Thomas J.
Network Security, Cloud Security, NDR / SIEM / Firewall / IPS / IAM ,ex-Cisco, ex-McAfee
- Role
- Vice President of Engineering at Trellix
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Thomas J.
With 25 plus years of deep-rooted experience in cybersecurity, I’ve led product teams deliver enterprise-grade Network Security solutions across Firewall/IPS, SIEM, IAM, and NDR for on-prem and cloud environments. My leadership journey spans across Cisco and Trellix (formerly McAfee Enterprise), where I’ve built and scaled high-performing product teams out of Bangalore for over 15 years.I specialize in orchestrating cross-functional teams—engineering, QA, hardware, research, program and product management—to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative security platforms. My passion lies in visualizing complex security challenges into practical, deployable solutions that protect global enterprises.
Experience
Vice President of Engineering
Apr 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Spearheaded the team deliver NDR product with capabilities like Network Anomaly and ML based detections, this helped position Trellix in the first ever NDR Gartner Magic Quadrant. Guided the team scale NDR detections to 100 Gbps of metadata, netflow and network event processing and build cloud NDR solutions for AWS and Azure. Guided the team build 100 Gbps NDR Sensor for N-S and E-W detections and Stackable IPS Sensors that scales incrementally upto 360 Gbps. Led 2 Generations of hardware refresh of Network IPS, FIPS/CC Certifications. Managed Trellix Network Sensors product lifecycle – NX, IPS and PX, added key detection capabilities. Engagements with Hardware Manufacturing, Supply Chain functions on field/operations issues
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master of Science (part time), Computer Science
University of Kerala
B Tech, Computer Science
1993 — 1997
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