Naveed has been working in the networking domain since 2017, supporting enterprise clients across the U.S. including State Farm and currently Zebra Technologies, where he leads Tier 3 network security operations. His core expertise spans enterprise networking, security, and firewall technologies across Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Zscaler environments.
Beyond his engineering work, he is an active researcher with, 80+ citations, and an approved patent in AI-driven autonomous systems. He is a Full Member of Sigma Xi, and serves as a peer reviewer for the IEEE Internet of Things Journal — ranked Q1 globally with an impact factor of 8.9 — as well as Engineering Research Express and other international Journals.
His current focus is on how AI is reshaping network security through smarter threat detection, automation, and intelligent analytics.