Summary
Anand S is a Senior Lead Mobile Application Security professional with nine years of hands-on experience securing mobile, web, API, and cloud environments at organizations including Scotiabank, The Walt Disney Studios, and Optiv. He blends deep red-team skills—mobile and web penetration testing, source-code review, and vulnerability analysis—with practical DevSecOps experience building CI/CD pipelines and integrating tools like Burp Suite, Checkmarx, Veracode, and Nessus. Comfortable in multiple languages (Python, C++, Java, .NET, Objective-C), he translates business requirements into pragmatic security controls and governance aligned with standards such as OWASP, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and MITRE. Anand also drives security culture through training and awareness programs and has co-founded a nonprofit focused on equitable opportunities, showing a sustained commitment to social impact. Notably, his background spans both product security roles and consultancy engagements, giving him a rare combination of enterprise-scale program leadership and tactical offensive-security expertise. Based in Toronto, he focuses on hardening mobile ecosystems while keeping risk management tightly coupled to business objectives.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Power electronics and Drives, Master of Engineering - MEng Power electronics and Drives at Anna University Chennai
English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu