Vyas Sekar holds the position of Tan Family Chair Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His professional experience includes co-founding Rockfish Data, where he also serves as Chief Technologist.

Previously, Sekar was the Chief Scientist at Conviva. He also contributes as an advisor to several companies, including Scala Computing, Linear (Imparo Technologies Pvt Ltd), and Armorblox, which is now part of Cisco.