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Sanket NAIk

Go-getter · DISC type d
Founder & CEO at Palosade
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Sanket Naik is the Founder and CEO of Palosade, an AI-native product automating cybersecurity workflows. He previously spent 12 years at Coupa Software, rising to SVP of Cloud & Security, where he scaled the organization from a startup through an IPO. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, hardworking, and sharp.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Sanket shows up

Fast-Paced
Direct & Candid
Decisive

They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Sanket cares about

AI in Cybersecurity
His current venture, Palosade, is building an AI-native product to automate cybersecurity. He has also been a panelist at forums discussing AI-driven threat detection.
DevSecOps Culture
Considers DevOps and Cybersecurity one of his "superpowers" and has spoken about optimizing red and blue team operations and using AI agents for DevSecOps.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Founder & CEO
Palosade
4-2022
Advisor (Security, IT, DevOps)
Freelance
7-2023
Member
The Purple Book Community
10-2021 - 3-2022
Advisor
Coupa Software
10-2019 - 9-2021
SVP, Cloud & Security
Coupa Software
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1999 - 2001
Master of Science
Purdue University
1998 - 1999
PGDST
C-DAC (Formerly NCST)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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