligence + APIs + more...
Certifications
Introduction to Gen AI Studio with Google Cloud
Udacity
June 23, 2026 – Present
360-Degree Feedback
June 23, 2026 – Present
Get Ready for Generative AI
June 23, 2026 – Present
Transformer Models and BERT Model with Google Cloud
Udacity
June 23, 2026 – Present
Introduction to Generative AI with Google Cloud
Udacity
June 23, 2026 – Present
Attention Mechanism with Google Cloud