Dheeraj B.

About Dheeraj B.

Seasoned finance professional with Investment banking and consulting experience. Currently at Palo Alto Networks as part of the Strategic Finance team. Prior to PANW, I was with Citi\'s Technology Investment Banking group with a coverage focus on Internet companies. Have been involved in M&A advisory assignments, as well as leveraged finance and equity capital raising transactions for both Fortune 500 and middle-market companies. Prior to Citi, I was part of the Technology practice at Deloitte Consulting. At Deloitte, engaged with clients in various industries to streamline their business processes using technology as an enabler.Graduated from Kellogg School of Management with a concentration in Finance and Accounting.

Experience

1. Strategic Finance Palo Alto Networks

   Palo Alto Networks

   Mar 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Finance lead for Prisma SASE; SASE is a high-growth product portfolio within the Company’s Network Security businessKey responsibilities include: long range planning, ARR and revenue forecasting, renewals, deal pricing, liaising with business and product partners to develop go-to-market programs, setting pipeline generation targets, and optimizing product costsExtensive use of Python, SQL, Anaplan, and Tableau to work with large datasets, develop forecasting models, and glean actionable insightsBuilt a bottoms-up bookings forecast model using Anaplan, improving forecast accuracy and visibilityPrior to the current role, was responsible for forecasting Free Cash Flow (FCF); revamped a highly manual FCF process with limited data visibility to one that is automated with near-real-time data visibility

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Finance, Accounting and International Business

  2011 — 2014

• National Institute of Technology Calicut

  B.Tech, Computer Science and Engg

  1997 — 2001