Deepak Balakrishna
Product leader and founder focused on SaaS security
California, United States
Summary
Founder and exit-stage operator in SaaS security: co-founded Adya to solve data exposure and cloud application management problems, grew product and customers through bootstrapping and early funding, and led the company through a software-asset acquisition by Qualys where he joined as CTO for SaaS Security. qualys+2
Product leadership across enterprise software and reliability tooling: substantial background leading product at companies focused on data protection, networking and incident management, including roles at Druva, Riverbed, Squadcast and Trenta where he led product strategy and execution. theorg+2
Technically grounded with business training: holds advanced technical and business degrees (MS in Computer Science and an MBA) and communicates technical product topics publicly through talks, interviews, and long-form writing. yourstory+2
Active public speaker and storyteller for founders: participates in podcasts, conference talks and interviews sharing lessons on bootstrapping, GTM, and exit strategy from his founder experience. youtube+2
Work
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Writing
The True Costs of Remote Office Backup
January 1, 2014A long-form blog post discussing the operational and financial costs of traditional remote office backup architectures and advocating for modern cloud-based approaches.
Collection: Stories written by Deepak Balakrishna
Author page and series of articles on YourStory where Deepak writes about product, security, and cloud/SaaS topics and shares startup experiences.