About Me

Hi, I'm Giri.

I’m a product and technology executive based around Seattle, WA, with over two decades of experience building products, teams, and companies across consumer and enterprise tech – including successful startups in privacy, security, developer tools, and hardware.

My career began as a software engineer, evolving from hands-on coding and design into entrepreneurial leadership roles. I've founded two startups—Mobilisafe and Helm—raising venture capital, driving rapid growth, and navigating a successful acquisition. At Mobilisafe, we quickly secured funding, built a transformative mobile security product, and achieved an acquisition by Rapid7 in less than two years. At Helm, we bootstrapped our way from an ambitious vision around consumer privacy to millions in revenue, numerous awards including recognition twice on Time Magazine’s Best Inventions list, and consistently selling out product runs.

Most recently, I served as Chief Product Officer at Docker, leading the company’s transformation from a single-product organization to a multi-product business. After introducing more structured product development practices, we successfully launched several new products, including Generative AI initiatives, revitalized growth through strategic enterprise adoption initiatives, and redesigned monetization strategies to re-accelerate revenue growth.

Earlier in my career, I was deeply involved in mobile technology, pioneering Android OS customization at T-Mobile and working extensively on mobile security at Mobilisafe and Rapid7. I was part of the leadership team that took Rapid7 public in 2015. I also spent formative years at Carnegie Mellon University earning an MS in Software Engineering, after graduating from Stanford University.

Over the years I've been interviewed by a variety of media organizations like Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Business Insider, NBC News, USA Today, CSO and others. I've also authored a number of granted patents with some amazing fellow inventors.

Outside of tech, I'm passionate about Seattle and Stanford sports teams, cooking and eating spicy food, midcentury modern design, poker, good TV and movies, quality long reads, and drinking great espresso.

I’m currently taking some time off to explore what's next as well as advising startups. I will also be writing about product management, technology, and leadership, and sharing my perspective through future posts here.

If you're working on something exciting and looking for an advisor, collaborator, or leader, please reach out—I’d love to hear from you.