Ajay Paul holds a Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Ajay is currently serving as a Business Information Security Officer at Block since April 2023. Previously, Ajay worked as a Senior Security Program Manager at Salesforce from November 2021 to January 2023, and held the position of Vice President, Cybersecurity Assurance - Strategy and Technology at Bank of America from June 2019 to November 2021. Other roles include AVP of Information Security at RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation, Senior Consultant in Cybersecurity, Privacy, and IT Risk at PwC, and Consultant in Info Security and related areas at TEKsystems. Ajay's early career involved positions as a Senior B2B E-Commerce/EDI Coordinator at MicroD Inc., and internships at Siemens, AVAYA, and Cognizant Technology Solutions. Ajay also holds the CISSP certification.