Leadership Team
The Wipro Cybersecurity Advisory Services leadership team is a synergistic blend of experienced security professionals from Edgile and Wipro. Collectively, the team brings a wide breadth of consultative and technological expertise with a worldwide reach that spans all global industry sectors.
Saugat Sindhu
Global Leader – Advisory Services, Cybersecurity & Risk
Saugat serves as the Advisory Business Leader, leading a global team that provides management consulting and business advisory services focused on cybersecurity and risk, and related technology integration and transformation services for commercial and public sector clients. He is responsible for leading strategy development and execution planning, industry motions, solution innovation, and client service for Advisory business.
Prior to Wipro, Saugat was part of KPMG’s Risk Consulting practice focused on Cyber Strategy and Transformation, Tech Enablement & Intelligent Automation, IT Governance Risk and Compliance (IT-GRC), Cloud Security, Large Scale Security Program Management and Technology Service Continuity. His major industry experience focus included Media, Technology and Telecom.
“I am honored to be the leader of the newly-formed Wipro Cybersecurity Advisory Services practice. The many dedicated Cybersecurists in this practice bring a wealth of experience in cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance to support our Fortune 500 and regulated clients. Our mission is steadfast: to secure the modern enterprise with highly experienced practitioners, strategic partnerships, and cutting-edge solutions and to protect our clients’ most valuable assets as they navigate their digital transformations. I want to thank our customers, partners and employees–the entire Wipro family–for their partnership on this journey.”
Saugat
Don Elledge
Chief Transformation Advisor
Don founded Edgile in 2001 and grew the company into a trusted, strategic security and risk services partner serving Fortune 500 clients. Edgile is distinguished by its strategy-first, business-aligned approach to security that has solved complex challenges across many industries, including healthcare, financial services, energy, retail and more.
Prior to founding Edgile, Don was a partner at Deloitte, where he established a national security practice focused on e-businesses security. Don also spent four years in the New York financial industry working at First Boston.
Brian Rizman
Senior Partner & Advisory Leader Americas
An experienced leader, Brian Rizman has been helping clients through complex technology, strategy and compliance challenges and opportunities for nearly two decades. Brian is responsible for Wipro’s Cybersecurity and Risk Services (CRS) Advisory business in the Americas, as well as leads the go to market partnership with ServiceNow for Risk and Security Operations solutions.
In his career, Brian has worked with highly regulated, multinational, private and public organizations on their business and IT transformation programs, specializing in developing programs that focus on cost reduction through increased automation and standardizing business processes and operations through technology.
Prior to joining Wipro and Edgile, he was in PwC’s Process, Risk, Controls, Security and Governance national practice, where he was responsible for leading the competency, team, solution strategy, client relationships and sales in various regions across the United States.
While at PwC, he lived and worked abroad in the United Kingdom, having the opportunity to work with clients in over a dozen countries, allowing him to embrace diverse ideas while fostering and participating in inclusive teams. He graduated from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, where he has co-founded the endowment of a scholarship fund that focuses on enabling students with technology in the classroom.
Tarun Vazirani
Senior Partner & Advisory Leader Europe
Tarun serves as the European Advisory Business Leader and leads teams in Europe that provides strategic advisory services and cybersecurity consulting focused on cloud security, EU cyber and AI regulations, security transformation and identity and access management. Tarun comes from the Edgile acquisition of Wipro and has been with the firm since 2014 and has a Master’s degree from Northeastern University, Boston. He is a leading strategist to tie the cybersecurity solutions together and leads the integrated solutions team. Prior to Edgile, Tarun was part of RSA Archer to build various solutions in GRC / Security Space and grew the Northeast cybersecurity and risk practice at PwC. His major industry experience focus included Financial Services, Retail and Manufacturing.
Ramkumar Narayanan
Senior Partner & Advisory Leader APMEA
Ram is the Cybersecurity Advisory Business Leader for Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa (APMEA) region. Ram plays an instrumental role in strengthening Wipro’s cybersecurity footprint across the APMEA region. Ram has over 25 years of experience in providing cybersecurity advisory services to various Fortune 500 businesses across US, UK, Europe and APMEA markets focusing on GRC, Data Privacy, Risk & Compliance and specializing in programs that focus on cyber cost optimization through operating model changes, process optimization, cyber technology stack rationalization and increased automation. His major industry experience focus includes Banking, Financial Services, Retail, Telecom, Securities and Capital Markets. Ram holds a Master degree in Cyber Forensics and Information Security from University of Madras.
