Vaibhav Bhandari

Vaibhav Bhandari is an experienced founder, product manager, consultant, and engineering lead with a track record of successful ventures in organizations ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies.

He holds deep expertise in digital health and cybersecurity, having developed scalable products that generated revenue savings exceeding $100M.

Vaibhav led a team in overhauling the Obamacare website and demonstrated proficiency in achieving product-market fit and fundraising.

He achieved product-market fit for YouBase.io and played a pivotal role as a key advisor in a successful round of seed funding. At Shape Security, he significantly grew the enterprise customer base, leading to the company's acquisition by F5 Networks.

In addition, Vaibhav founded Cyber Defenders, a publicly funded education initiative, highlighting his commitment to developing the field of cybersecurity.

His academic background includes a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, a Certificate in Business Development from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Vaibhav Bhandari has held various key positions in reputable organizations, including being an Adjunct Faculty at Merritt College Cybersecurity Program, Principal Director of Security Engineering at Sentant, Program Director at CyberDefenders Program, Director of Products & Services at Lib13, Director of Product & Customer Success at Shape Security, Head of Product at YouBase, Director of Product Management at Optum, Program Manager at Microsoft, Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, Software Developer at Microsoft, and Telematics Research Engineer at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.