Anand Oswal — CEO

Anand Oswal is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of AI and Network Security at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks. His team of product managers, engineers and researchers deliver best-in-class enterprise security products and services to help to protect users, applications and infrastructure from cybersecurity threats. An innovation-driven technology leader who holds over 100 U.S. patents, Anand leads the AI transformation of the Network Security business. His team has developed a range of advanced security capabilities including: Prisma AIRS, a comprehensive AI security platform; Strata, an AI-powered platform; Cloud Delivered Security Services (CDSS); Secure Access Service Edge (SASE); Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW); and Zero Trust solutions. As a dynamic leader, Anand is dedicated to building strong, diverse and motivated teams focused on creating innovative security products and solutions for some of the world’s biggest enterprise customers. An innovation-driven technology leader who holds over 100 U.S. patents, Anand drives AI transformation across the Network Security business. He leads development of security capabilities spanning Cloud Delivered Security Services, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Next Generation Firewalls, Zero Trust, and the Strata AI-powered platform that offers near real-time threat detection and response. Anand is a dynamic leader with a passion for building strong, diverse and motivated teams who are focused on building innovative products and solutions for some of the world’s biggest enterprise customers. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Anand was SVP of Engineering for Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking Group. At Cisco he was responsible for building the complete set of platforms and solutions for the Cisco enterprise networking portfolio. The portfolio spans enterprise products across routing, access switching, IoT connectivity, wireless, and network and cloud services deployed for customers worldwide. He joined Cisco through the acquisition of Starent Networks, and earlier in his career, held leadership roles at Siara Systems, Redback Networks, Sun Microsystems and Ericsson. Anand holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from the College of Engineering, Pune, India and a master’s degree in computer networking from the University of Southern California.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity and network security expert with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions.

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Experience: 29 yrs 5 mos