Nikhil Raj

Nikhil Raj has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Nikhil is currently the Group Chief Information Security Officer at Aithent Inc. since June 2023. Prior to that, they were the Co-Founder & Global CISO at Goals101, a fintech company specializing in Transaction Behavioral Intelligence, from November 2019 to May 2023. Nikhil also held positions at Pearson VUE and Pearson, leading IT leadership, compliance, and risk management functions. Before that, they worked at IBM Services as a Service Delivery Manager and at Silverskill as an IT Lead. Nikhil began their career as a Technical Lead at HERO.

Nikhil Raj has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, which they obtained from an unknown institution between 1995 and 1999. In 2014 and 2015, they attended IIT-Roorkee to pursue Executive Project Management in Information Technology.

In terms of certifications, Nikhil Raj has obtained the following:

1. Data Protection Officer from Copenhagen Compliance, Global GRC and GDPR Solutions in May 2023.

2. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council in January 2023.

3. Certificate of Professional Education (CPE) from cRisk Academy in May 2021.

4. Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) from BSI in April 2020.

5. Information Security Management System LA (ISO 27001) from BSI in February 2013.

Additionally, Nikhil Raj has obtained certifications in (ISC)2 Security CISSP (ISC2-CISSP), ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, ITIL foundation V3, PRINCE2 Foundation, and PRINCE2 Pract. However, the exact dates and institutions for these certifications are not provided.