Paul Mehta

Staff Security Engineer

Woodinville, Washington, United States

About

A versatile, self-directed, highly accomplished and innovative cybersecurity professional with 20+ years of experience in security engineering, offensive, defensive, and technical leadership. Skilled in executive communication, mentorship, and driving complex, high-impact security initiatives across global organizations with a strong emphasis on establishing cybersecurity programs and applying Artificial Intelligence to security in collaboration with AI/ML experts.

Experience

  • Staff Security Engineer at Moloco
    May 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Google (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Lead Security Engineer
      Jan 2022 - Jun 2026 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Security Engineer
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs

  • Cylance Inc. (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Principal Research Scientist
      Jun 2021 - Oct 2021 · 5 mos

    • Staff Research Scientist
      Aug 2017 - Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • Senior Research Scientist
      Oct 2015 - Aug 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • BlackBerry ()
    • Principal Research Scientist
      Oct 2015 - Oct 2021 · 6 yrs 1 mo

      Chief Architect of Cylance's Memory Defense, a core component of Cylance PROTECT endpoint security solution, responsible for preventing fileless malware attacks and exploits. I engineered comprehensive in-memory defense strategies to protect our 4000 customers; deployed to over ten million endpoints protecting hundreds of enterprise clients worldwide, including Fortune 100 organizations and government institutions.

    • Staff Research Scientist
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Sr. Research Scientist at Accuvant
    Jan 2011 - Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Original research related to vulnerability discovery, exploitation techniques, reverse engineering and static analysis.