Sameer A.

Sameer A. is a security and privacy practitioner with a two-decade background in the information security industry.

As the Founder and CEO of Ardent Privacy, Sameer empowers enterprise security, legal, and compliance teams to implement and manage data privacy with a focus on rapid data asset visibility and actions to enable privacy compliance, AI governance, and meaningful data protection to reduce compliance costs and data breaches.

His core expertise lies in security, privacy, and AI governance programs, emphasizing the importance of understanding the data that needs protection, which is often missing in current enterprise compliance frameworks.

Sameer A. holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications from Pune Institute of Computer Technology, another Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing from SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

His professional experience includes roles such as AAPI Commissioner at Howard County Government, Startup Mentor at bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park, Founder of Ardent Privacy, IAPP KnowledgeNet Chair at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Security Engineering Leader/Architect at Leidos, Principal Consultant in Information Risk Management at Symantec, Assistant Manager at Deloitte & Touche, Security Value Analyst in Product Management at Symantec, Security Consultant at Ecomenable, and Technical Consultant in Information Security at MIEL e-Security Pvt. Ltd.