Founding Team
Founding Team: Sanjay Luhade.
A member of C3GEEK’s founding team, advising boards, CEOs, CIOs and CISOs on cloud, cyber, AI, FinOps, infrastructure, governance and global IT.
Executive Profile
A career built at the intersection of technology, cyber and the boardroom.
Sanjay Luhade is the Founder & Principal Advisor of C3GEEK. Over 34+ years, he has held senior CIO, CISO and global technology leadership roles across banking, cybersecurity, product and enterprise services — advising boards on the decisions that shape the enterprise.
C3GEEK was founded to bring board-level, business-first advisory to CXOs who need senior counsel — not another delivery pitch — on cloud, cybersecurity, AI, FinOps, infrastructure and digital transformation.
Areas of Expertise
Executive practice depth
Prior Leadership
Where Sanjay has led before C3GEEK
Wipro
Global enterprise technology and services leadership
Cisco
Enterprise networking and infrastructure leadership
Symantec
Global cybersecurity product and strategy leadership
Citi
Global banking technology and infrastructure leadership
BNY Mellon
Global banking technology, infrastructure and cyber leadership
Quick Heal
Enterprise cybersecurity product and platform leadership
Seqrite
Enterprise cybersecurity strategy and CISO leadership
Roles span global CIO, CISO, product security leadership and enterprise technology strategy across BFSI, cybersecurity and technology services.
Selected Achievements
Executive outcomes across three decades
- Reduced cloud spend by 45% through FinOps and multi-cloud strategy
- Zero major security incidents across a platform serving 3M+ endpoints
- Six consecutive successful audit cycles across ISO 27001, SOC 2 and data protection regulations
- Enterprise datacenter modernization across 25,000+ servers and 4,000+ databases
- Directed disaster recovery with zero data loss in a critical enterprise event
- Board-grade cyber-risk reporting adopted across executive committees
Certifications
Professional credentials
IICA Certified Independent Director
Data protection governance
DSPM (Data Security Posture Management)
AI Security & Governance
Certified Cybersecurity Educator Professional (CCEP)
Certified Red Team Operations Management (CRTOM)
AI and Career Empowerment, University of Maryland
Certified Threat Intelligence & Governance Analyst (CTIGA)
PMI Project Management
IT-CMF Passport
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