Summary
Sanjay Bhalerao is a senior R&D and security leader with 13 years of experience bridging embedded systems, IoT, and cybersecurity as Sr. VP of Research and Development at QRC Assurance. His background spans low-level firmware and device drivers to secure web and network applications, with hands-on expertise in C/C++, assembly, Python, and microcontroller platforms like ESP32, STM32 and PIC32. He has led security and forensic initiatives across industry roles—from Head IT Data Security to founding a cybersecurity firm—and holds practical offensive certifications including OSCP and CEH. Sanjay combines academic curiosity (Data Science and ML training at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing) with a habit of beta-testing security tools and building unconventional projects like CGI web apps in C/ASM and serial-to-Ethernet robotics integrations. Notably, he pairs formal process knowledge (ISO and ITIL frameworks) with grassroots hardware tinkering, making him equally comfortable in boardroom risk discussions and soldering on prototype PCBs.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
OSCP, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, OSCP, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at Offensive Security