Our Advisory Board
As a member of our Women Leaders in Cybersecurity Advisory Board, you can provide welcome input and guidance on topics, speakers, and programs to consider, as well as the potential for additional opportunities for collaborations, including with pod-casts, webinars, publications, and more. Board members will be recognized on the WLC website as WLC Advisory Board Members, and are invited to an annual NYU-hosted board dinner with other industry experts, as well as select speaker dinners and special events during the year.
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Kavitha Mariappan
Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik;
Global Board of Directors, US-India Business Council (USIBC);
Advisory Board Member, New York University School of Law Center for Cybersecurity
Kavitha Mariappan is a seasoned go-to-market executive with more than two decades of experience helping industry-leading companies translate technology into business value and growth. She has held senior roles across enterprise software and services, spanning strategy, marketing, product and engineering, at companies including Zscaler, Databricks, Riverbed, Cisco, and Philips Electronics.
Currently Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik, Kavitha drives global transformation and innovation across all facets of the business, with a strong focus on customer value creation, resilience, and new revenue opportunities. She has deep expertise in shaping customer engagement at the board and C-suite level, mobilizing global teams, and scaling new business models.
In addition to her role at Rubrik, Kavitha serves on the Global Board of Directors for the US-India Business Council (USIBC), and as an Advisory Board Member for the NYU School of Law Center for Cybersecurity. She holds a B.Eng. in Communication Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy from New York University School of Law and Tandon School of Engineering.