After starting his career in networking, while in PhD program at Stanford, Ritesh has worked on many different aspects of security; ranging from network security, to security analytics, to cloud and mobile security, and even automotive security for making a smartphone work as a secure key for cars; playing the role of CTO or Chief Architect at either some cutting-edge startups or some innovative division of big companies like Google, Ericsson, and Continental. Currently he is serving as the co-founder and CTO of Wald.ai, which enables enterprise employees to have secure conversations with AI Assistants.