Sushil Kumar

• Strengthened the cybersecurity posture of a healthcare client by identifying internal control gaps via audit and leading risk mitigation across cloud (Azure, AWS) environments. • Delivered AI-driven web and mobile apps with embedded security controls and privacy features for medical and food franchisee platforms, ensuring regulatory alignment. • Managed 35-member cross-platform engineering team; ensured adherence to DevSecOps practices and improved delivery efficiency through CoPilot rollout and coaching.

• Led a 30-member team delivering an AWS-based AI/ML solution for a Fortune 500 financial firm, enhancing data accuracy by 99.8% and reducing operational cost by 25%. • Oversaw secure integration with Java-based on premise systems, ensuring encryption at rest, RBAC enforcement, and secure CI/CD implementation. • Directed a custom legal case management system implementation with improved audit readiness and compliance workflow automation.

• Bootstrapped and led an IoT-enabled smart farming start-up. • Built the entire IT infrastructure stack from scratch, ensuring scalable and secure platform deployment despite limited prior exposure to IoT.

• Harte Hanks (US): Led cloud security migration, ensuring zero downtime and 100% compliance with industry standards. • Stryker Corporation (US, Canada): Managed IT security for M&A integrations, preventing data breaches during transitions. • Corning Incorporated (US, China): Oversaw security infrastructure enhancements, reducing cyber threats by 35%. • National Grid (UK): Managed a £24M cybersecurity portfolio, implementing SIEM and SOC solutions, improving incident response times by 50%.

• Designed GPS/GPRS-based tracking systems with data encryption and tiered access roles in fleet and tolling domains. • Re-architected high-throughput modules in Java; gained hands-on exposure to systems that later influenced my security thinking.