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BJ joined Palo Alto Networks in August 2021. As president, BJ oversees the company’s go-to-market functions, including sales, support, consulting, business development and operations, and partnerships.

Previously, BJ served as president and CEO of Barracuda Networks, leading the company’s IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the strategic acquisitions of SignNow, Intronis, Sonian and PhishLine. Prior to joining Barracuda, BJ held multiple business unit and sales and marketing leadership roles at EMC, including president of EMC's Backup Recovery Systems (BRS) Division.

BJ earned an engineering degree from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

BJ Jenkins

Dipak Golechha joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in 2020 and serves as chief financial officer.

A seasoned finance leader, prior to [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), Golechha held a variety of global leadership and executive roles around the globe. During 18 years at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble), he served as global divisional CFO and chief operating officer. Following that, he was the CFO for [Chobani](/org/chobani) and the CFO at The Nature’s Bounty Company, a $3 billion+ CPG company focused on health and wellness.

Golechha also served four years as CEO of Excelligence Learning Corp, a tech-enabled education company.

Golechha previously served as a board member of Holland & Barrett International, Dr Organic, and [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) Financial Services. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from St. John’s College, Cambridge University, UK.



Dipak Golechha

Bruce joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) as its general counsel in January 2021. Bruce previously served as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at [AT&T](/org/att), where he was responsible for legal affairs for its largest operating company, [AT&T](/org/att) Communications, managing the full range of legal disciplines, from litigation to intellectual property to government regulation. During his 20 year tenure, Bruce held positions in virtually every corner of [AT&T](/org/att)’s business, as well its government affairs team in Washington, DC.

Prior to [AT&T](/org/att), Bruce was a partner at Dickinson Wright PLLC, an AmLaw 150 law firm, where he maintained an active commercial litigation and regulatory practice.

Bruce is the chair of the board of directors of the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession and serves on the boards of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution and the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas.

Bruce is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School.



Bruce Byrd

Liane Hornsey joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) as chief people officer in September 2018. Liane previously served as chief people officer at Uber Technologies, Inc. where she helped transform the culture during a period of significant turbulence. Prior to that, she served as chief administrative officer and operating partner at SoftBank Group International. In this role she traveled the globe helping portfolio companies scale and achieve unsurpassed human capital success. For almost ten years before joining SoftBank, Liane led People Operations for Google’s Global Business and became Google’s first female vice president in human resources.

Liane has held senior leadership roles at lastminute.com Group, Virgin Media and BMG Music. Liane is widely recognized as one of the world’s pre-eminent practitioners in people operations as well as organization and leadership development.

Liane Hornsey

John Donovan brings decades of top industry experience to the [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) board. Mr. Donovan , now retired, worked at [AT&T](/org/att) from April 2008 until October 2019, as chief technology officer, chief strategy officer and group president – [AT&T](/org/att) Technology and Operations and as chief executive officer – [AT&T](/org/att) Communications. Before joining [AT&T](/org/att), Mr. Donovan was executive vice president of product, sales, marketing, and operations at [Verisign](/org/verisign). He also has served as chairman and CEO of inCode Telecom Group Inc., and as a partner with Deloitte Consulting where he was the Americas industry practice director for telecom. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the [University of Notre Dame](/org/university-of-notre-dame), and an MBA from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota).

John Donovan

Anand Oswal is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks). Anand previously served as the Director of Engineering at Starent Networks and as a Senior Software Engineer at Siara Systems. Oswal has also worked for [Cisco](/org/cisco) in a variety of roles, including Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Enterprise Networking Business and Mobile Wireless Group.

Anand Oswal received a Master of Science in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from the [University of Southern California](/org/university-of-southern-california) and a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications from COEP. Anand also attended St. Vincents High School.

Anand Oswal works with Jean Compeau - Chief Accounting Officer, Lee Klarich - Chief Product Officer, and Liane Hornsey - Chief People Officer. Their manager is Nikesh Arora, Chairman & CEO.

