Basant Kumar

About Basant Kumar

Experienced Product Management professional, motivated to define technology landscape and improve customer lives, with focus on software and services for business. Currently leading the effort to accelerate IoT ecosystem partners\', including OEMs, ISVs and System Integrators, time to market securing IoT Edge devices for their customers. Built and earned executive approvals for new business strategy to extend the cash-cow products into new strategic customer segments. Led the complexity of development and GTM of new product line to support customers across cloud and traditional models, creating a new multimillion dollar revenue pipeline with customers across multiple geographies.Proven product management track record of leading and delivering comprehensive on-premises and cloud security management platform, researching and managing feature priorities dealing with complexity Started a technical partner alliance program from scratch, building strategic technical alliances, growing the number of certified partners to hundreds in 3 years Have successfully led Geo transitions and development of multiple 1.0 cybersecurity productsBelieve in immersing myself in market problems and customer needs. Market knowledge and enthusiasm rubs off on stakeholders and helps build problem solving products loved by market and customers.Problem Solver, Adaptive, Innovative and detail oriented. Two Patent applications filed in US patents office.Specialties: Product Management for Endpoint/Device/IoT Security & Security management platforms, IoT Edge Security, SDKs, Cloud Security, Content Security (Web security & email security), DLP, Anti-Malware. Partner management, Developer experience and tools, Ecosystem partner management

Experience

1. Staff Product Manager

   Proofpoint

   Feb 2023 — Present · US

Education

• RPS College, Patna

  BSc, Science

  1994 — 1998

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  MCA, Comp. Sc.

  2001 — 2004

• RDS College, Muzaffarpur

  ISc, Biology

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Email Security
• Network Security
• Antivirus
• Control Software
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Quarantine Management
• Internet of Things
• Application Security
• Partner Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Cloud Security
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Software Development
• Computer Security
• Dlp
• Program Management
• Security Management
• Internet Security
• Internet of Things Security
• Saas
• Integration
• Product Management
• Cloud Computing
• Web Security
• Strategy