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Career profile

Santosh Kandala

Security Leadership @ OpenAI

Greater Seattle Area

Career path.

  1. OpenAI

    Security Engineering Lead

    Jan 2026 - Present
  2. Causal Dynamics Lab

    Investor/Advisor

    Aug 2025 - Present
  3. Defendermate

    Investor/Advisor

    Feb 2025 - Present
  4. StepSecurity

    Investor/Advisor

    Apr 2024 - Present
  5. Company in Stealth Mode

    Vice President Security

    May 2023 - Jan 2026
  6. 세일즈포스

    Senior Director, Cloud Security Assurance

    Mar 2020 - Apr 2023
  7. Oracle

    Senior Director Cloud Security

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
  8. Oracle

    Director of Security Engineering

    Dec 2017 - Oct 2018
  9. Microsoft

    Principal Security Engineering Manager - Cloud (Azure) Security

    Sep 2016 - Nov 2017
  10. Microsoft

    Director - Security Monitoring & Analytics - Windows & Devices Group Security

    Sep 2013 - Sep 2016
  11. Microsoft

    Senior Service Engineer : Security Monitoring & Response - Office 365

    Jul 2012 - Sep 2013
  12. Microsoft

    Principal Manager : Network Security Analysis

    Feb 2010 - Jun 2012
  13. Microsoft

    Forensic Investigator

    Mar 2007 - Feb 2010
  14. Microsoft

    Security Engineer Lead

    Feb 2005 - Mar 2007
  15. Electronic Data Systems

    Security Specialist

    Apr 2004 - Feb 2005
  16. Ciber

    Software Engineer

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2004