Gautam Krishnan

CEO - United States at Nyx Wolves

Gautam Krishnan has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Gautam is currently serving as the CEO of Nyx Wolves in the United States since November 2022. Prior to this, they worked as the Chief Executive Officer of Software & Information Security at Nyx Wolves from August 2021 to November 2022. Before that, Gautam held the position of Head of Software & Information Security at Nyx Wolves from July 2020 to August 2021.

In addition to their current role, Gautam has secured future positions. Gautam will be joining Vencora as a Strategic Business Consultant starting in June 2023. Gautam has also been appointed as a Graduate Assistant at DePaul University-College of Education starting in May 2023. Furthermore, Gautam will be working as a Tech Support at DePaul University Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media starting in March 2023. Additionally, they have been appointed as the Treasurer of the DePaul ISACA Student Organization starting in April 2023.

Gautam Krishnan has also been involved in various other roles and organizations. Gautam served as a Peer Reviewer for the Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative from March 2023 to May 2023. In 2019, Gautam founded and headed the E-Cell @Panimalar IT. Gautam also served as an Ambassador at WHHC (White Hat Hackers Club) from December 2018 to April 2019. Gautam volunteered for the United Nations from August 2018 to March 2019. Additionally, they worked as a Workshop Lead at Panimalar Engineering College in August 2018. Overall, Gautam Krishnan has demonstrated a strong commitment to leadership, security, education, and volunteering throughout their work experience.

Gautam Krishnan has a Master's degree in Cybersecurity from DePaul University. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Information Technology from Panimalar Engineering College. In addition to their formal education, Gautam has also obtained various certifications, including AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Splunk 7.x Fundamentals from Splunk, Autopsy Hands On - Forensics from Basis Technology, Winner Hackitup (CTF) from WHHC, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) from Softlogic Systems-Software Training Institute, Networking (Intern) from SLA Technologies, Microsoft Big Idea Challenge from Microsoft, Network Fundamentals and Protocols from Pluralsight, Top 100 IEEE Xtreme 11.0 from IEEE, and End User Security Awareness from Cybrary.

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  • CEO - United States

    November, 2022 - present

  • Chief Executive Officer - Software & Information Security

    August, 2021

  • Head of Software & Information Security

    July, 2020