Vasanth Balakrishnan

About Vasanth Balakrishnan

Over 20 years of proven success with information security and global telecommunications providers in pre-sales and engineering roles. My objective is to help customers reduce their cyber risk through Collective DefenseCloud Experience:AWS CCPCloudflareGCGPInformation Security Technology Experience: 2FA/MFA: Two-Factor or Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity Assurance, Risk-Based AuthenticationIGA/IAM: Identity Governance and Administration, Identity and Access ManagementSIEM: Security Information and Event ManagementFull packet capture and network traffic analytics (NTA), APT detection and some understanding of digital forensicseGRC: Enterprise Governance Risk ComplianceEncryption and tokenization data protectionDLP: Data Loss Prevention architecture, deployment and program management network, data center and endpointCore & Metro Network Planning for SONET and PL-Ethernet networks, MPLS, DWDM

Experience

1. Senior Partner Solutions Engineer

   Cloudflare

   Oct 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Build and maintain long term technical relationships with our TOLA partners to increase Cloudflare’s reputation and authority within the partner solution portfolio through demonstrating value, enablement, and uncovering new areas of partner revenue growthDrive technical solution design conversations and guide partners in TOLA through use case qualification and collaborative technical wins with Cloudflare Field Solution EngineersEvangelize and represent Cloudflare through technical thought leadership and expertise Be the voice of the partner internally at Cloudflare, engaging with and influencing Cloudflare’s Product and SE teams to meet your partner and customer needsTravel within TOLA support partner engagements, attend conferences and industry events collaborating with Cloudflare Sales and SE teams to increase revenue through partners

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor, Engineering Route to Business (MIS, Computer Engineering)

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Information Technology
• Network Design
• Telecommunications
• Network Forensics
• Networking
• Information Security Policy
• Data Loss Prevention
• Data Center
• Compliance
• Pre-Sales
• Security Management
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (Mpls)
• Managed Services
• IT Risk
• Governance
• Dlp
• Dwdm
• Cloud Computing
• Strong Authentication
• Network Security
• Information Security Management
• Information Security
• Solution Selling
• Data Security
• Two-Factor Authentication
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Ethernet
• Computer Security
• Program Management
• Mpls
• IT Governance
• System Deployment