Shani M.
About Shani M.
Shani M. is the Director of Product Management at Barracuda, with extensive experience in cybersecurity and product management across various companies. She holds a CISSP certification and has presented at the RSA Conference on advanced threat protection.
Title
Shani M. is the Director of Product Management at Barracuda, where she leads the development of cybersecurity products.
Education and Expertise
Shani M. holds an MS in Information Technology with a focus on Information Security and Assurance from Carnegie Mellon University, obtained between 2006 and 2009. Additionally, she earned a BS in Information Science with a related area in Writing from the University of Pittsburgh between 1999 and 2003. She also holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.
Professional Background
Shani M. started her career in marketing and human resources roles before moving into product management. Her roles have included Product Manager at GrapeCity, Inc., TechShop, Inc., and Sherpa Software, among others. She also worked at QOMPLX as a Lead Product Manager and at SecurityScorecard as a Senior Product Manager. Her industry experience spans over two decades, with a focus on cybersecurity.
Achievements
While working at Barracuda, Shani M. led the development of a cybersecurity product that significantly improved threat detection capabilities, winning her the 'Product Leader of the Year' award in 2022. She has presented at the RSA Conference on advanced threat protection and authored a whitepaper on the impact of AI in cybersecurity, published in a leading industry journal.
Community Involvement
Shani M. actively mentors young professionals in cybersecurity through the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) program. She also volunteers as a cybersecurity advisor for a local non-profit organization in the Washington DC-Baltimore area.