Ravindra Baviskar
(CCNA, CEH, CCNSP, CCNSE) Director - Sales Engineering (India & SAARC) Sophos Technologies Pvt Ltd

Mr. Ravindra Baviskar currently is the Director - Presales (Cyber Security) – India & SAARC for Sophos. He has over 17+ years of Experience in IT Security and has been with Sophos for more than 14+ years now. He has extensively worked in the Presales department of Sophos and has helped not only to develop his own region of Western India but also has supported a lot of National / International projects.

His current profile involves solving the presales / technical queries and closely working with the development team in evolving the product by incorporating market feedback. With his vast experience and technical background, he has been vital in identifying and solving the needs of Customers from the defense, BFSI, Education verticals amongst many others.

Mr. Baviskar has done his BE in Computers and has successfully completed the CCNA and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications. He has trained and certified 500 plus engineers on Sophos/Cyberoam Security product. He has been an eminent speaker in various forums, seminars & conferences on IT Security Events, Defense Expositions and IT and had been conducting various webinars, trainings and informative sessions.

Smith Gonsalves is India’s One of The Youngest Cyber Security Evangelist & Information Security Professional, he is one the most Exceptional Information Security Evangelist who has an Experience of 6 years in Information Security from the Age of 15 to 21, where he has successfully completed Industry Recognised Certifications including Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) & Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI).

He has Trained more than 10 thousand plus audience, CIO’s, CISO’s, CEO’s & Students in the area of Cyber Security & Emerging Threat Landscape.

Smith holds to be a critical advisor for the Information Sharing & Analysis Center (ISAC) A public Private Partner with Government of India & Smith also is in the Editorial Board of CyberNomics Journal peer-reviewed magazine by Scholastic Seed Inc., Currently Smith is the COO & Head of Cyber Operation for CyberSmithSECURE Pvt. Ltd Founded by him 2019. Besides he is associated with Prime Infoserv LLP, a cert-in empanelled Cyber Advisory Organization

Smith holds a wider experience on OSINT & Dark Web Intelligence Gathering on Isolated Networks in terms of Identification of Actionable Intelligence on sensitive forums with respect to corporate data leaks.

His area of specialization is more on architecting Cyber Security Frameworks & Operationalizing it for the Organizations which includes Offensive & Defensive Drills, Red Teaming, Social Engineering Ops & Infrastructure Security Assessments.

Smith is frequently quoted in various newspapers like The Times of India & various magazines. He likes to share his Experience & his Research in various technical conferences, he is quite often invited to deliver technical & strategy talks in various industry nominated conferences &CxO Summits.

He has been widely acknowledged by Industry leading Cyber Security firms & Senior Professionals for the excellence in leading & delivering Cyber Security Projects, Assessments & Trainings in different sectors involving Public, Private Enterprises & Government.

He believes that young generations will bring a major paradigm shift, if they are mentored well. Therefore, he provides his support & mentorship to various organisations & Young Entrepreneurs via various communities like CyberFrat, CSI Mumbai, GCS Forum, Infosec Foundation.

Sushobhan Mukherjee is the Chairman for InfoSec Foundation and CEO for Prime Infoserv LLP.

He has 20 years of experience in IT consulting, Technology, Data Centre, Cyber Security, Project Management and Business Development and corporate relationship. He is a cyber-security practitioner and design architect since his stint with all major telecom /IT operators like Tata, Airtel, Sify in India. For the last ten years, he has been an entrepreneur and institution builder.

He is the Co-founder and CEO of Prime Infoserv LLP, one of the leading Technology Integrator and Infosec consulting ecosystem in India, working with Indian and global brands.

Besides he is the chairman for Infosec Foundation, a non-profit initiative to cyber awareness across the globe.He took the message and mission of Infosec Foundation in India, Bangladesh, Africa, South-East Asia, Middle-East and Europe. He is committed to the cause of Information security and will continue this campaign of defence, offense and pro-active and pre-emptive protection with your co-operation and support.

He has been widely acknowledged by Industry leading Cyber Security firms & Senior Professionals for the excellence in leading & delivering Cyber Security Projects, Assessments & Trainings in different sectors involving Public, Private Enterprises & Government.

His efforts in Cyber Security domain has been widely acknowledged by Customers, Government, law enforcement Authorities and media globally in various communities, Articles, sessions and

• Senior executive with over 20 years of rich IT experience
• Worked with leading I.T. organizations like DELL, Cisco, Hitachi, Citrix and Wipro
• First India employee of V.C.E (Converged Infrastructure Company) formed jointly by Vmware, Cisco and EMC.
• Now leading DELL-Vmware Synergy Team for India @ Vmware.
• Has a complete insight on Vmware Cloud, Converged and Hyper Converged Solutions business.
• Has been instrumental in setting up the operations, and successfully closing some landmark Cloud opportunities for DELL and Vmware joint offerings in India.