Deric Karunesudas

Deric is a “make it happen”​ Cyber Security Leader with a proven track record of driving profitable growth story for global clients. He comes with a rich technology sales, pre sales and consulting experience of 14+ yrs of selling Cloud Security, GRC, Privacy, Security Analytics and Managed Services business globally.
Having a technical delivery and consulting experience in information security gives him an edge on understanding the real pain areas of the clients and gather the exact requirement, architect the solution and most importantly articulate and translate the products into Cybersecurity solutions in a consultative approach.
Deric has worked in various geographies like US, Europe, Middle east and APAC and understands various cultures.
His proposal paper on “Internet of Things”​ (IOT) was selected for ISF Copenhagen World congress in Nov 2014 and Atlanta World Congress 2015.
He represented Tech Mahindra in ISF World Congress Conference at Paris in Nov 2013 as the youngest delegate out of 850+ participants from 120+ countries.
He was part of a strategic initiative of Wipro CEO T K Kurien with 11 other Leaders called as the “Business Change Management” serving the Europe and US region.
Deric has an entrepreneurial mind-set and is a mentor and advisor to many early stage startup including Sepal & bikes24x7 !
He has a strong negotiation and trust-building experience to reach consensus with challenging stake holders.
He is an excellent communicator with an ability to lead from front. He has been a key note speaker at various global conferences from a thought leadership perspective !
He has a bias for action with an excellent Say-Do ratio!
Deric believes in the power of Cloud, Blockchain & data-driven disruption!
Deric has a vision to create 3 global CEOs !
First Tedx Talk on Cyber security and Cyber crime in Sept 2020 !
Deric believes in genuinely enjoying other people’s success !