Bio

Anand Oswal serves as Senior Vice President and GM of Network Security at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks. In this role he leads all Product Management, Engineering, Product Strategy and GTM efforts across Network Security - Firewalls, Cloud Delivered Security Services and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) . Prior to this Anand, was Senior Vice President 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. Anand joined Cisco via the acquisition of Starent Networks, a leader in mobile packet core gateways. At Starent he was responsible for building revolutionary, industry-leading telecom products that were also maximized for profitable growth. Earlier still, he held leadership roles at Siara Systems, acquired by Redback Networks, Sun Microsystems, and Ericsson. Anand is a dynamic leader, building strong, diverse, and motivated teams that continually excel through a relentless focus on execution. He holds more than 50 U.S. patents and is focused on innovation and inspiring his team to build awesome products and solutions. 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, Los Angeles. Specialities: Enterprise Networking, Wireless Technologies, Network Security, Cloud Services, Mobility Services, Embedded Systems, Routing and Switching.