Strategic Property operations • Transitional team leadership
Exceptional Portfolio management

Innovating Change, Driving Results

 Seasoned Product Management Leader with over 15 years of experience driving strategy, execution, and innovation across secure identity and cybersecurity solutions in highly regulated industries. Known for aligning product vision with regulatory and business needs, Amit excels in scaling cross-functional teams, implementing AI-driven security solutions, and delivering measurable outcomes in complex, global environments.

  • Achieved 95% modern authentication adoption; reduced fraud by 40%.
  • Cut data exfiltration 95% with DLP and encryption.
  • Established multi-year AI driven cybersecurity roadmap and secured funding.
Contact Amit
Career Summary

About Amit

  • Cybersecurity and identity strategy leader

Industries​

  • Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Government
  • Healthcare
  • Global Pharma
  • Technology Product
$30M
portfolio managed
  • 95% adoption of secure authentication across enterprise channels.
  • 40% reduction in fraud through passwordless login and AI detection.
  • 98% privileged access compliance achieved using just-in-time controls.
  • 20 FTEs saved in one year via IAM workflow automation.
  • 200+ applications onboarded in under 4 months to revitalize IGA.
  • 30% reduction in access certification cycles with AI-driven provisioning.
  • $30M+ portfolio managed across enterprise identity and data protection programs.

Core Skills

Product Strategy and Roadmapping

Product Development and Management

Identity & Access Management (IAM/CIAM)

Cybersecurity Risk Management

Strategic Partnership

Cross Functional Leadership

Building and leading high performing technical and business teams

Case Studies

Situation:

At PNC, I was appointed by the CISO to modernize a fragmented $30M Enterprise IAM landscape with a 350+ Member team, safeguarding digital transformation, post merger integration and resilience against evolving security threats.

Action:

Drive strategic alignment, enhance compliance, and accelerate execution by transforming customer workforce and privileged identity programs into a unified secure and scalable ecosystem.
  • Introduced scaled agile delivery, restructured governance, and focus identity programs.
  • Revived the stalled Identity Governance Program, onboarding 200+ applications in 4 months.
  • Consolidated fragmented IAM platforms into a single extensible architecture and redesigned workforce identity lifecycle with AI-driven access bots, automated provisioning and implementing Digital ID Proofing.
  • Rolled out passwordless authentication and AI-based threat detection, and Just-in-time privileged access via CyberArk.
  • Strengthened data protection with Azure DLP, Symantec DLP, encryption, and tokenization.
  • Enabled mobile-based badge access via Apple Wallet integration

Result: 

  • Increased execution velocity by 45% and saved 20 FTEs annually through automation.
  • Achieved 95% adoption of secure authentication and reduced fraud attempts by 40%.
  • Cut certification cycle times by 30% and Raised privileged access compliance to 98%.
  • Reduced data exfiltration by 95% and eliminated 98% of non-production data use, enabling secure, seamless identity across digital and physical environments.

Situation:

We rolled out a modern authentication platform that enabled users to leverage Biometrics along with OTP for secure MFA for B2B and B2C transactions. The adoption lingered around 5% despite strong rollout. The application teams struggled to integrate strong authentication due to complexities involved and request for heavy customization. Appointed by the CISO to lead enterprise identity and access programs. Oversaw a cross-functional team of 350+ members and managed a $30M portfolio. The mission: drive strategic alignment, enhance compliance, and accelerate execution across technology and operations.

Action:

  • Partnered with business and application teams and identified friction points and adoption blockers by conducting interviews, reviewing user feedback and conducted data analysis.
  • Redesigned the user experience with simplified UI and self directed flows for passowrdless login experience.
  • Standardized modern authentication plane into a widget that required onetime integration vs multiple enhancements.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Customer Success teams to create targeted adoption campaigns and proactive support strategies.
  • Prioritized high-impact identity proofing features by shifting the roadmap to fast-track integrations with ID proofing capabilities, addressing a critical pain point for enterprise applications.

Result: 

  • Increased adoption rate to 95% within 8 months.
  • Reduced customer call to call centers by 48%.
  • Implementing ID proofed passwordless login experience led to reduction in fraud attempts by 40%.

