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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