Srini Ananthakrishnan is a creator and lead architect focused on building privacy infrastructure for the agentic AI era, currently shipping OpenObscure, an open-source on-device privacy firewall implemented as a high-performance Rust gateway and native mobile libraries. With nine years in senior engineering and leadership roles and earlier embedded-systems experience from Cisco and NEC, he blends deep systems programming with data science and AI privacy expertise. As Director of Data Security at CNA and former Senior Principal Engineer at SECURITI.ai, he has architected enterprise-scale data governance and privacy frameworks that align security roadmaps with regulatory and business objectives. He’s known for pragmatic, cross-platform designs that preserve data sovereignty without sacrificing performance, and for mentoring high-performing teams through rigorous engineering practices. Actively seeking research collaborations, advisory roles, and open-source partnerships, he contributes to the OpenObscure ecosystem while pairing hands-on development with strategic security leadership.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics and Communication, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electronics and Communication at Kuvempu University
Master of Science (MS) in Data Science/Machine Learning, Master of Science (MS) in Data Science/Machine Learning at University of New Haven
Contributions:4 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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