The Story Behind The Mission
My Nation Building Journey
From One Mind To A Movement
01 · Where I started

30+ years building and securing technology for global enterprises. I learned the gap between a good technologist and a great leader is never technical. It's mindset.

02 · What changed

India's young people aren't lacking talent. They're sleeping on it. I decided my next chapter wouldn't be about my success. It would be about awakening theirs.

03 · What I'm building now

A podcast, a network and a movement — because True Success is Collective Success.

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Before the Podcast

My Career Web

30+ years across three continents. Every role taught me one thing: the technology was never the hard part. The people and the mindset were.

Vijay K. Banda
Vijay Banda
Global Tech Strategist
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Career
Today
SynRadar
Advisor
Made-in-India cybersecurity for national cyber resilience, starting with small and medium businesses.
Feb 2019 – Nov 2022
Qualcomm
Senior Director, Cyber Security
Deputy CISO reporting to the Global CISO.
2020
Author · Skill Up India
The first book: 4 mantras for future skill readiness.
Sep 2011 – Feb 2019
Deloitte
Vice President, Global Technology Services
Headed Infrastructure and Cyber Services. Global technology head, CTO and CISO for Deloitte India, reporting to the Global CTO and CISO.
Mar 2007 – Sep 2011
Oracle
Director, Oracle Cloud Services
Led cloud operations at Oracle India, supporting 500+ clients. Before that, technical delivery manager for Fortune 100 clients at Oracle USA.
Earlier career
TCS
Leadership roles
1Supporting large clients across diverse industries
AutomotiveTelecomHealthcare GovernmentBankingManufacturing & more
2Working in cutting-edge technologies
Cyber security
SOCThreat IntelThreat HuntingGRCCSIRT
Cloud
OracleAzureAWSGoogle
Process
DevSecOpsITILISO 27001PMPBCP
3Building and leading high-performance teams
Where my work has taken me
  • Americas · Canada, USA
  • EMEA · UK, Netherlands
  • Asia Pacific · Japan, India
Beyond the corporate world
  • BuildMyCareer.org · founder (2016, formerly YesMentor.org)
  • IECN.IN · founder, India Empowered Citizens Network
  • iFocus Mission · close to 1,000 mentorship sessions over a decade
  • TASK · mentor, 2018–2022
  • HYSEA · academia wing committee
  • Startups · mentor, early-stage cyber and AI
Education
  • M.S., Computer Science · Wayne State University, USA · 1993–95
  • B.E., Engineering · Bengaluru, India · 1988–92
Key posts held
  1. Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), reporting to the Global CISO, at Qualcomm and Deloitte
  2. Global Technology head, CTO and CISO at Deloitte India (2011–2019), reporting to the Global CTO and CISO
  3. Director and head of cloud operations at Oracle India (2007–2011), supporting 500+ clients
  4. Technical delivery manager for Fortune 100 clients at Oracle USA (until 2007)

Strategic leadership, technological depth and a people-first approach.
The executive profile and corporate work live at vijaybanda.com.