Sandeep S. Pisharody

Dr. Sandeep Pisharody is an Associate Technology Officer within the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technology Office. Within this role, his responsibilities include facilitating the strategic advancement of the Laboratory's internal R&D investments; developing innovation challenges to generate creative and novel solutions to drive progress; and aiding in the organization of the Laboratory's technology development strategy.

Pisharody joined Lincoln Laboratory as an intern in the Cyber Systems Assessment Group in 2015, became a technical staff member in the Cyber Analytics and Decision Systems Group in 2017, and moved to the Cyber Operations and Analysis Technology Group in 2019. In these roles, he has contributed to a variety of cybersecurity research efforts and led multiple programs for the U.S. Air Force Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division, U.S. Air Force Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapon Systems (USAF CROWS), and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). Notably, he led a collaborative research initiative to develop an innovative over-the-firewall-horizon cyber defensive capability, and contributed to the development of zero-trust architectures to support USAF programs and the development of robust, layered architectures to enable data sharing across USCYBERCOM. Additionally, Pisharody led U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and USAF CROWS programs to facilitate rapid assessments of readiness and performance for defensive capabilities in contested environments. Pisharody also served on the Laboratory’s Advanced Concepts Committee, which is tasked with funding innovative early-stage research concepts within the Laboratory and with university collaborators. He is an active member of the Laboratory community through recruiting, mentoring, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. 

Pisharody has published multiple peer-reviewed conference and journal publications, holds a U.S. patent, and authored a book. He is an active member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, and has served on multiple conference program committees.

Prior to his time at the Laboratory, Pisharody had close to 10 years of federal government and private sector experience designing, building, and securing large-scale data architectures. Pisharody earned a PhD degree in computer science from Arizona State University (2017), and an MS degree in electrical engineering (2006) and BS degrees in electrical engineering (2004) and computer engineering (2004) from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.