Anand Oswal

Jim Goetz’ current areas of interest include mobile and enterprise companies. He has helped create and grow a number of technology companies and product lines to market-leading positions both as an entrepreneur and as an investor. He currently leads Sequoia’s investments in Carbon 3D, [Chartboost](/org/chartboost), Drawbridge, Metaswitch, [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), [Pocket Gems](/org/pocket-gems), and Versa. He was previously on the boards of AdMob (GOOG), Barracuda (CUDA), Clearwell (SYMC), Dash (RIM), eMeter (SI), Entrisphere (ERIC), Jive (JIVE), Nimble Storage (NMBL), PeakStream (GOOG), Peribit (JNPR), [Rhapsody](/org/rhapsody) (BRCD), and Ruckus Wireless (RKUS), and involved with Bluecoat (BCSI), Karma (FB), Timetra (ALU), and TopSpin (CSCO).

Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Jim served as a general partner at Accel Partners. In 1996, he co-founded VitalSigns Software (ALU), where he assembled and led the team that pioneered end-user performance management with Net.Medic and application performance market with VitalSuite. Prior to VitalSigns, Jim was the vice president of Network Management for [Bay Networks](/org/bay-networks) (Synoptics).

James J. Goetz

Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in 2019 and has served as CMO since 2021. Originally joining [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) to lead marketing for the company’s Cortex business, Zeynep has built out product marketing, demand generation and sales enablement for the Cortex product portfolio and helped pioneer the XDR category in cybersecurity, recognized by [Gartner](/org/gartner) as the top trend in 2020. Prior to [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), she spent three years at [Palantir](/org/palantir) leading the development and growth of strategic accounts as well as building out a product marketing function. Zeynep also held marketing leadership roles for Google in EMEA, notably leading a project that earned Google a Cannes Lion award. She holds a PhD in speech processing from Cambridge University, Machine Intelligence Lab and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir

As CEO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America (LATAM), Helmut is responsible for all go-to-market functions across EMEA and LATAM. Prior to joining [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in 2022, Helmut was CEO of Orange Business Services (OBS), leading its global organization of 28,000 employees and supporting the digital transformation of enterprise customers around the world. Prior to OBS, Helmut held leadership positions across Europe at Avaya Inc., NextiraOne Germany and Alcatel Austria.

Helmut holds a Ph.D. from Vienna University for Economics and Business (WU), and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

Helmut Reisinger

Gerry Collins

Mario Queiroz is the Executive Vice President of Special Projects at [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks). Mario has also served on the board of directors for Kinnevik AB and Metro International.

Mario Queiroz has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Mario began their career at [Xerox](/org/xerox), where they worked in product development and marketing. Mario then joined Sun Microsystems in 1995, where they held various marketing and management positions. In 2003, they joined Google as vice president of product management, where they oversaw the development and launch of several successful products, including the Google Chrome web browser.

In February 2020, Mario Queiroz joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) as executive vice president. In this role, they are responsible for leading the development of new products and services. Mario has also served on the board of directors for Kinnevik AB and Metro International.

Mario Queiroz has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from [Stanford University](/org/stanford). Mario also has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from [Stanford University](/org/stanford). Mario is currently enrolled in the Stanford Executive Program at the [Stanford University](/org/stanford) Graduate School of Business.

Some of their coworkers include Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir - Chief Marketing Officer, Dipak Golechha - CFO, and Meerah Rajavel - CIO. Mario Queiroz reports to Nikesh Arora, Chairman & CEO.

Mario Queiroz

Meerah Rajavel is the Chief Information Officer at [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks). Meerah has previously held positions as the Chief Information Officer at [Citrix](/org/citrix-systems), TruU, Inc., and Forcepoint LLC.

Rajavel has been recognized as a top technology leader, receiving the South Florida Apogee Award in 2020 and being named to Forbes' "CIO NEXT 2021 – 50 Innovative Technology Leaders" list. Meerah has also been honored as the "Most Innovative Woman of the Year" by Stevie Award in 2017 and named a top 25 woman leader in cybersecurity by both The Software Report and Cyber Defense Magazine in 2019.

Meerah Rajavel started their educational career by attending [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school) to get their Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director certificate. Meerah then went on to obtain their MBA in General Management from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business. Finally, they completed their B.E in Computer Science from Thiagarajar College of Engineering.

