Builder, Runner, current CEO @ BalkanID, past CTO @ Certino, cofounder @ Bitfusion (acq by VMWare), Dell, Intel, WiscMad. Opinions my own. #cybersecurity

Joined January 2009
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20 Jul 2019
Thank you @MichaelDell for the kind words. Excited for the next phase of Bitfusion with VMware and DellTech!
A very warm welcome to @Subburama and the entire @bitfusionio team to @VMware and @DellTech blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/201…
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10 Jun 2025
Enterprise SaaS shouldn’t feel like a trap. If there’s no value, customers should walk—no lock-ins, no penalties, refunds for unused time. At @Balkan_id, Contracts don’t replace trust. 📝 balkan.id/post/the-enterpris… 💡 balkan.id/pricing #SaaS #CISO #IGA #IAM #Cybersecurity

9 Jun 2025
Why are SaaS customers still stuck in rigid contracts—in a world built for flexibility? At BalkanID, we believe loyalty should be earned, not enforced. ✅ Transparent pricing ✅ Cancel anytime ✅ Refunds for unused service Read more: balkan.id/post/the-enterpris… #iga #saas #iam
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2 Jun 2025
Tired of enterprise software pricing that feels like a car dealership? We’re doing it differently—with transparent, public pricing. No games. No hidden tiers. balkan.id/pricing Here’s why it matters → balkan.id/post/transparent-p…
2 Jun 2025
Too much enterprise software is still sold behind closed doors. We believe the future is transparent pricing—no hidden tiers, no secret discounts. It builds trust, speeds up decisions, and moves the industry forward. Read the full post here: balkan.id/post/transparent-p…
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28 May 2025
Excited to share what we’ve been working on — introducing BalkanID Lite and transparent pricing 🎉 balkan.id/post/introducing-b… A self-service, pay-as-you-go IGA offering with transparent pricing, no lock-ins, and modular flexibility, for teams of any size. balkan.id/iga-lite
28 May 2025
Introducing BalkanID Lite 🎉 balkan.id/post/balkanid-laun… Self-service, pay-as-you-go identity governance with transparent pricing, no lock-ins, and modular options like Access Reviews, IAM Risk Analyzer & Lifecycle Management. Start small. Scale freely. balkan.id/iga-lite
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26 Apr 2025
Excited to be at @RSAConference next week. Watch out for some exciting announcements from @Balkan_id starting next week & through out next month. 🎉 🤫 Available for meetings & hosting lunch w/ security practitioners during RSAC. Pls DM for details. balkan.id
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28 Jan 2025
When you get this message from your mom, Deepseek must be really making waves :-)
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26 Dec 2024
From all of us @Balkan_id, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and an advanced Happy New Year! 🎄✨ May the season bring joy, success, and meaningful connections. Thank you for everyone’s support so far — here’s to an exciting 2025 ahead!
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28 Nov 2024
Happy Thanksgiving from @Balkan_id ! Grateful for customers, investors, advisors, team, families, friends, well wishers and the community as a whole. Thank you all! Have a wonderful long weekend!
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2 Apr 2024
Just got early access to GPT-5 , the future is wonderful! 🤯❤️
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15 Feb 2024
Thank you for your support @MerrittBaer
news: I started an advisory position at @Balkan_id with my friends @Subburama and Sameer Sait-- excited to share with you what you can expect from intelligent identity security balkan.id/ (in other words: if you're unhappy with @SailPoint, you're not alone! we can help 😅😇)
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Subbu Rama retweeted
news: I started an advisory position at @Balkan_id with my friends @Subburama and Sameer Sait-- excited to share with you what you can expect from intelligent identity security balkan.id/ (in other words: if you're unhappy with @SailPoint, you're not alone! we can help 😅😇)
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2 Feb 2024
Thank you for the spotlight on @Balkan_id @TheSSEPodcast @gopirangan . Grateful to our customers and supporters like yourself to be able to continue help the security industry. 🙏
✨ Spotlight on @BalkanID, leveraging AI for seamless identity security, led by visionary CEO @Subburama. bit.ly/sure-shot-newsletter
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30 Jan 2024
Customer ❤️ 🙌 @Benioff @SlackHQ
29 Jan 2024
Update: Benioff DM'd me and gave me his personal phone number, instantly opened up a text thread with Slack CEO. Slack team is all-hands-on-deck getting this fixed, they're talking with our lead engineer now. Past frustration turning to being very impressed pretty quickly.
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22 Dec 2023
As we close another year, I'm deeply grateful for the BalkanID team’s achievements & the community’s unwavering support. Wishing y’all a festive holiday season & a New Year filled with health, happiness, & continued success. Here's to making 2024 even more remarkable together!
22 Dec 2023
Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year from BalkanID! Thank you for your support in 2023. Here's to continued success for everyone in the new year! 🙏🍾🎉
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28 Nov 2023
Founding a company at the earliest stage requires exploration, imagination, and ultimately conviction. The Founder-in-Residence program allows the ambitious early stage founders to go from idea to conviction, charting them on a pathway to building an enduring company. FIRs get: 🎯 $100K in funding, depending on stage of company 🏡 build alongside 5 to 8 other ambitious builders in San Francisco 🚀 access to 10,000 design partners via Afore Hive 💬 access to 110 Afore founders who've gone -1 to 0 before 🔑 office space in SF Applications for the 3rd cohort in SF due December 15th ⬇ Reach out to @steevevakees or anyone on the @AforeVC team. afore.vc/residence

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17 Oct 2023
When your mom asks you install ChatGPT on her phone … 🤷‍♂️
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20 Nov 2023
After the events and drama on Friday & the weekend with openai … Mom asks “should I keep chatGPT on my phone or delete & start going back to google? “ 🤷‍♂️
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25 Nov 2023
Mom wants to keep chatgpt given that openai’s future is secure and now wants the chatgpt subscription so results are up-to-date 🤷‍♂️
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24 Nov 2023
🦃 Gratitude in abundance! 🙌 Thankful to our families, team members, customers, partners, investors, advisors, security community and everyone who stood by @Balkan_id in our journey as an Intelligent IGA Platform. Wishing you all a joy-filled Thanksgiving weekend! 🍂
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22 Nov 2023
When is the book of @sama @OpenAI by @WalterIsaacson coming out?
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20 Nov 2023
Conspiracy theory: Maybe Sama and Greg also joined MSFT to ensure no one company owns & monopolizes GPT-5 or doesn’t end up creating/using AI in the wrong unsafe way. Ilya will make sure that’s the case at OpenAI. Only msft and openai have access to gpt-4 models & weights so far.
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