Aalok Shah

Aalok Shah

Experienced technology Leader with a keen focus in Network Security | Cloud Services | Technology Risk | Digital Transformation and operating global enterprise Svcs across Financial | Retail | Healthcare industries

Dollar Tree StoresVienna, Virginia, United States

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Experience23+ Years
LevelSenior Management

Executive Overview

Hands-on Technology executive with extensive (20+ years) experience in overall technology strategy, creating, leading and maintaining large high performing organizations in network & security technologies and governance spaces. Proven change agent adept in migrating to/leveraging modern technologies, operating models and architectures that help the business create a competitive advantage and deliver value to customers (internal and external) faster. SKILLS: Leadership - Mission, Vision & Values, Strategy execution, Talent Management and upskilling, Scaled Agile & DevOps Adoption Technology (Data and insights driven) - Network/Cloud Core Infrastructure - End to end product life cycle (from strategy to support) - Perimeter and Core Network Security products (VPN, Secure Web Gateway, Network Access Control, Firewalls, VPN, AV/MV, WAFs etc...) - Enterprise Network Applications (DNS, LoadBalancers, NTP) - Digital Transformation - Migration of products/technologies from On-Premise Datacenters to Cloud Native - From Traditional Hub and Spoke deployments to Cloud Native (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) - Secure Access Service Edge & Zero Trust implementation - Open source adoption - Software Defined Networks and Services - Information Security Risk and Governance

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Jul 2025–Present· 1 yr 2 mos
    • Chief Information Security OfficerCurrent
      Jul 2025–Present
  • Jun 2023–Present· 3 yrs 3 mos
    • Deputy Chief Information Security OfficerCurrent
      Jun 2023–Present
  • Nov 2017–May 2023· 5 yrs 6 mos
    • Head Enterprise Network Security -Sr Director Cloud and Connectivity Services
      Feb 2021–May 2023
    • Director Cloud and Network Technology Services
      Nov 2017–Feb 2021
  • Jun 2013–Oct 2017· 4 yrs 4 mos
    • Sr. Manager IT (Infrastructure & Security)
      Jun 2013–Oct 2017
  • 2009–Jun 2013· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Manager, IT Infrastructure
      2009–Jun 2013
  • Mar 2007–Nov 2008· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Infrastructure Architect / Network Manager
      Mar 2007–Nov 2008
  • Jun 2006–Jun 2007· 1 yr
    • Senior Network Engineer
      Jun 2006–Jun 2007
  • 2003–Feb 2005· 2 yrs 1 mo
    • Manager, Network
      2003–Feb 2005

Education

MS EE

Electrical engineering

California State University-Sacramento

Bachelors in Engineering

Electrical & Electronics

Savitribai Phule Pune University

High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

St. xaviers Loyola Hall

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Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
Enterprise ArchitectureCisco TechnologiesVirtualizationNetworkingFirewallsInformation SecurityNetwork SecurityVoIPVendor ManagementManagementCloud ComputingSecurityInformation Security ManagementBusiness ContinuityIntegrationDisaster RecoveryITILData CenterIT StrategyVMware