Vinod Narayanan

Vinod Narayanan is a Senior Principal Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, having joined in February 2024. Previously, Vinod served as a Senior Engineering Manager at Exabeam, where responsibilities included leading the Data Platform Engineering group and managing two teams focused on real-time data ingestion and frontend GUI development. Vinod's extensive career at Palo Alto Networks included roles as Manager/Sr Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, and Senior Staff Software Engineer, contributing to the development of AIOPS products and next-gen firewall services. Additional experience includes positions at Narus, Cisco Systems, Qualcomm, WellPoint, Verifone, and Hewlett-Packard, covering a wide range of software engineering roles and product developments. Vinod earned a Master's degree from the University of Cincinnati between 2000 and 2003.