The Palo Alto Networks founders, management team and board of directors have been key drivers of some of the most important network security companies and related technologies in the last 12+ years, including the invention of stateful inspection, hardware-based security, and intrusion prevention. The engineering team brings a proven track record in delivering high quality networking and security solutions at companies like Check Point, NetScreen, McAfee, Juniper Networks, Cisco and many others.
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Lane Bess
Lane Bess has 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing and General Management with expertise in driving sales growth of complex computer, networking and software solutions to Fortune 2000 and Mid-size business enterprises through channel partners and direct sales. As Executive Vice President and General Manager at Trend Micro, Lane led a significant portion of the company’s growth overseeing North American Operations, Worldwide Sales and the Consumer Software Division. Lane has held Sales and Marketing leadership positions at NCR Corporation and AT&T Corporation, and applied his experience in scaling businesses to a number of successful technology start-ups. Lane Bess holds a B.S degree in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Dayton. |
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Nir Zuk
Nir Zuk brings a wealth of network security expertise and industry experience to Palo Alto Networks. Prior to co-founding Palo Alto Networks, Nir was CTO at NetScreen Technologies, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004. Prior to NetScreen, Nir was co-founder and CTO at OneSecure, a pioneer in intrusion prevention and detection appliances. Nir was also a principal engineer at Check Point Software Technologies and was one of the developers of stateful inspection technology. |
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Rajiv Batra
Rajiv Batra has extensive experience managing engineering teams through times of strong growth. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Peribit, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2005. While at Peribit, Rajiv assembled a strong engineering team developing best-in-class application acceleration platforms. Rajiv also co-founded VitalSigns Software and served as Vice President of Engineering at Bay Networks. |
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Lee Klarich
Lee Klarich brings a strong track record in network security product management to Palo Alto Networks. Lee was Director of Product Management for Juniper Networks, where was he responsible for firewall/VPN platforms and software. He joined Juniper Networks through the NetScreen Technologies acquisition, where he managed the same product line. Prior to NetScreen Technologies, Lee held various positions at Excite@Home and Packard Bell-NEC. |
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Larry Link
Larry Link brings to Palo Alto Networks a wealth of business experience in operational roles at top-tier start-up companies and leading high tech firms. Larry has a 20-year track record of successfully managing sales, customer service, and marketing programs for leading information technology companies including Juniper Networks, Neoteris, Excite@Home, Silicon Graphics, and Hewlett-Packard. Most recently, Larry led the Sales, Service and Business Development departments at Silver Peak Systems, which offers a WAN optimization solution. Larry has also held vice president positions at Juniper Networks, Neoteris, and the @Work division of Excite@Home. Earlier in his career, Larry held sales and sales management positions at Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard. |
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René Bonvanie
René Bonvanie has more than 25 years of executive management and marketing experience in enterprise technology. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, SaaS, and IT at Serena Software, and was Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at SAP. Earlier, as CMO at Business Objects, René was responsible for all marketing activity, including corporate communications, field marketing, and product marketing. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at VERITAS Software Corporation. In his 10 years as Vice President of Product Marketing at Oracle Corporation, he managed the Oracle database product line, had editorial responsibility for Oracle Magazine and Profit Magazine, and co-founded Oracle’s developer program, Oracle Technology Network. |
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Yuming Mao
Yuming Mao brings to Palo Alto Networks an extensive knowledge of platform architecture and a proven track record. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Yuming was Chief Architect and a Distinguished Engineer at Juniper Networks, which he joined through the NetScreen Technologies acquisition. At NetScreen, he was one of the initial engineering architects. Throughout his time at NetScreen and Juniper, Yuming was actively involved in defining the hardware and software architecture of NetScreen's industry-leading firewall/VPN platforms. Prior to NetScreen, Yuming was a senior engineer at SAP Labs. |
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