Srinivas Mukkamala is the Senior Vice President of Security Products for Ivanti. He is a recognized authority in the artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks communities and was part of a think tank that collaborated with the U.S. Department of Defense on applying these concepts to cybersecurity problems. He was also a lead researcher for CACTUS (Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the U.S.) and holds a patent on Intelligent Agents for Distributed Intrusion Detection System and Method of Practicing. In addition, he holds a PhD in Philosophy and a Master of Science degree from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.