Amrit DePaulo

Amrit DePaulo

Chief Technology Officer | Chief Product Officer | AI, Cybersecurity, SaaS & Fintech

Walnut Creek, CA

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Summary

Technology executive with 25+ years building and scaling SaaS platforms across cybersecurity, fintech, insurance, and enterprise software markets. Track record of growing engineering organizations from startup to early stage through acquisition, delivering measurable revenue outcomes, and translating complex technical challenges into durable platform architectures. Led engineering teams of hundreds across global locations, including the US, Israel, Estonia, Argentina, and India, with consistent results in retention, velocity, and cost efficiency. Experienced across hypergrowth and enterprise environments, with five successful acquisitions and a history of building platforms that create lasting enterprise value. Current focus includes production AI systems: applied machine learning and computer vision, vision-language models at the edge, autonomous security robotics, RAG pipelines, LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, and MCP server integration deployed in regulated, high-stakes environments.

Professional Experience

Chief Technology Officer, Cobalt AI

2025 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area / Walnut Creek, CA
  • Leading product and engineering for an AI-native physical security platform spanning autonomous security robotics, computer vision, and an AI monitoring intelligence layer used in enterprise security operations.
  • Directing applied machine learning and computer vision work, including vision-language models running on-device at the edge for real-time detection and classification, with only events and escalations sent upstream.
  • Building the agentic monitoring layer that correlates robot patrol data with access control and video events, determines severity, and routes verified, actionable intelligence to human operators.

Principal, Arctyra

2024 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
  • Independent consulting practice covering AI adoption strategy and implementation, security architecture and threat modeling, and platform modernization for production AI workloads.
  • Independent technical diligence for acquirers, PE operating partners, and growth-stage investors, plus AI governance, NAIC Model Bulletin compliance, and explainability frameworks for carriers, MGAs, and insurtechs.

Chief Technology Officer, Delos Insurance Solutions

2024 to 2025
San Francisco, CA
  • Developed an API-first, modular SaaS platform using microservices and event-driven design, achieving sub-50ms evaluation times and processing 100K+ daily full-workflow transactions with 99.9% uptime in a regulated insurance environment.
  • Architected the system to deliver 5 AI-driven insurance programs in 9 months, resulting in over $135M in GWP with over $250M in capacity, leveraging RAG pipelines for proprietary policy and underwriting data and AI-powered underwriting automation that reduced quote-to-bind time to under 5 minutes.
  • Embedded security by design into the platform architecture, implementing automated regulatory compliance with real-time verification and APIs, resulting in 100% adherence with CA DOI and CA SLA regulations.

Vice President, Engineering, CyberCube

2020 to 2024
San Francisco, CA
  • Modernized architecture for scalability, reliability, and security, building an API-first platform with sub-50ms response times that reduced customer time-to-value from days to minutes.
  • Reduced infrastructure costs 75% while improving platform performance 3x through cloud-native refactoring, intelligent caching, database optimization, and serverless compute, supporting 500% customer growth.
  • Scaled the global engineering organization from 20 to 85 engineers across multi-geo locations, establishing an Estonian technical hub from the ground up, while maintaining 95%+ retention.

Chief Product Officer, Skybox Security

2017 to 2020
San Jose, CA
  • Led platform modernization strategy, transforming a legacy on-premises appliance architecture into a SaaS delivery model, reducing customer deployment time from months to days and contributing to the company reaching $100M ARR.
  • Led technical advisory engagements with 30+ Fortune 500 CISOs, articulating technology investment tradeoffs that increased win rates 45%.
  • Supported a successful exit to Algosec, driving a SaaS transformation strategy and a technology narrative tied to financial and operational outcomes for the acquirer.

Chief Technology & Product Officer, CloudPassage (acquired by Fidelis Security)

2013 to 2017
San Francisco, CA
  • Built a first-to-market cloud security posture management (CSPM) solution for cloud workloads, with real-time vulnerability scanning, compliance automation, IAM controls, micro-segmentation, and automated remediation across all major cloud platforms, driving 180% YoY revenue growth.
  • Scaled the global engineering team 300%+ (15 to 65 engineers) across the US and Europe, building a senior leadership bench and implementing agile practices and DevOps automation.
  • Established standardized platform capabilities as a go-to-market strategy: 50+ RESTful endpoints with OpenAPI documentation, Python/Ruby/JavaScript SDKs, and webhook frameworks, with Cassandra and Kafka for high-volume, multi-cloud transaction processing.

Sr. Director Endpoint Security / Emerging Technologies, IBM

2010 to 2012
Armonk, NY
  • Established IBM's Product Security Solutions Group, defining technical architecture for cloud security, mobile device management, and IoT platforms across the IBM Software portfolio.
  • Led technology diligence for the Q1 Labs (QRadar) acquisition, performing architecture assessment, scalability validation, security review, and integration planning for what became a $1B+ annual revenue platform.

Chief Technology Officer, BigFix, Inc. (acquired by IBM)

2007 to 2010
Emeryville, CA
  • Scaled a venture-backed SaaS company through a successful IBM acquisition, growing the platform to 50,000+ enterprise customers and expanding the product suite from 5 to 18 integrated applications while leading technology diligence and investor engagement.
  • Built a compliance automation platform in a regulated environment (PCI, HIPAA, FISMA) that became a strategic differentiator, contributing 30% of revenue.
  • Architected high-performance distributed systems handling 10M+ endpoints with sub-second response times at global scale.

VP / Research Director, Information Security and Risk, Gartner, Inc.

2004 to 2007
San Jose, CA
  • Coined the term Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), establishing the category framework now representing a $10B+ global market, up from ~$400M at inception.
  • Counseled F-100 and large enterprise organizations on security strategy, governance, risk, and compliance, developing an industry-standard framework across multiple market segments.
  • Synthesized fragmented market data into actionable research used by enterprise security buyers and vendors globally.

Additional Leadership & Advisory Roles

Engineering Leadership
Quantivo (acquired by TransUnion) | nCircle Security (acquired by Tripwire) | McAfee/Network Associates (Employee #75, part of the initial IPO)
Technical Product Advisor
Lancope (acquired by Cisco) | EvengX (acquired by SecureSky) | Watchfire (acquired by IBM)
Conference Speaking
Gartner Symposium | RSA Conference | Black Hat | Security B-Sides | Source Boston
Author
The 5Ms, a forthcoming book on wellness and burnout prevention (Fall 2026)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Certifications

  • Machine Learning Specialization Professional Certification, DeepLearning.AI, 2026
  • Generative AI for Software Development Professional Certification, DeepLearning.AI, 2026
  • TensorFlow Developer Professional Certification, DeepLearning.AI, 2026
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISC2, 2002
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISACA, 2002
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