Sameer Ponkshe

Sameer Ponkshe is an experienced attorney specializing in incident response and data privacy compliance, currently serving at Octillo since November 2022. With a robust legal background, Sameer previously worked as Senior Counsel and Senior Associate at Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP from February 2020 to October 2022, and as a Senior Analyst at AIG from February 2018 to February 2020. Earlier roles include Associate Attorney positions at Milber Makris Plousadis Seiden and DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP, as well as legal internships with the City of Peekskill and Village of Ossining. Sameer holds a Juris Doctor from Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, specializing in Environmental and Land Use Law, and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Political Science from Virginia Tech.