Susmita Nayak is a seasoned technology executive and Senior Director of Product Management at Lumen Technologies, where she leads the Cybersecurity Product Team. She leads the Product Management and GTM team for Network and Application Security, SASE, and Black Lotus Labs Threat Intelligence. Susmita leads global product strategy and execution, delivering secure, scalable infrastructure that powers the AI economy, protects digital experiences, and enables new business models. Prior to Lumen, Susmita held senior leadership positions at various Security companies like Palo Alto Networks, Cohesity, Plume Design, McAfee and Intel. With over 25 years in the technology and cybersecurity across product, engineering, GTM, ecosystem, and partnerships —Susmita has a proven track record of building and scaling innovative products across network, endpoint, cloud, and AI domains. She brings a platform mindset to solving complex challenges at scale, with deep expertise in zero-to-one-to-two product development and ecosystem integration. Susmita is passionate about aligning product innovation with customer outcomes and driving growth through business processes, co-inventing with partnerships, and driving industry thought leadership.