Anand Datla

I’m a CISSP‑certified cybersecurity strategist with an MBA in finance and nearly two decades of experience designing and scaling information security, compliance, and ERP solutions across banking, retail, public sector, and development organizations in Asia and Africa. At Deloitte, I founded and grew a regional cybersecurity consulting practice to $2.5M in annual revenue, delivering ISO 27001‑aligned controls, risk assessments, and security architectures for enterprise clients. Today, I help organizations use AI to strengthen their security posture: automating log and incident triage, mapping controls to standards, spotting gaps in policies and procedures, and turning complex regulatory requirements into clear, implementable roadmaps. Combining deep hands‑on expertise (CISSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor) with strong communication and training experience, I can design and implement AI‑supported security and compliance solutions that are robust, auditable, and understandable to both technical teams and executives.

I’m a PhD researcher in human geography with 20+ years of applied consulting experience, specializing in qualitative research on social justice, urbanization, and water governance in the Global South. I design and run in‑depth fieldwork, interviews, participatory workshops, and mixed‑methods studies, and increasingly pair those skills with AI tools for faster, more rigorous analysis (e.g., coding large text corpora, pattern‑finding across interviews, and rapid literature mapping). My work has been published in peer‑reviewed journals like Water Alternatives and featured in outlets such as The Economic Times and IDR Online, so I know how to translate complex qualitative insights into clear narratives for policy, donors, and the public. If you need someone who can frame the right research questions, collect rich qualitative data, and then use AI to systematically analyze and synthesize it into decision‑ready findings, I’d be glad to work with you.