Vikas Desai
Banking, Financial Services And Insurance at Palo Alto Networks
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Desai is a banking and fintech-focused technology leader with 9 years of recent experience and a 25+ year career trajectory spanning startups, Big Tech and financial services. He has led application and cybersecurity initiatives for global banks and advised ventures at Citi, served as Principal Architect at Google, and most recently drives BFSI strategy at Palo Alto Networks after senior roles at UiPath and Partior. Vikas blends deep security and payments expertise with product and go-to-market experience, having worked on private permissioned blockchain for cross-border payments and AI-driven growth in APJ. Based in Singapore, he also volunteers as a career advisor, reflecting a commitment to talent development across the region. His background combines engineering roots from Netscape and Sun with strategic management training from IIM Bangalore, enabling him to translate complex technical risks into business-aligned solutions.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Post Graduate Diploma, Software Technology, Advanced Post Graduate Diploma, Software Technology at NCSTPG, MBA, Management, PG, MBA, Management at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore)BE, Electronics, BE, Electronics at Mumbai UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
vikasdesai/keystroke-dynamics
Jul 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:25 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
vikasdesai/vikasdesai.github.io
Jul 2018 - Dec 2024
Contributions:11 pushes in 6 years 5 months
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