Srinivas Rao is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aujas Networks, a pure-play digital security services company. Rao co-founded Aujas Networks in February 2008 after over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to co- founding Aujas, Rao served as the Senior Vice President - Market Management at Cisco Systems and also served as the Chief Operating officer at IBM Netsol. Previously, he worked at Network Solutions as their Executive Director, where he was instrumental in scaling it from an early stage entity to a medium sized company, before it was acquired by IBM Global Services. He has also worked as a senior executive with Microland, a leading Indian IT service provider. Rao holds a B.E. from Osmania University and an MBA from IIM, Bangalore.

Having successfully completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Pune, and the Executive Management Program at the Indian Institute of Management, over a decade ago, Sameer has come a long way in his professional journey. Before starting Aujas Cybersecurity, he has held business and technology leadership positions at Fidelity Investments, Cisco, Hewlett Packard & Microland, along with several industry certifications such as CISSP, CISA, ITIL Masters, etc. Sameer is now nearing three decades of experience in cybersecurity, playing a crucial role of core technologist, and hands-on CEO.

Navin's educational journey began in Henden College, London where he pursued his BTEC in Computer Studies, before moving on to studying BE, Computer Engineering from Amravati University. He later did MMS in Marketing from NMIMS. He is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).