Enterprise Transformation · A story from my work
Business 2.0
Leading change across the enterprise.
Connecting business priorities, processes, and enterprise systems in a complex global business.
Read the storyTechnology Leadership
Technology leadership for security, AI governance, operational scale, and enterprise value creation.
I help organizations harness technology, AI, and operational excellence to drive growth, strengthen security, accelerate transformation, and create lasting enterprise value.
↗ Strategy & Growth⚙ Technology & Operations◇ Security & Risk♧ Leadership & Teams✧ AI & Innovation⌁ Enterprise Value
Focus Areas
Where I focus my workPerspectives
Stories, lessons, and ideas from my work
Enterprise Transformation · Executive case study
Transforming the Revenue Engine
Connecting Order-to-Cash, merchant onboarding, billing and service operations.
Leading a multiyear transformation to standardize processes, connect enterprise systems, accelerate activation, improve cash collection and create a better customer experience across a global business.
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M&A Integration & Value Creation · A story from my work
M&A Integration & Value Creation
Integrate first. Transform with intention.
My journey leading the integration of a multibillion-dollar global technology acquisition, bringing together people, processes, and systems to protect operations, capture synergies, and create lasting business value.
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Private Equity · Technology Due Diligence · A story from my work
Technology Due Diligence for a Global Take-Private
The IT assessment behind a multibillion-dollar global take-private, and the priorities it shaped after close.
Assessing technology, cybersecurity, enterprise IT and investment risk, then translating the findings into a practical post-close operating plan.
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A technology leader at the intersection of innovation, security and enterprise value.
Some of the most interesting work in my career has happened when a business was at a turning point. Growth, IPOs, acquisitions, private equity ownership, and transformation bring difficult decisions about people, priorities, risk, and investment. I enjoy helping businesses work through those decisions and move forward.
Leading through change
I’ve worked in startups, high-growth companies, and global enterprises, serving as CIO and CISO and leading teams across technology strategy, cybersecurity, enterprise risk, business systems, and operations. Across different industries and stages of growth, I’ve approached technology as part of the larger business, with decisions grounded in what the organization needs to achieve.
Bringing businesses together
My M&A experience spans technology due diligence before an acquisition and integration afterward. Bringing organizations together means aligning people, processes, and priorities as well as systems. I focus on understanding the investment objectives, identifying what needs to change, and helping the business capture the value it expects.
The next turning point: AI
AI is opening another important chapter in that work. I’m interested in how it will reshape business models, productivity, and decision-making, and what it takes to turn that potential into lasting value. For executive teams, investors, and boards, AI strategy and governance need to connect business opportunity with cybersecurity, enterprise risk, sound economics, and human judgment.
Pragmatic Problem Solver
Curious, analytical, and focused on what works.
People Builder
Building high-performing global teams, including engineering and application delivery in India.
Opportunity Focused
Seeing what is possible and turning ideas into progress.
Execution Oriented
Connecting strategic ambition with delivery.
Integrity Driven
Leading through trust and accountability.
Technology is ultimately a people business.
I’ve spent much of my career bringing teams together across disciplines, geographies, and cultures. I value candid conversations, different perspectives, and people who are willing to challenge assumptions.
My role is to make the business priorities clear, build capable teams, and create the trust and accountability needed to deliver.
The most rewarding part is seeing people grow into greater responsibility while helping the business move forward.
Selected Experience
A track record of building, scaling, and transforming technology organizations to create lasting value.
Across emerging technology companies and global enterprises, I've worked at the intersection of change, growth, and opportunity. A few chapters that shaped how I think about technology leadership, resilience, and value creation.
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Enabling enterprise systems for next-generation LegalTech and AI.
Leading enterprise technology, business applications, data, and integrations supporting a secure LegalTech SaaS platform evolving with AI-enabled legal workflows.
LegalTech SaaS · Business applications · AI enablement
Scaling global FinTech operations and cyber resilience.
Led global technology and cybersecurity responsibilities across payments infrastructure, enterprise modernization, security governance, and transformation.
FinTech · Cybersecurity · Global operations
Technology diligence and private equity value creation.
Contributed technology due diligence for the Verifone take-private transaction, followed by executive technology leadership after the acquisition.
Private equity · Technology diligence · Value creation
Part of the Vistance Networks corporate lineageTransforming systems for a connected world.
Built and scaled business systems, enterprise analytics, and IT operating capabilities supporting a global broadband and connectivity business.
Broadband · Networking · M&A integration
Subsidiary of Microsoft
Powering early voice-driven computing.
Led network engineering and operations for pioneering cloud-based conversational voice services, long before mainstream AI assistants.
Voice technology · Cloud communications · AI foundations
Acquired by HPEScaling enterprise infrastructure during high-growth security innovation.
Technology leadership through rapid expansion and the company's public-market journey in network security.
NetScreen · Network security · Enterprise scale
Latitude CommunicationsSupporting a new generation of collaboration.
Developed and supported the enterprise technology capabilities of a pioneering business collaboration company during its growth and IPO era.
Collaboration · Enterprise communications · IPO
Beyond Work
Exploring.
Learning.
Staying Curious.
Outside of work, I find perspective and energy through travel, the ocean, aviation, cooking, and lifelong learning. New experiences help me stay curious and see the world a little differently.
Some interests are simply personal. They don't all have to connect back to technology or leadership.
Personal Projects
Curiosity, put into practice.
Exploring ideas beyond work through projects that help people learn and make sense of complex topics.
Independent civic education
Behshad’s Ballot Compass
A personal project that helps voters explore candidates, propositions, and ballot measures through plain-language explanations, different perspectives, and linked sources.
The goal is to help people understand their choices and make their own decisions. It is an independent educational resource, not an official election service.
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Let's Explore
What's Possible.
I'm always interested in meaningful conversations about technology, AI, security, operational scale, and value creation. Whether you have a question, an idea, or an opportunity to explore, I'd be glad to hear from you.
No unsolicited sales calls or pitches, please.
Let’s Connect
I welcome thoughtful conversations about:
- Board and advisory opportunities
- Executive search and recruiter inquiries
- Technology and operational scale, cybersecurity, AI governance, and M&A diligence