Aakash Shah
Co-Founder at oak9
Co-Founder, CTO at oak9 (Hiring!)
At oak9, I am focused on building foundational security capabilities to help security organizations keep up with the speed of modern development and deliver dynamic, comprehensive & risk-appropriate security.

I’ve been in the cybersecurity industry for over 17 years, where I’ve been fortunate to experience a wide range of roles. I’ve helped build & evolve information security practices, developed security strategies & architectures, conducted cutting-edge research, built security products, contributed to industry standards and taught information security courses.
oak9
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Co-Founder
Chicago, IL
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Healthcare Sector
Security Architect
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas
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Security Architect
Greater Chicago Area
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Associate Engineer
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U.S. Army CERDEC
Information Assurance Intern
Gas Technology Institute
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Computer Engineer
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Navigant Consulting, Inc.
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Intern
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Information Security
M.S.
Carnegie Mellon University
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I received a M.S. in Information Security in May 2008 where I was awarded the Pradeep K. Khosla Leadership Award.  For my masters thesis I continued my research on critical-infrastructure security and developed software-based mechanisms to provide integrity in critical infrastructure devices.
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Computer Engineering
B.S.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Raj Datta
CEO at oak9
Chicago, IL
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Om Vyas
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer (hiring)
Greater Chicago Area
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Alexander Goldstein
Executive Chairman at Eligo Energy, LLC
Greater Chicago Area
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Jason Vallee
Full Stack Developer at Oak9
Greater Chicago Area
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Sarah Stan
Executive Administrator at oak9
Greater Chicago Area
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Nitesh Baranwal
Product Management | Analytics & Data Science | Cloud & Big Data | Pharma & Life Sciences
Northbrook, IL
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Kyle Stoner
Founder & CEO at AbodeHQ.com / USRealty.com
Greater Chicago Area
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Kim Freier
Director of HR and Talent at oak9
Greater Chicago Area
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Maya Escobar
Founder and CEO at Casa Blue
Greater Chicago Area
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Fred Smith
Founder and CEO  at BandGrip
Greater Chicago Area
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Candy Alexander, CISSP CISM
Internationally Recognized Cybersecurity Executive & Leader
Manchester, NH
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David Rosenbaum
Chairman and Founder at ROSENBAUM IP, P.C.
Northbrook, IL
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Jerry Brown
Siegel & Callahan, P.C.
Greater Chicago Area
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Larry Link
Cequence Security – The Best Protection for Your APIs, Your Apps & Your Business
San Francisco Bay Area
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Kamran Hussain
Helping customers accelerate analytics directly on Data Lakes without migrating to yet another proprietary “modern data platform”
Greater Chicago Area
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Rob Ogle
Merit Leadership President & CEO | Navigating Ethical Dilemmas because it’s never been easier to make a bad decision.
Chicago, IL
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Ashanideepta Bhattacharya, MS, CEH
CISO at Droice Labs | Building the world's most needed platform for hospitals, payers, and life sciences
New York, NY
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J.J. Guy
Co-Founder & CEO at Sevco Security
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
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Srikanth Veeraraghavan
Co-Founder of Expent
San Francisco Bay Area
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Jon Oberheide
Board Member & Startup Advisor
Ann Arbor, MI
Aakash Shah
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GENERAL MERCHANT & COMMISSION AGENT at AADINATH ENTERPRISE
Ahmedabad
Aakash Shah
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Orthopaedic Surgeon at Menorah Medical Center -Kansas City Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine Center
Leawood, KS
Aakash Shah
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Director at APD Foods India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
Aakash Shah
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Advocate & Organizer at Generation Citizen
Cambridge, MA
Aakash Shah
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Audit Senior Accountant at KPMG Canada
Vancouver, BC