Meet the Certus Leadership Team
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Certus Cybersecurity serves a diverse client base across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Current clients include numerous Fortune 100 corporations. To learn more about how Certus Cybersecurity can help safeguard your company, contact us at info@certuscyber.com.
Swapnil Deshmukh
CTO & Co-founder
Swapnil Deshmukh is CTO & co-founder of Certus Cybersecurity Solutions LLC. Swapnil has more than a decade of experience in enterprise cybersecurity and leads technical delivery. Swapnil is a subject matter expert in the application, cloud and emerging technologies security domains. He is co-author of Hacking Exposed Series, a best practice security handbook, and a frequent contributor at conferences, roundtables and publications.
Prior to Certus Cybersecurity, Swapnil served as a Senior Director on Visa Inc.’s cybersecurity team. Swapnil is a graduate of George Mason University and the University of Mumbai where he studied telecommunications and computer/network engineering, respectively.
Ryan McKamie
CEO & Co-founder
Ryan McKamie is CEO and co-founder of Certus Cybersecurity, a leading provider of information security services. Specializing in application security, cloud security, IoT security and payment security services, Certus Cybersecurity currently serves Fortune 100 enterprises, leading law global firms, and innovative, high-growth businesses worldwide. Ryan leads delivery of information security services to the company’s corporate clients, and acts as a trusted advisor to corporate executives and entrepreneurs seeking to enhance their companies’ information security posture. Ryan is also retained by litigators as a consultant and expert witness in connection with commercial disputes involving information security.
Prior to co-founding Certus Cybersecurity, Ryan was a director at Visa Inc., where he worked in the company’s information security and risk organizations. At Visa, Ryan planned and executed standards-based information security assessments, led development of information security metrics and reporting for the company’s board, and supported programs focused on assessing and improving the security posture of Visa’s partners across the payments ecosystem. Earlier in his career, he served as a commissioned officer in the US Army, where he planned and executed IT and cybersecurity initiatives in support of Army missions and exercises in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Asia-Pacific.
Ryan holds numerous security certifications, including the CISSP. He holds a BA from Temple University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Nivedita Pal
Managing Director
Nivedita Pal is a managing director of Certus Cybersecurity Solutions LLC, responsible for technical delivery and customer success. Prior to Certus Cybersecurity, Nivedita was with Visa Inc.'s Information Security team, where she was involved in the technical delivery of secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) initiatives and information security management reporting. Nivedita is a graduate of University of Mumbai and received her master's in information technology from George Mason University.