Vijaya Kaza
Corporate Officer/Principal at AIRBNB, INC.
Profile
Vijaya is the Chief Security Officer and Head of Trust Engineering & Data Science at Airbnb, responsible for Information Security and Trust Technology to protect Airbnb’s community and platform.
Vijaya was named as one of the Top 25 Women in SaaS for 2018, and Top Revolutionary Women in Security 2019.
Vijaya Kaza brings over 20 years of broad executive leadership experience having led Engineering, Product Management, Information Security and Data Science organizations ranging startups to large companies both in Enterprise and Consumer spaces.
Prior to joining Airbnb, Vijaya was the Chief Development Officer at Lookout Inc., a SaaS cybersecurity startup for the post perimeter world.
At Lookout, Vijaya was responsible?for all aspects of product development including engineering, infrastructure & cloud operations, threat research and Information Security.
Before that, Vijaya served as Senior Vice President of Cloud Products & Engineering at FireEye, building FireEye’s SaaS offerings while transitioning the Company’s traditional on-premise business to the cloud.
Prior to FireEye, Vijaya served for 17 years in multiple executive and leadership roles at Cisco, where she led product development for a broad portfolio of security products that generated more than $1B in annual revenue.
During her time at these companies, Vijaya led due diligence, as well as product and team integrations for multiple acquisitions, and was instrumental in setting up and scaling offshore teams.
Vijaya enjoys working with entrepreneurs and is on the advisory board of some of the leading VC firms.
Vijaya Kaza active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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AIRBNB, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/07/2019 |
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment ManagersFinance Nightdragon Management Comapny LLC (Nightdragon Management Comapny) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David G. DeWalt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Consultant / Advisor | 30/06/2021 |
FireEye, Inc. (Virginia)
FireEye, Inc. (Virginia) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services FireEye, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Reston, VA. FireEye specializes in living security that learns and adapts using machine learning and AI to help secops teams stay ahead of potential attacks. The CEO of the private company is Bryan Palma. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Former positions of Vijaya Kaza
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Lookout, Inc.
Lookout, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lookout, Inc. provides mobile security software solutions for individuals and enterprises. It delivers protection from physical threats like phone loss and theft, malicious software, and backs up highly personal data. The firm provides people the ability to locate, lock, and wipe a missing phone. Lookout mobile threat network scans applications worldwide that allows users to find and stop threats. The company was founded by John Hering, James Burgess, and Kevin Mahaffey in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd.
Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd. (Glilot Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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AIRBNB, INC. | Consumer Services |
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Lookout, Inc.
Lookout, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lookout, Inc. provides mobile security software solutions for individuals and enterprises. It delivers protection from physical threats like phone loss and theft, malicious software, and backs up highly personal data. The firm provides people the ability to locate, lock, and wipe a missing phone. Lookout mobile threat network scans applications worldwide that allows users to find and stop threats. The company was founded by John Hering, James Burgess, and Kevin Mahaffey in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd.
Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Glilot Capital Investments GP Ltd. (Glilot Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Kobi Samboursky and Arik Kleinstein. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya. | Finance |
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment ManagersFinance Nightdragon Management Comapny LLC (Nightdragon Management Comapny) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David G. DeWalt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
FireEye, Inc. (Virginia)
FireEye, Inc. (Virginia) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services FireEye, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Reston, VA. FireEye specializes in living security that learns and adapts using machine learning and AI to help secops teams stay ahead of potential attacks. The CEO of the private company is Bryan Palma. | Technology Services |
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