Om is chief product officer, co-founder, and DevOps Jedi at oak9.io, cloud-native trailblazers known for leading IaC security. Om leads oak9's product strategy, looking after product development and cloud ops, oak9’s global workforce strategy, and product-led growth motions (PLG). Om has spent his entire 20+ year career in dev engineering and cloud ops, helping companies of all sizes bring products to market efficiently and securely. Om often speaks and writes on cloud-native security, infrastructure as code, development best practices, enterprise architecture, product design, and cloud engineering. A native Chicagoan, Om has a master’s in computer science from the University of Chicago, cheers for the Chicago Cubs, and lives by the motto, “chasing dreams requires comfort in being uncomfortable”.