Mukund Hirani is a cybersecurity leader turned AI technologist, with deep experience securing digital systems in complex, high-risk environments. He spent years working in and leading incident response teams, defending against some of the most sophisticated cyber threats including targeted nation-state attacks across critical infrastructure and enterprise systems.

As Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Navatech, Mukund now leads global engineering and AI teams focused on building and productising artificial intelligence to serve the 2 billion frontline and blue-collar workers often overlooked by mainstream technology. His mission is not only to make AI smarter but also to make it secure, inclusive, and deployable in the real world.

Mukund’s work bridges the gap between cybersecurity and AI, drawing on a deep technical foundation to ensure that modern AI systems are resilient, privacy-preserving, and scalable. From multilingual, multimodal interfaces to field-deployable, low-footprint models, he is building AI tools that meet people where they are, whether that's on a construction site, a factory floor, or a hospital corridor while securing the underlying tech stack to support sustainable growth.