Work history
Three years running security assessments at Apple, and building the AI and automation tooling around them. Before that, program management at Bitwise Industries.
Experience
Apple Information Security Project Manager
2023 to now- Built a RAG security advisor used daily by security teams and assessors. It handles hundreds of queries a week and replaced a dedicated on-call rotation.
- Built MCP agent workflows for assessor scheduling and workload balancing. Cut vendor resource reporting from 1-2 days to under five minutes with Python.
- Delivered 800+ security assessments, nearly 90% on time, across four firms, four regions, and 30+ assessors.
- Raised capacity per assessor by at least 17% and met growing demand with 15% lower staffing.
- Cleared hundreds of overdue assessments in annual two-month campaigns, and drove hundreds of aged pentest findings to closure.
- Owned a multi-month ERP penetration test and platform migration review, from scoping through executive readouts.
- Cut onboarding steps threefold for 10+ assessors, scopers, and PMs with standard templates and an ERP assessment guide.
Bitwise Industries Program Manager
2022 to 2023Contract lifecycle tracking in DocuSign CLM and program reporting in Smartsheet.
Rishi Kumar for Congress Regional Manager
2020 to 2021Ran a 48-person regional field team: daily field operations, standups, and voter outreach data.
Apple Product Specialist
2019 to 2020Mentored new team members and supported customer-facing sales, with consistently high NPS.
Education
UC Santa Barbara B.A., Global Studies
2022Vice President, Indus Cultural Club. Secretary, Data Science Club. Society of Automotive Engineers.
What I'm good at
- Program management
- roadmaps · program operations · multi-vendor programs · scoping and estimation · dependency management · SLAs · KPIs · scope changes · on-time delivery · executive readouts · workflow design · cross-functional coordination
- Capacity and vendors
- capacity planning · forecasting · resourcing · assessor scheduling · workload balancing · staffing · vendor management · vendor reporting · global teams · backlog campaigns
- AI and automation
- AI agents · LLM workflows · MCP servers · RAG · evaluation sets · tool calling · agentic workflow design · on-device AI · AI-assisted reporting · Python automation · Gemini and GPT APIs
- Security
- security assessments · appsec assessments · third-party security testing · penetration testing · pentest scoping · vulnerability management · findings remediation · risk management · risk treatment · PCI-priority engagements · ERP security reviews · platform migration reviews
- Shipping products
- product discovery · technical roadmapping · API product management · developer tools · iOS apps · App Store launch · PWAs · public MCP servers
- Technical
- Python · SQL · TypeScript · Swift · SwiftUI · Foundation Models · Vision · APNs · Next.js · Cloudflare Workers · D1 · R2 · Supabase · Firebase · Zod · MapLibre · REST APIs · Vercel · AppleScript · OpenSCAD
- Tools
- Jira · Quip · Miro · Smartsheet · DocuSign CLM · Excel
- Reporting and docs
- executive reporting · templates · assessment guides · documentation · contract lifecycle · agreement workflows · task tracking
- Leading people
- team leadership · field operations · daily standups · mentoring · onboarding · stakeholder management · customer-facing communication · event coordination