Securing the digital edge

Harikrishna
Bhat Daddu

Technical Account Manager at the intersection of bot defense, application security, and enterprise growth.

$4M+enterprise ARR managed
7 daysto deploy under active attack
3 yearscontract expansion secured

01 / The mission

Make critical systems harder to break.

With 8+ years across CDN, cloud delivery, and application security, I help enterprise teams turn urgent, complex security problems into resilient systems—and the technical trust that keeps partnerships growing.

BOT DEFENSE · WAAP · API SECURITY · FRAUD PREVENTION · ENTERPRISE DELIVERY

02 / Selected work

Pressure reveals how a partner performs.

F5 NetworksDEC 2022 — PRESENT

Defended a new enterprise customer while the attack was happening.

Coordinated Sales, Engineering, and Product to deliver bot-defense protection in seven business days during an active attack. The trust built in that moment led directly to a one-year-to-three-year contract expansion.

F5 DISTRIBUTED CLOUDWAAPBOT DEFENSELOAD BALANCINGEXECUTIVE ALIGNMENT
Akamai TechnologiesJUN 2016 — SEP 2022

Delivered at the scale of the world’s biggest moments.

Led technical delivery for North American enterprise customers across CDN, cloud storage, and media streaming, including the Winter Olympics and FIFA World Cup. Progressed from Associate TSE to TSE II while becoming an SME, mentor, and escalation leader.

CDNAWS S3LIVE STREAMINGKCS COACHINGESCALATION MANAGEMENT
Support Services Champion Award, Q4 2021 · “One Akamai” recognition for KCS

03 / Operating system

Technical depth. Human clarity.

01 / PROTECT

Security that holds.

Bot defense, WAAP, WAF, API security, fraud prevention, DDoS mitigation, and JavaScript integration.

02 / DELIVER

Complexity made operational.

Requirements, integrations, emergency deployments, solution delivery, and post-launch optimization.

03 / GROW

Trust that compounds.

Executive stakeholder management, account strategy, renewals, technical advocacy, and expansion.

04 / CONNECT

Signals into strategy.

Voice-of-customer insight that connects field observations with Product, Engineering, and roadmap decisions.

04 / Foundations

Master of Computer Applications — Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bengaluru2016

Bachelor of Computer Applications — Computer Science
Mangalore University, Mangalore2013

05 / Connect

Let’s secure what matters.

Open to senior technical account management and customer-facing application security leadership opportunities.

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