Faisal Faruqui
About Faisal Faruqui
Faisal Faruqui is the VP of Solutions Engineering at Fortanix with extensive experience in software engineering and enterprise security product development.
Title and Current Role at Fortanix
Faisal Faruqui holds the title of Vice President of Solutions Engineering at Fortanix. He has been serving this role since 2023 in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his capacity, he oversees engineering solutions, ensuring they align with the company's strategic goals and serve enterprise needs effectively.
Previous Roles and Engineering Experience
Before becoming the VP of Solutions Engineering, Faisal Faruqui worked at Fortanix in various engineering roles. He was the Senior Director of Engineering from 2022 to 2023, Technical Director from 2019 to 2022, and Principal Engineer & Systems Architect from 2016 to 2019, all based in Menlo Park, California. Faisal's extensive engineering experience has equipped him with a solid understanding of technical challenges and solutions in the tech industry.
Background in Software and Security Engineering
Faisal Faruqui has a robust background in software and security engineering. He served as Principal Software Engineer at Thales e-Security from 2008 to 2016 in San Jose, CA. Prior to that, he worked as a Lead Software Engineer at nCipher in 2008 and Sr Software Engineer at NeoScale Systems from 2005 to 2007 in Milpitas, CA. His early career roles include various senior software engineering positions at organizations like Secure Campus, Astera Technologies Inc, Second Foundation, Cadence Design Systems, Tata Consultancy Services, and HCL Hewlett Packard.
Education and Technical Expertise
Faisal Faruqui holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, achieved from 1991 to 1995. His technical expertise includes developing Fibre Channel, SCSI, and SAS initiator and target mode drivers. He also has substantial experience in SAN management, storage sharing solutions, and Linux and Mac OS X device driver development.
Contributions to Webinars and Industry Discussions
Faisal Faruqui has actively participated in various industry discussions and webinars. He has shared insights on topics like enterprise-grade confidential computing for next-gen security infrastructure in Web3 and multi-cloud data security techniques. Additionally, he has spoken about scalable and dynamic security across clouds in the Banking & Financial Services sector, underlining his expertise in data security and compliance.