Ash Karimi
Senior Product Leader - Data, AI & Cybersecurity
Seattle, WA |- |-| linkedin.com/in/ashkankarimi
I’m a multidisciplinary product leader with 15+ years of experience driving innovation across AI, cybersecurity, and data-intensive
enterprise platforms. I specialize in launching and scaling B2B cloud-native products, from idea to revenue, in high-stakes
environments such as telecom and cybersecurity. I bring:
● Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and ship complex AI-driven and secure SaaS products
● Hands-on experience building agentic platforms, threat detection, and behavior analytics (AI/ML)
● Expertise in building secure AI & data systems, monetization, and GTM at scale
● Strong track record in product strategy, technical architecture, and P&L ownership ($150M+ ARR)
Experience
Fractional CTO|CPO
Forcepoint, Agent Ave - Seattle, WA
Oct 2024 – Present
New product ideation, Market Research, Product Definition, Prototyping, MVP Development, SDLC management, Go-to-Market
Strategy, ML platforms & model tuning.
● Led Data Security Posture Management(DSPM), delivering visibility and control over data by continuously monitoring, detecting,
and responding to data threats in real-time by utilizing machine learning to prevent breaches and enhance organizational data
security across diverse environments.
● Pioneering agentic commerce by building a security-first and AI-centric commerce platform.
Head of Cybersecurity Products
Digital Envoy - Seattle, WA
Nov 2023 – Oct 2024
● Created the product strategy and roadmap for the cybersecurity threat intelligence data product portfolio.
● Spearheaded the evolution of data platform product architecture to enable new product offerings & threat detection
capabilities, such as use-case-specific risk scores using Graph DB & Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).
● Created new Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) product offerings to increase the speed and efficacy of threat detection for cybersecurity
use cases such as account takeover.
● Created go-to-market strategy, including product, marketing collateral, sales enablement, new product introduction, and
customer acquisition.
Fractional CPO
employHER - Seattle, WA
Feb 2023 – Dec 2023
● employHER is a talent recruitment platform dedicated to connecting women and gender-diverse talent with companies, aiming
to close the diversity gap in the workforce.
Director of Product Management – Security & Distributed Cloud
F5 - Seattle, WA
Feb 2022 – May 2023
● Led security & distributed cloud commercial portfolio management and telemetry team supporting a portfolio of SaaS and
managed services products with $150M+ Annual Recurring Revenue.
● Standardized pricing and monetization across products and services, optimizing revenue streams and facilitating scalable
business growth, and increasing annual revenue.
● Led & architected building a scalable, cloud-based telemetry data platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling seamless
creation and transformation of product telemetry for commercial use and actionable product insights, driving revenue growth.
Director of Product Management – Cybersecurity
F5 - Seattle, WA
Jan 2021 – Feb 2022
● Owned Shape security GCP data processing & threat detection platform for behavioral (AI) Bot Defense solutions.
● Created an analytics platform and advanced threat analysis tool for cybersecurity SaaS products.
● Defined product offer structure and unified pricing framework for F5 bot defense & risk management security product portfolio
with $100M+ ARR.
● Developed & managed overall product success metrics for F5 cybersecurity business.
● Created a 3-year forecast and business plan for bot defense and risk management products.
Director of Product Management – Service Provider
F5 - Seattle, WA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
● Directed a portfolio of products generating 20% of F5’s annual revenue, such as VNF Manager, Policy Enforcement Manager
● Spearheaded the creation of 0-1 products such as BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes & Service Communication Proxy (SCP) for 5G.
● Led greenfield development of product vision, roadmap & go-to-market strategy for cloud-native, security, observability,
automation & 5G products.
● Partnered with the Office of the CTO in defining F5’s AI and Analytics strategy.
● Built collaborative partnerships with the global sales organization to identify and explore business opportunities through
continuous interlocking and partnership projects with select customers.
● Defined & implemented new processes to accelerate digital transformation and improve business practices.
● Led a team of 10 product managers globally.
● F5 liaison for European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and 3GPP.
Principal MTS | Technical Product Manager - Cloud
AT&T Labs - Redmond, WA
Nov 2016 – Jan 2019
● Led product roadmap & strategy for Automation Management Platform (AMP) to reduce the time and cost of creating &
configuring new services across the AT&T network.
● Led the development of an AI-powered automatic root cause analysis tool to enable 20X faster RCA & time to resolution.
● Defined & owned technical scope, vendor management, business strategy, and budget($20M+) for product evaluation and
certification.
● Identified areas of improvement, defined testing optimization strategies, and co-led testing strategy, resulting in 30% cost
savings across the organization.
● Directed over 20 engineers serving major projects across AT&T.
Principal Product Architect
AT&T Mobility - Redmond, WA
Jun 2013 – Nov 2016
● Product Manager & architect for the ePTT mobile app, the predecessor to Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) used by first
responders in FirstNet.com
● Created a data processing pipeline using R, Python, and SQL to extract, correlate, and analyze subscriber and system
performance data for traffic modeling, capacity planning, and product features.
Senior Technical Product Manager
AT&T Mobility - Redmond, WA
Jan 2009 – Jun 2013
● Managed product development and lifecycle for SPOT mobile application to monitor key performance metrics based on the
end-user experience and improve wireless service performance.
● Directed the product development and lifecycle management of the Service Quality Manager (SQM) product. Implemented
SQM Data Platform, enabling efficient data collection and processing from various sources.
● Leveraged the insights to optimize customer experiences, monitor performance in real-time, and conduct thorough root cause
analysis. Achieved a 30% increase in customer retention and reduced resolution time.
Education & Training
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WGU - MBA Information Technology
IUST - BS|EE, Computer & RF Engineering
ISC2 - Associate|Cybersecurity, CISSP
AWS - Machine Learning Security
Google - Machine Learning, Generative AI
Deep Learning - Post-training of LLMs
Anthropic - Model Context Protocol
SAFeAgile - Product Management
Skills
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Data & AI (ML Platforms, RAG, Generative AI, Behavioral Analytics)
Cybersecurity (Threat Intelligence, DSPM, DDR, Bot Defense)
Cloud & Distributed Systems (GCP, AWS, SaaS, Kubernetes)
Data Analysis & Telemetry (Python, R, SQL)
Platform Architecture & Observability
Product Strategy, Roadmapping, GTM
Pricing, Monetization & Commercialization
Cross-Functional Leadership & Agile Product Delivery
