MIS + CS · San José State · 2028
Pranav
Velu Pillai
I'm into security and AI, and I like building things and then checking whether they actually work.
Now
Growth & sales at LabGuard HQ. Evaluating LLMs at Handshake.
From
Fremont , now in San José.
Five summers on staff at Scouting's National Youth Leadership Training.
Learning
Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops
Last summer: PwC, Digital Assurance & Transparency.
Off the clock
- gym
- cooking
- gaming
- sports
- new tech
- cybersecurity
Projects
Detection engineering
Detection Validation Pipeline
CI that won't merge a detection rule until it catches the attack and ignores normal activity.
- 10/10 rules on real logs
- 125/127 match Elasticsearch
- 2 → 5 of 10 evasions caught
In progress
KeyGuard
A digital car-key simulator built to show what stops a replayed unlock. In progress.
- 11/11 security matrix
- 1 of 16 concurrent accepted
- replay denied
Experience
- LabGuard HQDirector of Growth & Sales2026–now
- HandshakeAI Trainer2026–now
- PwCDigital Assurance and Transparency Intern2026
- Quizlet · via SJSU MASEO Project Manager2025
- Tesla · via SJSU MAProduct Sales Consultant2025
Leadership
- SJSU Management Information Systems AssociationPresident2026–now
- SJSU Marketing AssociationConsulting Director2025–now
- AI in Business ClubCo-Founder, VP of AI Development2026–now