Suresh Bollapragada, with over two decades of expertise in
software and system engineering, has come aboard DarkMatter, a global cyber
security business based in the UAE, as vice president of systems engineering, the company recently
announced.
Previously a senior engineer with Qualcomm and a senior
software architect at Astute Networks — both located in San Diego, California — Bollapragada
also served in software engineering roles with RC Networks and Hughes Network
Systems.
While at Qualcomm, he created a 75-member security
engineering team to advance technologies installed in state-of-the-art mobile
devices used worldwide, such as the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy series, Google
Nexus, Android devices, Microsoft Windows Phones, Nokia and Blackberry devices.
In his new position, he will be responsible for
communications platform security, including mobile phone devices.
“Suresh has impressive electronic security expertise,
which extends to applied security, cryptography, protocols, privacy,
countermeasures, incident response and software security,” DarkMatter CEO Faisal Al
Bannai said. “His long experience in software engineering and
system architecture will make him an important member of our growing team, and
a further achievement in DarkMatter’s vision to have globally recognized cyber
security technology leaders based in the UAE.”
Bollapragada earned a Master of Computer Science degree from
the University of California, San Diego, as well as a bachelor’s degree in
computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in
Kharagpur.
