Smitha Sriharsha

Smitha Sriharsha currently serves as Sr Manager of Platform Security Engineering at F5, a position held since April 2024. Prior to this role, Smitha was a Product Security Strategist at Dell Technologies from December 2021 to April 2024, where responsibilities included leading a comprehensive Product Security governance program benefiting over 29,000 employees. Previous experience includes a Senior Manager position in Product Security Engineering at Cisco, where leadership was provided to a team of cloud security engineers and collaboration occurred with multiple teams to enhance DevSecOps initiatives. Additional roles include QA Engineering Lead at Ness Technologies, QA Engineer at Aventail, and Referral Team Member at Accenture. Smitha holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology, a Master's in Business Administration from ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, and is pursuing a Postgraduate degree in Technology Leadership & Innovation at MIT xPRO.