A torrential downpour didn’t put a damper on anyone’s night at the annual Faculty of Engineering Applause and Accolades Awards Gala.
The May 9 event celebrated and honoured distinguished alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as influential community and corporate leaders gathered at LIUNA Station.
Guavus CEO Faizel Lakhani was recognized with the L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Alumni Award. Source
Faizel Lakhani (Guavus CEO)
Faizel has extensive experience in data security, network security, switching, routing in both enterprise and service provider markets. Prior to Guavus Faizel was the President, COO and Board Member at SS8; a network intelligence company. Prior to SS8, Faizel was the vice president of Data Loss Prevention at McAfee, where he was responsible for the DLP business worldwide. Faizel joined McAfee through the acquisition of Reconnex, where he was the vice president of products and marketing. Prior to Reconnex, Faizel held executive leadership roles in product and marketing at ConSentry, Caspian Networks and Nortel Networks. Faizel holds an MBA from The University of Ottawa, an MS in Engineering from Carleton University, and a BS in Engineering from McMaster University.
