Product Director | Cybersecurity | Fintech | Healthcare
📍 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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I am a seasoned Product Leader with 14+ years of experience building and scaling B2B products across cybersecurity, fintech, healthcare, and education domains.

I specialize in owning the entire product lifecycle — from discovery and strategy to delivery, GTM, and growth. My work consistently focuses on translating deep technical capabilities into products that deliver measurable business and customer impact.

Currently, I lead the development of AI-, cloud-, and platform-driven cybersecurity products that help enterprises stay secure in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

📆 Dec 2023 – Present | UAE

• Leading strategy, development, and launch of enterprise cybersecurity platforms
• Driving product vision using AI, cloud, and platform technologies
• Collaborating with engineering, sales, customers, and partners
• Aligning product outcomes with business growth and customer satisfaction

Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Jun 2022 – Sep 2023

Products:

• Cisco Umbrella SSE (CASB & DLP)
• Cloudlock (SaaS API DLP, UEBA, App Firewall)

Key Impact:

• 🚀 Accelerated outbound sales cycle by 150% via Shadow IT discovery & control
• 🔍 Led OCR implementation in DLP, driving higher NPS
• 📈 Increased renewals by 70%

Mar 2020 – Jun 2022

Products: Endpoint Security (ENS), MVISION EDR

Key Impact:

• 💰 Delivered 2× growth generating ~$125M ACV
• 🎯 Enabled sales to hit 110% targets (FY 21–22)
• 🏆 Returned ENS to Gartner MQ Leaders quadrant
• 🛡️ Strong MITRE ATT&CK performance vs CrowdStrike & SentinelOne
• ⚙️ Conceptualized first kernel-less single-agent EPP–EDR
• 🔄 Drove 56% migration from legacy agents to ENSL
• 😊 Improved PSAT, CSAT, and overall NPS

Jan 2019 – Mar 2020 | San Francisco

• Owned product vision and roadmap for UNITY SaaS platform
• Defined MVP through market research, personas, and use cases
• 📦 Achieved 60% adoption at launch
• 📊 Increased NPS by 30% via productized managed services

• Product Management
• Software Product Management
• Product Ownership
• Business Analysis
• Product Marketing
• Information Security
• Cloud Security & Platforms
• Go-To-Market Strategy

• MA, Sociology — University of Kerala
• PG Certificate, Branding & Marketing Communications — MICA (The School of Ideas)

• Certified Blockchain Expert — Blockchain Council
• SAFe 4.0 PMPO — Scaled Agile

• English — Full Professional Proficiency
• Arabic — Elementary Proficiency

"Himesh has outstanding product knowledge and a true appreciation for customers.
He built a clear roadmap, restarted development momentum, and created powerful analytics dashboards."
— Allon Ram, Product Management Leader, Cisco

• 💼 LinkedIn: himesh-madhusoodanan
• 🌐 Location: Dubai, UAE

⭐ If you’re interested in cybersecurity products, AI-driven platforms, or scaling B2B SaaS — let’s talk!