Summary
Yamlal Gotame is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and president of Data Next Step with over a decade of hands-on experience protecting cloud and container environments for organizations like Morgan Stanley, Bell, and Hydro-Québec. He blends executive leadership with technical depth as a former Senior Cloud Security Architect and containerization consultant, helping SMEs and enterprises adopt pragmatic, cost-effective defenses against evolving threats. Passionate about open source and community engagement, he builds practical tooling and advisory services that prioritize security without forcing heavy capital expenditures. Based in Canada, Yamlal pairs a B.Tech in Information Technology with a background in system administration and grassroots tech work, giving him an uncommon appreciation for operational constraints and real-world attack surfaces.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology at École de technologie supérieure
DEC Computer network security, DEC Computer network security at College Bois de Boulogne
French, Nepali, English, Hindi, Spanish