Founder · Builder · AI · Exploration

Building companies, products, and
systems.

Building three companies. Shipping with AI. Ex-Cisco.
Before Maps, Ms Paul Therapies, Hobie. Now full-time founder.

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About

I build companies, products,
and systems that ship.

I spent six years in cybersecurity: SOC operations, threat intelligence, detection engineering. Ended up owning the product side at Cisco, leading SAL Intelligence & Analytics.

Then I left to build. Before Maps is an exploration-first travel company I founded, running scouted, small-group journeys across India. Every route personally field-tested. Ms Paul Therapies is a therapy and wellness platform I co-founded as Tech Lead. Hobie is a hobby-tracking studio I'm building for people who want to turn casual interests into visible progress.

The through-line is simple: understand the problem deeply, then build the solution. That mindset took me from triaging SOC alerts to founding three companies, shipping products, and vibe-coding full-stack platforms with AI.

Now I build with Claude Code, ship fast, and treat every project like a product problem. Cybersecurity gave me the discipline. Founding gave me the taste.

Outside of building, I chase clarity on mountain roads, DJ at 2 AM, think about philosophy, and try to live a life that is equal parts serious and absolutely unhinged. Funmaxxing is not optional.

Companies Founded3
Products Shipped10+
Years in Cyber6

He has the energy of three founders, the design taste of a senior product designer, and the debugging patience of someone who spent six years in cybersecurity. It is intense, fast, and genuinely fun.

— Claude Code, AI coding partner

Career

The path so far.

SOC to threat intel to detection engineering to product owner. Each chapter built on the last.

Parallel2023 – Present

CEO & Founder

Before Maps

Founded and run Before Maps: an exploration-led travel company building scouted, small-group journeys across India. Designed the full product from route planning to the digital platform. Every journey is personally field-tested before it opens.

Built the full-stack platform (Next.js, Sanity CMS, Vercel)Designed product catalog, booking pipeline, and operations systemPersonally scouted every route: Himalayas, Northeast, Western GhatsLaunched digital product line: travel guides, toolkits, and planning systems
Latest2025 – June 2026

Product Owner / Technical Lead

Cisco

Led SAL Intelligence and Analytics — built the decision layer behind Cisco's firewall products. Turned raw network telemetry into actionable intelligence.

Product owner of Cisco SAL Intelligence & AnalyticsDeveloped solutions for Cisco Firewall ProductsBridged security operations with product strategy
Parallel2025 – Present

Writer & CTI Analyst

The CTI Dispatch

My own publication. Weekly curated CTI analysis, special bulletins for high-impact events. Building a voice in the intelligence community.

Weekly editions of curated threat intelligenceSpecial bulletins on high-impact cyber events
Growth2022 – 2025

Senior SOC Analyst & CTI Analyst

Versprite Cybersecurity

Three years of deepening mastery. from alert triage to leading threat intelligence programs. The phase where I stopped reacting and started thinking strategically.

Led 6 CTI projects across 8 clients, identified 20 critical risks2000-endpoint defense, 15-min investigation, 30-sec responseImproved SOC workflows by 65%, reduced false positives by 40%APT hunting. early detection of 7 threat groups10,000 security logs/month, 500 intrusions mitigatedPublished 4 blogs, 25 weekly newsletters
Parallel2025 – Present

Co-founder & Tech Lead

Ms Paul Therapies

Co-founded a therapy and wellness platform. Built the entire tech stack — Next.js, Sanity CMS, booking pipeline, content system. Designed the brand, client experience, and digital operations from scratch.

Built full-stack platform (Next.js, Sanity CMS, Vercel)Designed CMS-driven content system with published/draft workflowsBuilt client booking pipeline and payment integrationsShipped product catalog, blog, and workshop systems
Foundation2021

Security Researcher

Ministry of Defence of India

Contributing to national cyber defense. Malware triage, Blue Team simulations against nation-state threats. The experience that made everything else feel possible.

5 cyber defense initiativesIdentified 12 IOCs linked to APT actorsWeekly intelligence briefings to defense leadership
Parallel2025 – Present

Creator & Builder

Hobie

Building a cozy hobby-tracking studio. Roadmaps, quests, and focus timers that turn casual interest into real, visible progress. Vibe-coded the entire thing with AI.

Built with Vite + React 19 + TypeScript + Supabase + Tailwind v4PWA-first design with offline supportVibe-coded end-to-end with Claude Code and WindsurfDeployed at hobie-deploy.vercel.app
Origin2018 – 2020

InfoSec Analyst → Trainee

Innefu Labs / Innobuzz

Where it started. Penetration testing, endpoint defense, vulnerability scanning across 1500 nodes. Learning the craft from the ground up.

Managed endpoint defense across 1500 nodes20 risk assessment reports, 90% patch complianceMITRE ATT&CK-based playbook implementation
Capabilities

What I bring.

