(US and Canada) Traceable, the industry’s leading API security and observability company, recently announced the appointment of Jisheng Wang, Ph.D., as Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Vice President of Engineering. In both roles, he will oversee innovation of the company’s robust, AI-driven API Security Platform.

Dr. Wang brings more than 15 years of experience developing industry-leading enterprise software to Traceable. He has a proven track record of scaling business-critical applications in disruptive markets. 

As Head of AI/ML, Wang will lead Traceable’s data automation and develop AI/ML paths across strategic programs, solutions, and customer relationships. As VP of Engineering, he will oversee the platform’s direction while building and leading the company’s engineering and AI teams with top talent, leveraging his expertise in realizing the company’s long-term mission: providing API security in any industry.

"Our strategic move in adding Dr. Jisheng Wang to our leadership team enables Traceable to dive deeper into AI/ML. In short, with his proven background, we are poised to lead the API security market," says Jyoti Bansal, Traceable CEO, and co-founder. "AI plays an important role in Traceable’s mission of protecting APIs in every industry. Jisheng’s extensive AI and engineering experience are key to executing our vision and growing globally."

Wang most recently served as the Senior Director of Engineering at Juniper Networks, where he led the innovation and R&D of Marvis. This leading AIOps solution transforms network operations from reactive troubleshooting to proactive remediation, leveraging AI/ML. Before that, he was Senior Director of Data Science in the CTO Office at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, and also the Chief Scientist at Niara (acquired by Aruba), where he developed the industry’s first patented modular and data-agnostic User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) solution.

Wang began his career as a technical lead at Cisco, overseeing various security products, including email security, web security, cloud security, and next-gen firewalls. He currently holds more than 40 patents in security, networking, and AI/ML and is a frequent speaker at AI and security conferences. Wang received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Penn State University, and his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

"The depths of Traceable’s 360-degree data collection and its world-class team were why I joined the company," says Wang. "With the fast adoption of cloud-native and microservice-based software development architecture, APIs — often referred to as the glue that holds software, applications, and services together — unsurprisingly, are becoming the new attack surface for OWASP threats, abuse and fraud, and data exfiltration. With Traceable’s uniquely designed out-of-band and in-app data collection approaches and advanced AI/ML technologies, we can build the most comprehensive API security solutions, enabling customers to monitor, detect, investigate and remediate different kinds of API attacks in a single platform."