About TruOps

TruOps integrates and automates mission-critical GRC functions to keep customers competitive and compliant.

About Us

Seasoned Experts Meet a Real-World Need

Our team of seasoned experts recognized the need for a more comprehensive GRC platform that could elevate traditional GRC functions to deliver a more risk-based, overall view of organizational risk. So, we created TruOps, a leader in comprehensive, integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) that transforms siloed GRC functions into a cyber risk management powerhouse.

Flexibility

The TruOps platform meets your organization where it is today and scales to meet evolving cyber risks, whether regulatory, internal, or third party.

  • Vendor Risk Management
  • Risk Management
  • Issues and Exceptions Management
  • Policy Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Identity Risk Management
  • Cyber Risk Management

Core Values

Our culture is the driving force behind everything we do at TruOps. We work hard to create an environment that reinforces a person’s value, while also fostering behaviors that deliver the best possible value to our clients.

Management Team

Ajay Gupta

Chief Executive Officer

Ajay established SDG Corporation in 1993 to pioneer a unique, delivery-driven culture designed to meet each client’s challenges based upon an extensive blend of knowledge, experience, skills, passion, and imagination.

Ajay, as President and Chief Executive Officer, together with his management team, works with clients to align their strategic and functional line-of-business IT to company-wide, objectives-based initiatives and tactical programs to deliver identifiable near-to-long-term bottom-line results.

He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SDG Corporation. Ajay earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology and completed the Advanced Management Executive Program at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Nag Bhadravati

Chief Operating Officer

As SDG’s Chief Operating Officer, Nag has more than 20 years of executive-level information technology experience. This has cultivated his passion for surpassing clients’ objectives through excellent service, lean operating methods, and incentive-driven rewards for team achievement. Nag and his teams work closely with clients to evaluate strategic and tactical business needs, understand their unique requirements, and deliver a world-class product, professional services, and/or advisory solutions.

Nag is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional specializing in technical consulting, program management, client relationship management, multimillion-dollar P&L management, and turnaround leadership and management. Prior to joining SDG, he worked at Fujitsu Consulting and Tata Consultancy Services.

After earning a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Nag also received a graduate certificate in Project Management from Colorado State University and a post-graduate certificate in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Sabyasachi

Chief Technology Officer

Sabya as SDG’s Chief Technology Officer has more than 16+ years of experience in consulting and delivering technology solutions in areas such as Digital Transformation, Identity & Access Management, Information Security & Risk Management and empowering businesses with his technology prowess in the field of DevOps, Automation, Analytics & Cognitive, Cybersecurity among others. He drives customer success by leveraging experiential knowledge and thought leadership in designing and implementing complex business solutions that delivered strong ROI.

Sabya holds the leadership & experience of driving innovative ideas and implementing IP led solutions and frameworks to enable faster time–to-market and lower TCO. He is a logical & objective decision maker with a strong ability to manage crisis at all levels, Initiated & led strategic changes and critical business and technology related process improvement initiatives.

Prior to SDG, Sabya was associated to TASEC Ltd. (A Tata Advanced Systems Company) as a Practice Head for Cyber Security. He has earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Banaras Hindu University.

Sandeep Kaujalgi

Sandeep Kaujalgi

Chief Growth Officer

Sandeep is SDG's Chief Growth Officer and is responsible for developing and implementing strategies for SDG’s growth & expansion, including bringing efficiencies to our sales processes, expanding our footprint in existing clients and markets, driving partnerships, and identifying opportunities for new products and services.

Sandeep was most recently with KPMG for 8.5 years as their GTM Leader for the Identity Practice and co-leader of the Zero Trust Practice. Prior to KPMG, he was founder and CEO of Collabor, Inc, a SaaS company, which he exited in 2014. Sandeep has a degree in engineering from Shivaji University and holds an MBA from the University of Mumbai. He is a member of the board of the Diablo Regional Arts Association in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mohit Lal

Customer Success / Product Management

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Charisma Burghouts

Marketing

As Senior Director of Marketing at SDG, Charisma is responsible for positioning, messaging, campaign creation, content strategy, tradeshows, and promotion of all marketing efforts to support sales and drive growth. Charisma joined SDG with almost 30 years of marketing experience in both startups and established companies. Prior to joining SDG, Charisma served as the Senior Director of Product Marketing for Seczetta, and she was the Director of Global Marketing at Fornetix. She has held positions of increasing responsibility in the cybersecurity and satellite, defense, and aerospace groups at Access Intelligence. Charisma holds a BS in Communications and Minors in both Marketing and Management from Wichita State University.
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Jeff Tso

Product & Platforms

Jeff Tso is the VP of Product & Platforms at TruOps, a leading provider of integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions. With a decade of cybersecurity industry experience, Jeff is a technologist specializing in innovative security solutions that streamline and automate traditionally manual and error-prone processes. Previously, Jeff served as the Director of Product Management at Fortress Information Security, overseeing the development of GRC, TPRM, and SCRM solutions for critical infrastructure. He also founded and led Xoro.ai, where he utilized Natural Language Processing algorithms to automate Third Party Risk Management & Compliance. Jeff’s operational expertise includes serving as the CISO of PeopleDoc, a French SaaS Startup, managing ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, and GDPR Compliance. Beginning his career as a cybersecurity consultant at PwC, Jeff advised F500 companies on cyber risk management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University.

Kelly Janiro

Human Resources

In her capacity as SDG’s Human Resource Director, Kelly is charged with building our people foundation. Kelly rejoins SDG from Danbury Mission Technologies (formerly United Technologies) where she consistently bridged the gap between HR and the business to ensure alignment and business success. Kelly is an HR professional with approximately 20 years of experience and a passion for employee engagement, talent acquisition, performance management, and succession planning. Kelly has a B.S. degree in Business Management and a minor in Economics and Psychology from Manhattan College and a Masters in Adult Education and Human Resource Management from Fordham University, Lincoln Center.

Manish Gupta

GRC SME

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