Tarun Thakur
About Tarun Thakur
Tarun Thakur is the Co-Founder and CEO of Veza, and an active angel investor and advisor in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Company
Tarun Thakur is the Co-Founder and CEO of Veza, a next-generation identity platform focused on access controls and authorization. Veza's platform is designed for multi-cloud environments, enabling users to visualize, understand, and control data access. Veza organizes authorization metadata across identity providers, data systems, cloud service providers, and applications. The company aims to advance the state of the identity industry for decades to come.
Title
Tarun Thakur holds the position of Co-Founder and CEO at Veza. He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor at Various, operating in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Education and Expertise
Tarun Thakur graduated with an MBA in Strategy, Marketing, and Health Sector Management from Duke University in 2010. He completed graduate coursework in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota and earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Punjab Engineering College. He also holds 18 patents in data security, storage, data protection, and data management.
Professional Background
Before his current roles, Tarun Thakur was the GM of Rubrik Database Products at Rubrik, Inc. He co-founded Datos IO, acquired by Rubrik, and served as its CEO. At Data Domain, now part of EMC, he held various senior roles including Principal Product Manager and Senior Manager of Product Management. He also worked in roles at Symantec (VERITAS), Campbell Alliance, IBM Research (Almaden), Ario Data Networks, and Seagate Technology.
Projects and Initiatives
Tarun Thakur co-founded Datos IO, which was later acquired by Rubrik. He led the development of Veza's platform, focusing on access controls and authorization across multi-cloud environments. He has also co-authored the book 'Intelligent Access: A Practitioner’s Guide to Enterprise Access Governance and Access Control' and participated in panel discussions on cybersecurity. Additionally, he has provided product guidance as a Board Observer for Veza's customer Blackstone.
Achievements
Tarun Thakur has made significant contributions to the tech industry, notably by leading multiple successful companies and receiving 18 patents in data security and management. Under his leadership, Veza has been instrumental in modernizing identity governance and administration with automation and intelligence. He has also actively contributed to thought leadership in cybersecurity and talent recruitment.