Vinutan V.

About Vinutan V.

A results-driven engineering leader with over 24 years of experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams across global locations. Passionate about driving product quality, security and compliance; fostering team growth, enabling continuous improvement, and delivering sustained innovation. Proven expertise in leading large, geographically distributed quality engineering teams and executing complex, business-critical engineering programs across diverse industries—including financial services, utilities, enterprise-grade distributed systems, endpoint security, storage systems, and blockchain—while navigating highly regulated environments.Demonstrated expertise in software security assurance, including risk management, compliance initiatives, red teaming, penetration testing and security validation. Skilled at sourcing and managing vendor/partner teams to maximize efficiencies and ROI. Certified in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, with a strong track record of initiating and leading large-scale, company wide transformational programs delivering productivity. A customer-centric leader who integrates customer feedback into engineering processes to deliver solutions that align with customer needs. Experienced in fostering cross-functional collaboration to ensure customer value is prioritized at every stage. A hands-on senior engineering director with deep experience across software and hardware development lifecycles, adept at designing and implementing organizational policies, strategies, and processes to deliver high-quality products with speed, agility, and a focus on customer satisfaction.

Experience

1. Engineering Leader - Product Security, Compliance & Quality

   Stealth

   Aug 2025 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Leading initiatives in Product Security, Compliance, and Quality for SaaS, on-premise, and hybrid cybersecurity platforms. • Driving Threat Modeling and DevSecOps practices to enhance security protocols. • Developed frameworks aligned with ASVS and SAMM standards, ensuring robust compliance. • Leading PSIRT and SOC operations, achieving adherence to ISO 27001, SOC2 Type 2, and FedRamp standards.

Skills

• Enterprise Storage
• Sap
• Team Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Requirements Analysis
• Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Process Improvement
• Test Management
• Testing
• Itil
• Program Management
• System Testing
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Project Management
• Test Automation
• Lean Six Sigma
• Project Planning
• Sql
• Strategy
• Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership