Summary
Gaurav Sarraf is a founding engineer and security-focused AI practitioner with nine years of experience building detection platforms, security automation, and production-grade ML for threat hunting. He blends hands-on blue-team and detection engineering expertise with applied ML—deploying fine-tuned LLMs and AI-driven IDS upgrades—to make security tooling auditable, scalable, and trustworthy. Gaurav’s background spans SOC operations, cloud security, and research (IISc 5G testbed work), and he holds multiple industry certifications (CKA, CKS, CCSK, CPENT, CCNA, CEH, AZ-900/500). He co-founded ThinkRobotics, which sharpened his product and go-to-market instincts, and recently helped enrich Black Lotus Labs’ real-time threat intelligence with custom LLM deployments. Based in Chicago, he focuses on LLM safety (OWASP LLM Top 10), AI-powered threat hunting, and architecting platforms that bridge research prototypes into resilient security products.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Bishop Cotton Boys' School
Masters of Science, Cybersecurity, Masters of Science, Cybersecurity at Syracuse University
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer and Information Sciences, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer and Information Sciences at BMS Institute of Technology and Management
English, Hindi, german -a2, Kannada