Nikesh Arora joined as chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018. Before joining 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 serves on the board of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, and Tipping Point, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College and a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University.
Since early product inception in 2006, Lee Klarich has served as the head of product management at 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, he was the director of product management for Juniper Networks, where he was responsible for firewall/VPN platforms and software. He joined 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.
Anand Oswal serves as Senior Vice President at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks, where he leads the company’s Network Security efforts.
Prior to this he was Senior Vice President of Engineering for Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking Group where he was responsible for building the entire set of platforms, from switching, wireless and routing to IoT and cloud services, that make up Cisco’s extensive enterprise networking portfolio. Anand joined Cisco in 2009 via the acquisition of Starent Networks, a leader in mobile packet core gateways. He also led teams at Redback networks, Cisco’s Mobile Wireless Group and Sun Microsystems.
Anand is a gifted, dynamic leader, highly experienced in building strong, diverse, and motivated teams that continually excel through a relentless focus on execution.
Elad Koren is a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of expertise in security, compliance, fraud, and risk analysis. As Vice President of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks, he leads the Cortex Cloud strategy, driving innovation in cybersecurity and cloud solutions.
Elad has a proven track record of transforming product visions into cutting-edge solutions, having held leadership roles at Salt Security, PerimeterX, RSA Security and Payoneer. His diverse background spans management and leadership, product management, customer success, and risk management, equipping him with a unique blend of strategic foresight and executional excellence.
Beyond his professional role, Elad is a mentor, angel investor, and thought leader passionate about fostering innovation in the cloud, cybersecurity, technology spaces, and especially where all three meet.