PM Ramdas

PM Ramdas

Chief Technology Officer
India
English, Malayalam, Hindi
Full-time On-site

About Me

Visionary Group Chief Technology Officer with over 15 years of experience spearheading technology strategy, digital transformation, and cybersecurity across diverse global markets. Proven ability to reduce cyberattack ex…

Experience

Group Chief Technology Officer and Head - Cybersecurity

Reliance Group · Mumbai, India
Apr 2015 - Present · 11 years 6 months

<p>Reduced enterprise cyberattack exposure by 70 percent across 30+ group companies by architecting a group-wide Zero Trust framework mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, deploying XDR and SOAR-driven automation, and establishing a 24x7 Global SOC covering 15+ business verticals.</p><p> Developed a proprietary AI/ML threat intelligence platform that reduced mean time to respond (MTTR) by 60 percent, enabling the 300-person security team to scale operations without proportional headcount growth.</p><p> Neutralized a multi-vector ransomware campaign without ransom payment, restoring full enterprise operations in 24 hours by activating pre-tested business continuity protocols across multiple business units simultaneously.</p><p> Facilitated $800M in secure revenue growth by architecting digital banking platforms, smart city solutions, and cloud-native services while maintaining 100 percent compliance across NESA, GDPR, DPDP, ISO 27001, RBI, and SEBI, confirmed across 20+ regulatory audits with zero material findings.</p><p> Consolidated security operations, delivering $5M+ in annual savings while maintaining team attrition below 5 percent and elevating group-wide security posture.</p><p> Commissioned the first quantum-resistant encrypted communication platform for executive leadership, safeguarding Chairman-level communications against nation-state interception threats.</p><p> Established the Group Technology Advisory Board, integrating technology, security, and business strategy across the conglomerate's diversified portfolio for the first time.</p><p> Secured hyperscale data center and colocation infrastructure supporting 2,000+ high-density racks across distributed facilities, achieving 99.999 percent availability by designing zero-downtime security architectures for AI-ready and high-performance computing environments.</p>

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Reliance Group · Mumbai, India
Aug 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 years

<p>Delivered 40 percent OPEX reduction through strategic IT-security consolidation, automating manual compliance workflows and executing a structured vendor rationalization program.</p><p> Built and enforced group-wide cybersecurity governance frameworks aligned with NESA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF, achieving 100 percent audit readiness across all assessed business units.</p><p> Implemented sovereign communication security protocols utilizing advanced encryption and out-of-band channels, protecting promoter-level decision-making from nation-state-grade interception.</p><p> Developed a third-party and supply chain risk management program covering critical vendors, establishing contractual security baselines and continuous monitoring protocols.</p>

Vice President - Cybersecurity

Reliance Group · Mumbai, India
Apr 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 years 3 months

<p>Secured OT/ICS and SCADA networks for Reliance Power and BSES Rajdhani, protecting power generation and distribution infrastructure serving 8+ million customers against cyber-physical threats.</p><p> Uncovered and remediated a zero-day vulnerability in the energy billing system under active exploitation, halting approximately INR 1 Crore in daily losses within weeks; initiated a bug bounty program to institutionalize proactive threat discovery.</p><p> Attained 100 percent pass rate in all regulatory compliance audits across energy, BFSI, and telecom verticals, establishing the foundational compliance culture that later scaled group-wide.</p><p> Extended security perimeter to telecommunications backbone infrastructure (RCom, Global Cloud Xchange) supporting submarine cable operations and international connectivity, integrating physical facility security with cyber controls across multi-site data center and carrier-grade environments.</p>

Independent Chief Cybersecurity Consultant

Independent Cybersecurity Advisory Practice · India
Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 · 1 year

<p>Achieved a 65 percent reduction in threat surface across assigned government networks through comprehensive VAPT exercises and hardened security architectures.</p><p> Bridged military-grade security discipline with civilian governance frameworks, leveraging 15 years of naval experience in mission-critical environments.</p>

Senior Cybersecurity and Signals Intelligence Officer

Indian Navy · India
Jan 1999 - Jan 2014 · 15 years

<p>Designed and deployed India's first VoIP-secure communication framework for naval operations, protecting classified voice communications across naval establishments and operational theaters from interception and jamming.</p><p> Directed cyber incident response, threat intelligence operations, and national defense cyber readiness exercises, establishing the zero-failure operational discipline applied to all subsequent corporate challenges.</p><p> Managed mission-critical network security and communications infrastructure where operational failure carried direct national security consequences, cultivating the crisis leadership capability that defines the Ramdas model.</p>

PROJECTS

Enterprise Cyber-Incident Containment and Infrastructure Recovery

Reliance
Duration : 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jun-2020

<p>Directed the containment and recovery of a complex enterprise cyber incident involving compromised infrastructure, remote-access exposure and identity-system risk. Coordinated the isolation of affected servers, shutdown of vulnerable access paths, domain remediation, data-centre assessment and independent security validation. Established a structured recovery programme covering VAPT, security audits, infrastructure rebuilding and phased service restoration while protecting business continuity.</p>

Certifications

Computer Hacking Forensics Investigator (CHFI)

EC Council · Mumbai , Maharashtra , India · 2013

Skills

Zero Trust Architecture MITRE ATT&CK XDR SOAR SASE AI/ML Threat Detection SOC Operations Red Team Blue Team Purple Team OT/ICS/SCADA Nation-State Defence Enterprise AI Strategy AI Security Governance MLOps Model Lifecycle Responsible AI Generative AI Agentic AI Data Lakehouse Architecture Predictive Analytics Smart City Security IoT NIST CSF ISO 27001 GDPR NESA UAE IA DPDP PCI DSS SOX RBI SEBI NIS2 DORA GRC Third-Party Risk Cyber Resilience AWS Azure GCP Multi-cloud Security Hyperscale Datacenter Security Colocation Facility Security Zero-Downtime Architecture DevSecOps API Security Container Security IAM Physical Security
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