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Mohan Raj

Vice President - META & APAC | Advisory Board Member | Investor in DeepTech & AI
25.8 yrs experienceInformation Technology & Services
Nov 2024

The move

MoveLogRhythm → Gurucul
TitleRegional Director - Middle East & India → Vice President - META & APAC
LocationDubai → Dubai
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageTelugu
Years in UAE17.1
Total experience25.8 years
Gurucul headcount201-500 employees
Gurucul industryComputer and Network Security
Gurucul HQEl Segundo, CA
Gurucul founded2010
Gurucul typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Advisory Board MemberJul 2025 — Present
    QuantumX Labs
  2. Vice President - META & APACNov 2024 — Present
    Gurucul· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. Vice PresidentOct 2023 — Nov 2024
    Gurucul· Los Angeles County, California, United States
  4. Regional Director - Middle East & IndiaJan 2018 — Oct 2023
    LogRhythm· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  5. Vice PresidentFeb 2015 — Jan 2018
    Paramount Computer Systems· United Arab Emirates
  6. Assoc. Vice PresidentFeb 2012 — Feb 2015
    ISYX Technologies· Dubai
  7. Head of Network & Security SolutionsMar 2008 — Feb 2012
    Emitac Enterprise Solution· UAE· Full-time
  8. Business Unit Head - Network & SecurityJun 2007 — Mar 2008
    MFIOS - Alcatel Lucent Networks· South Africa· Full-time
  9. Executive - Communication Enterprise NetworksMay 2005 — Jun 2007
    Siemens Ltd.
  10. ConsultantJan 2003 — Mar 2005
    Layer 7 Consultants· Chennai Area, India
  11. ConsultantApr 2000 — Dec 2002
    ICT· Chennai

Education

Languages

  • Telugu · Native or bilingual
  • Tamil · Professional working
  • Hindi · Full professional
  • English · Full professional

Top skills

Program ManagementSolution SellingTelecommunicationsCisco TechnologiesSecurityProject Portfolio Management

About

Dynamic business leader and strategic investor with a proven track record of building, scaling, and funding cutting-edge cybersecurity business and ventures, leveraging deep industry insight to drive innovation, strengthen digital resilience, and deliver sustainable value across global markets like META & APAC. Having 22+ years of experience in Cyber-Security, IT & Software domains. Have been building businesses and developing new markets for technology vendors, P&L Management and leading the strategy development, execution and expansion of the business units. An engineering graduate (B.E) from Anna University (India) in Electronics and Communication along with other professional specializations including CISA from ISACA (USA), PMP (Project Management Professional) from PMI (USA), PG Di

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