Dimitri Sirota

Dimitri Sirota is the co-founder and CEO of BigID, a data intelligence company he launched in 2016 to help enterprises discover, manage, and protect personal and sensitive data across their environments. BigID emerged as a significant player in the data privacy and security space, particularly as regulations like GDPR and CCPA created urgent enterprise demand for automated data discovery and classification capabilities. Under Sirota's leadership, BigID has raised hundreds of millions in venture funding and achieved unicorn status. Before founding BigID, Sirota was a serial entrepreneur with a background in enterprise software and security. He co-founded Layer 7 Technologies, an API security and management company, which was acquired by CA Technologies in 2013. This experience in enterprise infrastructure and security informed the architectural approach he brought to BigID. Sirota is a recognized voice in the data privacy, cybersecurity, and enterprise software communities, frequently speaking on topics such as data governance, privacy engineering, and the intersection of AI and data risk. His work at BigID sits at the intersection of privacy regulation compliance and enterprise data management.

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