Summary
Ari Saha is a Lead Engineer specializing in security and network protocol engineering with over a decade building high-performance, cloud-native networking systems. He currently spearheads GenAI security efforts to prevent sensitive PII leakage in AI traffic, blending deep protocol knowledge with practical Data Loss Prevention techniques. His background includes driving SASE and SD-WAN architectures, redesigning DPDK-based dataplanes into pluggable pipelines, and migrating appliance-based products to large-scale, Kubernetes-hosted services. Ari pairs hands-on systems development in C and Go with technical leadership—growing teams, shaping roadmaps, and engaging customers to deliver resilient, scalable security platforms. An early contributor to Linux XDP efforts and a builder of SDN/DPDK solutions at AT&T, he brings both carrier-grade networking experience and applied ML exploration to complex infrastructure problems. Based in Seattle, he is known for turning low-level performance optimizations into production features that scale across millions of edge devices.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Masters of Science, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Illinois Institute of Technology
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Bachelors of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelors of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering at Anna University Chennai