I would encourage security buyers and security people to also start thinking about performance characteristics and optimization, and whether that infrastructure can deliver that for them or not.
Timestamps
*(02:12): Parag’s background | *(29:58): Creating better digital citizens through SD-WAN and converged principles |
*(07:18): Parag’s take on security as a team sport | *(31:54): 2030 Goggles |
*(12:48): The convergence of networking and security teams | *(35:23): Quick Hits |
*(24:02): How SD-WAN helps the hybrid workforce | *(38:54): Mike’s takeaways |
*(27:01): The consolidation opportunity SD-WAN provides |
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Parag Thakore is Senior Vice President of the Borderless WAN Business Unit at Netskope, following the acquisition of Infiot by Netskope in May 2022. Prior to Netskope, Parag was the CEO and co-founder of Infiot, a Gartner “Cool Vendor™ in Cloud Networking” and a pioneer in delivering secure, reliable, and intelligent access to every remote user, site, IoT device, and cloud.
Parag was previously VP of Products and founding member of Velocloud Networks (acquired by VMWare) where he grew Velocloud to be a leader in the fast-growing SD-WAN space. Parag also spent time at Cisco, where he led product management for multi-billion dollar branch routing business and Cisco IWAN. Parag holds an MS in Telecommunications from University of Maryland, College Park.
Mike Anderson serves as Chief Digital and Information Officer for Netskope. Over the past 25 years, he has built and led high-performing teams across various disciplines, including sales, operations, business development, and information technology. He joined Netskope from Schneider Electric, a global fortune 500 company, serving as SVP, CIO and Digital Leader for North America. In 2020, Constellation Research named him a member of the Business Transformation 150, an elite list that recognizes the top global executives leading business transformation efforts in their organizations. The National Diversity Council also recognized him as a Top 50 CIO for diversity and inclusion in 2020 and 2021. Before Schneider Electric, Mike served as CIO for CROSSMARK, where he digitally transformed the business capabilities for the 40,000 employee service provider to the retail and consumer goods industry. Also, he has held executive leadership roles at Enterprise Mobile, a Microsoft joint venture that is now part of Honeywell, Insight, Software Spectrum, and InVerge, a web services pioneer he co-founded in 1999. Mike serves on numerous technology and industry advisory boards and volunteers his time working with nonprofits focused on mental health and suicide prevention and those that benefit the development of our future workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Parag Thakore is Senior Vice President of the Borderless WAN Business Unit at Netskope, following the acquisition of Infiot by Netskope in May 2022. Prior to Netskope, Parag was the CEO and co-founder of Infiot, a Gartner “Cool Vendor™ in Cloud Networking” and a pioneer in delivering secure, reliable, and intelligent access to every remote user, site, IoT device, and cloud.
Parag was previously VP of Products and founding member of Velocloud Networks (acquired by VMWare) where he grew Velocloud to be a leader in the fast-growing SD-WAN space. Parag also spent time at Cisco, where he led product management for multi-billion dollar branch routing business and Cisco IWAN. Parag holds an MS in Telecommunications from University of Maryland, College Park.
Mike Anderson serves as Chief Digital and Information Officer for Netskope. Over the past 25 years, he has built and led high-performing teams across various disciplines, including sales, operations, business development, and information technology. He joined Netskope from Schneider Electric, a global fortune 500 company, serving as SVP, CIO and Digital Leader for North America. In 2020, Constellation Research named him a member of the Business Transformation 150, an elite list that recognizes the top global executives leading business transformation efforts in their organizations. The National Diversity Council also recognized him as a Top 50 CIO for diversity and inclusion in 2020 and 2021. Before Schneider Electric, Mike served as CIO for CROSSMARK, where he digitally transformed the business capabilities for the 40,000 employee service provider to the retail and consumer goods industry. Also, he has held executive leadership roles at Enterprise Mobile, a Microsoft joint venture that is now part of Honeywell, Insight, Software Spectrum, and InVerge, a web services pioneer he co-founded in 1999. Mike serves on numerous technology and industry advisory boards and volunteers his time working with nonprofits focused on mental health and suicide prevention and those that benefit the development of our future workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.