Bala Sathiamurthy

Bala Sathiamurthy is a highly experienced professional in cybersecurity and technology leadership, currently serving as a Strategy Venture Advisor at IVP and a Cybersecurity Venture Advisor at YL Ventures since 2024. Previously, Bala held the position of Chief Information Security Officer at Atlassian, where leadership encompassed all aspects of a comprehensive cybersecurity program, incident response, and enterprise risk management. An interim Chief Trust Officer at NerdWallet, Bala's career includes roles such as Director of Security at several companies, including Jive Software and Foursquare, and extensive experience at Yahoo! spanning over a decade in various technical and security roles. Bala earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the Delhi Institute of Technology.