Situation:

Triumph Enterprises, a federal consulting firm supporting U.S. government agencies with cybersecurity and program management services, needed to modernize its governance and execution frameworks to meet evolving federal cybersecurity demands. Brought in to lead a program transformation initiative for a major federal cybersecurity engagement. Reported to the Customer Account Leader with oversight of a $15M budget and a 20-member cross-functional team. The objective was to accelerate delivery, improve transparency, and align execution with strategic outcomes.

Action:

  • Standardized governance models and elevated delivery discipline across the program
  • Increased execution velocity by 30% through structured transformation initiatives
    • Designed and rolled out enterprise-wide frameworks for:
  • Project charters
  • Milestone tracking
  • Requirements management
  • Implemented enterprise-level change control protocols to prevent arbitrary schedule shifts and drive strategic accountability
  • Established integrated reporting structures to enhance visibility across engineering, risk, and compliance teams
  • Created a multi-tier cybersecurity triage process to streamline issue resolution and reduce bottlenecks

Result: 

  • Improved program delivery speed by 30%
  • Enabled consistent execution across 12 delivery teams
  • Enhanced accountability and transparency through integrated reporting and change controls
  • Freed over 120 hours per month of senior engineering capacity by offloading lower-tier issue resolution to dedicated triage support

Situation:

At Appsential, a federal IT consulting firm, I was hired to lead a $21M IT program focused on cybersecurity, service delivery, and compliance improvements. Reported to the CFO, led a 10-person team including 8 project managers and 2 PMO staff, with accountability for aligning technology initiatives to evolving federal mandates and modernization goals.

Action:

  • Aligned delivery priorities with federal stakeholder goals and system modernization strategies
  • Directed implementation of cybersecurity, business intelligence, and financial system enhancements to improve performance and resilience
  • Developed cross-functional delivery frameworks to streamline execution across Oracle-based platforms and enterprise-wide programs
    • Oversaw cybersecurity modernization initiatives:
  • Enhanced privileged access governance
  • Expanded vulnerability management capabilities
  • Optimized delivery team structure and accountability, improving cross-team coordination and execution discipline
  • Established data-driven reporting to surface KPIs and improve program transparency for federal leadership
  • Rolled out tiered incident management protocols to accelerate resolution and reduce senior-level escalations

Result: 

  • Successfully managed a $21M portfolio aligned to high-impact federal priorities
  • Strengthened operational resilience across key federal financial systems
  • Improved team performance and accountability across all delivery workstreams
  • Reduced senior engineering escalations by 30% through process-driven incident management
  • Enhanced threat visibility and privileged access oversight as part of cybersecurity modernization

His product vision and collaborative approach made him an effective leader across many functions.

"I had the pleasure of working with Amit at PNC. His product vision and collaborative approach made him an effective leader across many functions. Additionally, Amit’s innovative mindset helped to raise the bar and push PNC forward in both customer and workforce IAM solutions."

Nathan Starner
"Amit from early on demonstrated superlative managerial skill sets in addition to professional demeanor, client communicative skills and organization and workload supervision. Always punctual, superb appearance, with easy going, sensitive and caring disposition. Can adapt to any client environment with ease and comfort ensuring excellent customer relations at their best."
Bob Eckhart
"Amit is hard working, dedicated and continuously seeks to gain knowledge and experience. He is dedicated and loyal and brings an extensive amount of experience to every challenge."
Don Sottile
"It was my pleasure to work with Amit when he was the task manager/project manager for a complex application development and sustainment project. I was impressed with his approach to ramping-up on the project: he wasted no time in interviewing all team members to get their perspective and learn their roles and processes. He then implemented a series of process improvements to better communications and operations."
Ken Goldwasser

Certifications

Certifications

SCRUM Fundamentals Certified

MBA -Clark University

Project Management Professional

Causes

  • Children
  • Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
  • Education
  • Health
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Services

Contact

(703) 868-2648

Vaidya_Amit77@outlook.com

Let's grab a coffee and chat.