Harshit Chitalia

About Harshit Chitalia

Harshit Chitalia is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Tromzo, a developer-first application security management platform that helps enterprises secure their cloud-native applications. He has over 15 years of experience in engineering and technology leadership, with expertise in cloud, security, analytics, distributed systems, and networking.At Tromzo, he leads the product vision, strategy, and development, leveraging his experience in building, growing, mentoring, and managing large high-performance geo-diverse engineering and product teams. He is also an angel investor and advisor to multiple startups in the infrastructure, security, and analytics domains, where he shares his insights and guidance on product innovation and market fit. He holds 50+ patents in areas of stream processing and distributed computing and has successfully brought new products to market, including AppFormix, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2016. He is passionate about creating secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions that empower developers and enterprises.

Experience

1. Angel Investor and Advisor

   Baywatch Lab Ventures

   Jan 2016 — Present

   Harshit advises startups and enjoys working with their founders. His focus is infrastructure, security, and analytics startups.

Education

• Stanford University

  Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Stanford dy/dx Executive Residency

• UC San Diego

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering