Manav Mital

Blog Archive - Cyral

Manav Mital is the co-founder and CEO of Cyral, the first security solution built for the modern data cloud and the DevOps-first world. Manav was previously the founder and CEO of Instart, a startup in the CDN space focused on improving web and mobile application performance, consumer experience, and security. Instart served notable enterprise customers and was acquired by Akamai. Before founding Instart, Manav worked with Aster Data, where he managed the design and development of major components of their flagship product, including the core database engine and all query processing. Aster Data, a pioneer in the big data market, was acquired by Teradata Corp for $263M. Aster is also where Manav met his Cyral co-founder, Dr. Srinivas Vadlamani. Before Aster, Manav was part of Yahoo's Web Search team, where he helped in designing and building systems to improve search rankings by better web page classification. Manav has a MS in Computer Science from UCLA and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.