Group Product Manager – Consumer System Security
McAfee Consumer Products
Madhurima Pawar is a group product manager for the Consumer System Security team. She leads planning efforts for core consumer product lines namely, McAfee VirusScan Plus, McAfee Internet Security Suite, and McAfee Total Protection, along with several other initiatives.
Madhurima joined McAfee in April 2008 and during her tenure has already launched several releases. She is also instrumental in starting new projects. She has been a McAfee spokesperson in product conferences and analyst product briefings.
Madhurima has over 10 years of experience in IT, with a particular focus on security, networking and media. Prior to McAfee, she worked with Microsoft where she launched several security and networking initiatives with the Windows Networking and Security team. In addition, while at Microsoft’s Entertainment divisions, she launched several IPTV related platform enhancements. She was a product spokesperson at several public conferences for Microsoft such as TechEd, WinHEC, Professional Developer Conference, EMEA Power Management Symposium, to name a few.
Madhurima has a Masters in Computers from University of Florida, Gainesville, and Bachelor of Engineering from Pune University, India. She is a Pragmatic Marketing Certified professional and has four patents on her name and three in filing. As a side gig, she is an active volunteer for Taproot Foundation, a non-profit organization in San Francisco.
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