Palak Chheda

Palak Chheda has worked in a variety of roles since 2010. Palak began their career as a .Net Developer Intern at Carrot Consultancy Services in 2010. In 2011, they took on the role of Graduate/Teaching Assistant at the New York Institute of Technology. In 2012, they became a Cyber Risk Services Consultant at Deloitte, specializing in Identity and Access Management and Technology Risk Services. From 2014 to 2018, Palak worked at Optiv Inc, where they held the roles of Service Delivery Manager, Access Management and Sr. Implementation Analyst. In 2018, they moved on to Grant Thornton LLP, where they worked as an Advisory Sr Manager. In 2020, Palak joined Twitter as a Senior Product Manager, Identity. Palak is currently employed as Manager, Customer Success at Britive, a position they have held since 2022.

Palak Chheda has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology (2010-2012) and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai (2006-2010). Palak has also obtained a number of certifications, including an Introduction to Programming Using Python from Kaggle (November 2022), a Forrester Zero Trust Strategist from Forrester (January 2021), an Okta Certified Administrator from Okta, Inc. (February 2018), an Okta Certified Professional from Okta, Inc. (January 2018), a Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP®) from (ISC)² (November 2015), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² (August 2018), an Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner from Scrum Alliance (September 2021), a Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) from Scrum Alliance (September 2020), an Okta Certified Consultant from Okta (February 2019), a Certified Identity and Access Manager (CIAM) from Identity Management Institute (July 2017), and a Certified Access Management Specialist (CAMS®) from Identity Management Institute (July 2017).