Renata Budko serves as Director of Security Product Management for Forward where she is responsible for product strategy and execution of the Security Product Line. She is an experienced leader with a proven track record in cloud, cybersecurity, AI-based software, SaaS, and mobile infrastructure. Before joining Forward Networks, Renata was Head of Product for Traceable AI and held leadership positions at Wallarm and VMWare. She has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and an MBA/  master’s degree in engineering from the University of California, Davis. Renata holds 10+ patents in the cybersecurity space and has received recognition as one of the top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity and among the 100 Top Emerging Product Leaders.