Their manager is Nikesh Arora, Chairman & CEO. Meerah Rajavel works with Anand Oswal - SVP & GM, Vats Srivatsan - Chief Strategy Officer, and Liane Hornsey - Chief People Officer.

Meerah Rajavel

Laura Cresce

Bihui Hao

Andy Barrett

Nick Dorling

Russell Beale-Burchell

Deepak Rama

Laura Chiang

Shreekar Bhattarai

Michelle Smalls

Abhishek Arekapudi

Craig Stugart

Gena Walker

Frank Marquart

tyler sorensen

Martinique Howarth

Aaron Wesson

Terry Zhang

Laura Wolf

Tammy Dutremble

As chief strategy officer, Vats is responsible for M&A, strategic investments, and developing and driving the company’s corporate strategy. Prior to [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), he led business operations and strategy for Google Cloud, where he created many aspects of the commercial engine to enable Google Cloud to scale from its early startup days to a multibillion business, including pricing of products and large deals, enterprise contracts, global data center footprint expansion, and the Advanced Solutions (AI/ML) lab. Prior to Google, Vats was corporate vice president of strategy at Motorola Mobility and a partner at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), advising Fortune 1000 CxOs on performance transformations. He has also held operational roles at Dell and Intel. Vats holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.    

Vats Srivatsan

Carl Eschenbach brings deep operational expertise to the [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) board. Carl has been a general partner at Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC since April 2016. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC Carl served as chief operating officer and co-president of [VMware](/org/vmware), Inc. from December 2012 to February 2016, and previously served as president and chief operating officer from April 2012 to December 2012. Carl had previously served as [VMware](/org/vmware)'s co-president, Customer Operations from January 2011 to April 2012, and as [VMware](/org/vmware)'s executive vice president of Worldwide Field Operations from May 2005 to January 2011. Prior to joining [VMware](/org/vmware) in 2002, he was vice president of North America Sales at Inktomi from 2000 to 2002. In addition to active participation on the [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) board, he currently serves on the board of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. and Workday, Inc. (WDAY). He also held various sales management positions with 3Com Corporation, Lucent Technologies Inc., and EMC.

Carl Eschenbach

Jean Compeau joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in 2012. In February 2018, she became chief accounting officer, with continued responsibility for the company's accounting and tax functions. Previously, she served as senior vice president, corporate controller at [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks). Jean also held a variety of senior accounting or corporate controller positions, including at Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Exodus Communications and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Jean holds a B.A. degree in Business Economics from UCLA and is a certified public accountant (inactive) in California.

Jean Compeau

René Bonvanie is currently the EVP, Strategic Accounts at [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks). He has more than 30 years of executive management and marketing experience in enterprise technology. He joined [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) as chief marketing officer in 2009 and served as such for a decade before transitioning to his current role as executive vice president of strategic accounts in 2019. Prior to that, 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.

René Bonvanie

Alan Zhang

Ethan Lu

Rhonda Medlin

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.

Nir Zuk

M. K. Palmore serves as VP and Field CSO (Americas) for Palo Alto Networks. His responsibilities include support of the initiatives headed up by the office of the global Chief Security Officer and providing thought leadership in the cybersecurity arena through both writing and speaking engagements.

Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, M. K. served as the Head of the Cyber Security Branch for FBI San Francisco, capping a career of public service spanning 32 years. His leadership and investigative experiences while in the FBI included: Cybersecurity, Crisis Response/Management, Risk Management Advisory Services, and Counter-Terrorism Investigations. 

M.K.’s cybersecurity certifications include the CISM, CISSP, GCCC, and the Carnegie Mellon University CISO Certification.  He earned a BS from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from Pepperdine University, where he currently serves as an adjunct instructor in the Information Systems department for graduate studies. M. K. began his professional career as a commissioned officer in the US Marine Corps.

M.K. Palmore

Since early product inception in 2006, Lee Klarich has served as the head of product management at [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), overseeing the product strategy and roadmap and playing a key role in delivering our Next-Generation Security Platform. In August 2017, he became chief product officer with responsibility for both engineering and product management for the company.

