Akila S.

Akila S. is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in security engineering and management. Currently serving as a Member of Technical Staff (Manager) at Anthropic since October 2023, Akila previously held the role of Engineering Lead at Notion, overseeing Security, Trust, and Privacy Engineering teams to enhance user data protection. Prior to Notion, Akila was an Engineering Manager at Lyft, focusing on privacy engineering and data access controls, and held a similar managerial position at Apple where the security and privacy response for all Apple software was led. Earlier experience includes roles as a Senior Software Engineer at Apple, where security vulnerability research for various operating systems was conducted, and a Program Manager at Microsoft. Akila’s career began as a Research Assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, contributing to smart wire technologies addressing challenges in the aging power grid.