Summary
Leonard Kershteyn is a cybersecurity product leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling multimillion-dollar software and managed security portfolios at Honeywell, BlueVoyant, and SecureWorks. He combines CISSP/GICSP-certified technical credibility with a proven track record of driving double-digit ARR growth, reducing churn, and positioning products as industry leaders in Gartner, Forrester, and IDC evaluations. Comfortable in both large global organizations and fast-moving startups, Leonard leads cross-functional teams to translate deep customer insight into strategic integrations across SIEM, SOAR, network, and endpoint security ecosystems. A former software engineer fluent in Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js and PostgreSQL, he uniquely bridges product strategy and implementation details to accelerate time-to-value. Based in Atlanta, he pairs an EE degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA in Venture Capital with pragmatic product certifications to deliver measurable business outcomes. Notably, his career blends hands-on engineering instincts with enterprise GTM experience, enabling him to shape products that sell and scale.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Paideia
MBA Venture Capital, MBA Venture Capital at University at Albany
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Product Management Certification, Product Management Certification at Pragmatic Marketing
English, Russian