UAE-based international cyber security firm DarkMatter said it appointed Shreekant Thakkar to lead its advanced research division as the company looks to boost its dedicated research functions.
UAE-based international cyber security firm DarkMatter said it appointed Shreekant Thakkar to lead its advanced research division as the company looks to boost its dedicated research functions.
DarmMatter is focusing its efforts on big data science, analytics, and Machine Learning, while the firm will dedicate increased resources investigating the development and application of quantum computing and quantum algorithms, it said.
Advanced Research will focus on the high impact areas of secure communications; end point functionality and security; Internet of Things (IoT); and smart cities.
Thakkar (Ticky) was appointed as chief scientist of the Advanced Research division. In his role, he will develop his team as they work on key technologies and research for the firm’s new generation of products and report to DarkMatter founder and CEO, Faisal Al Bannai.
“Research and development has always been a key component of the DarkMatter proposition, and as a young company that has been building out its capabilities and portfolio, we are now ready to ramp up our investment in this important area,” said Al Bannai. “Ticky’s appointment is a key milestone in this direction, and we have plans to accelerate our exploration of emerging and cutting-edge digital technologies to the benefit of our entire value chain. I wish Ticky all the best in leading the charge in this area.”
Thakkar most recently served as chief solutions architect at Qualcomm where he led the Data Technologies’ Solution Architecture and Engineering team, which worked to drive a new Centriq platform into cloud, telecommunications and high-performance computing. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ticky was a vice president and head of the emerging compute lab at Hewlett Packard (HP) where he led the development of cutting-edge technologies in mobile, wearables, IoT, robotics, and printed electronics.
Prior to joining HP, Ticky was at Intel for over 20 years, where he was known as the ‘Father of the Intel Centrino and Atom Platforms.’
Source: Pipeline ME
