Lenin Gali is the Co-Founder, CIO & CISO advisor at Global IT 1000 (GIT1K), an executive and operator syndicate that specializes in funding and advising startups. Prior to founding GIT1K, Lenin was the CIO, CISO and SVP of Engineering at Quotient Technologies. Prior to Quotient, Lenin led cloud infrastructure, data engineering, security and privacy practices for over a decade in various roles at Ubisoft, ShareThis and at Home Shopping Network. Lenin is an author, speaker, investor, and advisor for startups where he has been actively involved for over a decade. He is also Founder, CEO and Board member of Leadership & Golf, a nonprofit, that brings current and future generations of leaders and golfers together to share, mentor, and learn about leadership and golf skills. He is based in San Francisco, California,