Prior to [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), he was the director of product management for [Juniper Networks](/org/juniper-networks), where he was responsible for firewall/VPN platforms and software. He joined [Juniper Networks](/org/juniper-networks) through the NetScreen Technologies acquisition, where he managed the same product line. Previously, he held various positions at Excite@Home and Packard Bell-NEC. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university).

Lee Klarich

Singh was formerly VP of Sales at Oracle, where he worked for over 18 years. In March 2010, Singh left Oracle to join Google, where he served as President of Google Cloud for six years, then VP of Business and Operations, VR/AR for two years. He left to join [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in November 2018, holding the position of President. In his role, Singh focuses on improving customer relationships and partnerships.

Amit K. Singh

Aparna Bawa is also the Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Legal Officer of [Zoom](/org/zoom). 

Aparna Bawa

Helene D. Gayle

Patty Hatter is our chief customer officer who oversees Global Customer Services, where she focuses on improving the customer experience through innovative service offerings. Patty has more than 25 years in leadership roles as CIO and SVP of Operations at companies such as McAfee, Intel, [Cisco](/org/cisco), and [AT&T](/org/att).

Patty earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from [Carnegie Mellon University](/org/carnegie-mellon-university). She is currently a board member for [II-VI Incorporated](/org/ii-vi-incorporated), and has previously sat on the boards of [Qualys](/org/qualys), Barrick Gold, WootCloud and the [Silicon Valley Education Foundation](/org/silicon-valley-education-foundation).


Patricia A. Hatter

Nikesh Arora joined as chairman and CEO of [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in June 2018. Before joining [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks), Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc. during a 10-year span, including senior vice president and chief business officer, president of global sales operations and business development, and president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Google, Nikesh held the role of chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG. He was chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.

Nikesh Arora

Lorraine Twohill joined the board of [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in April 2019. She brings over 25 years of marketing experience as well as strong insight into global issues facing technology companies today. Since June 2009, she has served as Google’s chief marketing officer, overseeing global marketing across all Google products and services. Lorraine joined Google in 2003 and built and ran Google’s marketing efforts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Google, Lorraine held various positions, including head of marketing at European travel site [Opodo](/org/opodo) and general manager Northern Europe for the Irish Tourist Board. In 2018, she was named the Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year.

Lorraine previously served on the boards of [Williams-Sonoma](/org/williams-sonoma-inc) and the Telegraph Media Group. She holds a joint honors degree in international marketing and languages from [Dublin City University](/org/dublin-city-university).

Lorraine Twohill

Rt Hon Sir John Key joined the board of [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in April 2019. He brings an extensive background in foreign affairs as well as his career in investment banking and finance. Sir John is currently retired, most recently having been a member of Parliament for Helensville in New Zealand until 2017, after serving as prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016. Prior to working in government, he held various positions in international finance, including roles at Bankers Trust of New Zealand and Merrill Lynch in Singapore, London and Sydney.

Sir John also serves as the chairman and member of the board of directors for ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd., and he is a member of the board of directors for Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. as well as the board of directors for Air New Zealand Ltd., a public domestic and international passenger transport and cargo company.

John Key

Mary Pat McCarthy joined the board of directors and audit committee for [Palo Alto Networks](/org/palo-alto-networks) in October 2016. She brings more than 34 years of experience to this position. Most recently she served as vice chair of [KPMG](/org/kpmg) LLP, the U.S. member firm of the global audit, tax and advisory services firm.

Starting with [KPMG](/org/kpmg) in 1977, she became partner in 1987 and held numerous senior leadership positions at the firm, including executive director of the [KPMG](/org/kpmg) Audit Committee Institute, leader of the [KPMG](/org/kpmg) Client Care Program, U.S. leader, Industries and Markets, and global leader of Information, Communication and Entertainment Practice.

Mary Pat serves on the board of Micron Technology, Inc. Previously, she served on the boards of [Mutual of Omaha](/org/mutual-of-omaha) and Andeavor Corporation (formerly Tesoro Corporation). She is a member of the Risk Advisory Committee of the [National Association of Corporate Directors](/org/national-association-of-corporate-directors) (NACD), co-chaired the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on talent development, and co-authored multiple books on risk, strategy, and business transformation.

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