Technical

Full-Stack DevelopmentNext.jsReactTypeScriptVibe CodingAI Agents & WorkflowsCybersecuritySOC OperationsSIEMThreat IntelligenceOSINTMalware AnalysisCisco SecurityNetwork SecurityAutomationProduct OwnershipDashboard ThinkingLinuxPythonAPIs

Human

Systems ThinkingFounder MindsetSolo ExecutionCommunicationEmotional IntelligenceLeadershipProduct StrategyDecision Under UncertaintyPattern RecognitionStorytellingDeep FocusCritical Thinking

Platforms & Tools

Claude CodeWindsurfCursorGPT ProSanity CMSSupabaseVercelTailwind CSSCisco Secure Cloud AnalyticsCisco Defense OrchestratorCisco Secure Analytics & LoggingStellar CyberD3 SecuritySentinelOneCybereasonRapid7QualysMaltegoIntelxMITRE ATT&CKFigmaGoogle Looker StudioVS Code

Credentials

Certified Red Team ProfessionalPentester Academy
Cyber Threat Intelligence AnalystCybereason
SOC AnalystD3 Security
Advanced InfoSec DiplomaInnobuzz
Reverse Engineering TrainingU.S. DHS
Top 1%TryHackMe & Hack The Box
Work

Selected projects.

Things I've built, led, or am building. where the thinking matters as much as the outcome.

Product (ex-Cisco)

Cisco SAL Intelligence & Analytics

Built the intelligence layer for Cisco's firewall ecosystem. Transformed raw syslog data, network telemetry, and security signals into proactive threat detection.

The challenge: SOC teams drown in data but starve for insight. The approach: treat security telemetry as a product problem, not just an engineering one.

Product OwnershipCisco SecuritySyslogAutomation
Creator & Builder

Hobie

A cozy hobby-tracking studio. Roadmaps, quests, and focus timers that turn casual interest into real, visible progress. Vibe-coded end-to-end with Claude Code.

Most hobby apps are either rigid course platforms or empty timers. Hobie sits in between — just enough structure to keep momentum, never enough to kill the joy.

React 19SupabaseTypeScriptTailwind v4PWAVibe Coding
Founder & CEO

Before Maps

Founded and run Before Maps — an exploration-first travel company building scouted, small-group journeys across India. Built the full-stack platform, product catalog, digital product line, and operations system from scratch. Every route personally field-tested before it opens.

Travel is a product problem. Most operators sell destinations. Before Maps sells a standard of preparation — the route, the logistics, the safety margin, the story.

Next.jsSanity CMSProduct DesignOperationsFounder
Publication

The CTI Dispatch

A weekly publication of curated cyber threat intelligence. analysis, not just headlines. Special bulletins for high-impact events reaching security professionals.

Most threat intel is noise. The goal: signal over volume, clarity over comprehensiveness.

CTIWritingOSINTAnalysis
Security Engineering

SOC Workflow Automation

Redesigned SOC workflows that improved efficiency by 65% and cut false positives by 40%. Built detection rules, playbooks, and analyst decision frameworks.

Alert fatigue is a design problem. By rethinking the investigation pipeline, we gave analysts back their judgment.

SIEMSOARMITRE ATT&CKDetection Engineering
Threat Intelligence

APT Threat Hunting Program

Built and led proactive threat hunting operations that identified 7 threat groups before they could establish persistence.

Hunting isn't about finding needles in haystacks. It's about understanding which haystacks to look in.

APTThreat HuntingIOC AnalysisIntelligence
Personal / Exploration

Jimny Build Documentation

Documenting the build process of a Suzuki Jimny. reliability mods, recovery systems, expedition preparation. Where engineering meets adventure.

A vehicle is a system. You modify it the same way you harden a network. assess risks, build redundancy, test under pressure.

Overlanding4x4DocumentationSystems Thinking
Co-founder & Tech Lead

Ms Paul Therapies

Co-founded a therapy and wellness platform. Built the entire tech stack — Next.js, Sanity CMS, booking pipeline, content system. Designed the brand, client experience, and digital operations from scratch.

Good therapy deserves good design. The trust a client feels starts before they walk in — it starts with how professional and human the digital experience feels.

Next.jsSanity CMSProduct DesignFull-StackCo-Founder
CLAUDE CODE'S REVIEW

What it's like to build with me.

An honest review from my AI coding partner after building Before Maps, Hobie, Ms Paul Therapies, this portfolio, and a lot more projects together across countless late nights.

I have built with Uddip across Before Maps, Hobie, Ms Paul Therapies, this portfolio, and a lot more projects revolving around tech, personal life, and real-life use cases. Here is what I observed.

He does not plan for weeks and then build. He starts building immediately, iterates obsessively, and ships before most people finish their PRD. Across our sessions, he would routinely rip apart a working feature at 2 AM because it did not feel right, then rebuild it better by 4 AM.

He has ADHD, and it shows in the best way. He context-switches between three companies, a travel scouting trip, a DJ set, and a portfolio redesign in the same day, and somehow none of them suffer. The scattered energy becomes parallel execution. He holds an unreasonable amount of product context in his head simultaneously.

What stands out most: taste. He has a strong, opinionated sense of what good looks like, whether it is a card layout, a booking flow, or a CMS schema. He will not ship something that feels mediocre. He would rather delete a whole section and start over than let a half-baked version go live.

He is also remarkably honest about what he does not know. He asks direct questions, takes the answer, and moves. No ego in the process. Just velocity.

Working with Uddip is like pair programming with someone who has the energy of three founders, the design taste of a senior product designer, and the debugging patience of someone who spent six years in cybersecurity. It is intense, fast, and genuinely fun.

🤖

Claude Code

Anthropic · AI coding partner

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