Ashok Yannam is a product architect and seasoned engineering leader with a decade of experience building and securing cloud-scale, AI/ML and IoT systems for enterprises. He led security architecture for Salesforce’s $3B MuleSoft business and has driven platform and product security at Honeywell and GE, combining hands-on embedded systems roots with executive technical leadership. A former robotics engineer turned AI/ML practitioner, he helped advance autonomous systems in Lockheed Martin’s AlphaPilot Challenge and applies that autonomy mindset to resilient AI infrastructure. Based in Atlanta, he focuses on designing enterprise-grade trust platforms that balance threat modeling, privacy, and scalable cloud operations. His background spans deep technical credentials (UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT executive programs) and practical open-source and blog contributions that reflect a continuous maker-and-learner ethos.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity & Data Science, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity & Data Science at University of California, Berkeley
Certificate Advanced Computer Security, Certificate Advanced Computer Security at Stanford University
Tech Leadership @ Salesforce - Executive Coaching, Tech Leadership @ Salesforce - Executive Coaching at UC Berkeley Executive Leadership Academy
Bachelor of Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering at Sri Venkateswara University
Executive Education Engineering Leadership, Executive Education Engineering Leadership at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bootcamp DeepLearning, Bootcamp DeepLearning at https://bootcamp.zerotodeeplearning.com/ @ Berkeley
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