Author Profile

Anand Oswal is the senior vice president and general manager at Palo Alto Networks, where he leads the company’s Firewall as a Platform efforts. Prior to this he was senior vice president of engineering for Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking Group. In this role, 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 holds more than 60 U.S. patents and holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a master’s in computer networking. He is a frequent speaker on technology, innovation, management, diversity, and the importance of family.