Yathiendra Vunnam, Sr. Application Engineer at Secure-IC (Cadence). He specializes in silicon security – Root of Trust, PUF/TRNG, Post-Quantum Cryptography, and secure embedded systems – working with Tier-1 customers across automotive, semiconductor, and defense on chip-to-cloud deployments. His expertise spans cryptographic protocol design, threat modeling and AI model security on hardware. Yathiendra hold an M.S. in Cybersecurity from Georgia Tech.