Rohit Mendiratta

About Rohit Mendiratta

Rohit Mendiratta currently serves as the Vice President at Palo Alto Networks, a leading cybersecurity company. In this executive role, he oversees Engineering for Prisma Access, a cloud-native SSE platform delivering ZTNA 2.0.Prior to his tenure at Palo Alto Networks, Rohit held a leadership position in engineering for AWS HyperPlane. His responsibilities included managing a diverse portfolio encompassing various Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) components, such as Network Load Balancers, NAT Gateway, and AWS Private Link. Notably, Rohit successfully established and expanded the engineering team to handle millions of NFV attachments.With a background in the startup environment, Rohit contributed significantly at Worldwide Packets (WWP) and played a pivotal role at Cisco, where he led teams focusing on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), RSVP, and Medianet. At Cisco, he demonstrated his leadership skills by managing teams responsible for the Data Centre Operating System software, overseeing operations across multiple global locations.Rohit Mendiratta is recognized as a leader who embraces servant leadership principles while maintaining a robust foundation in technology. As a people leader, he boasts an outstanding execution record and a \"can-do\" attitude.Specialising in Cloud Services, Distributed Systems, Network Function Virtualization, Cloud Networking, Data Centre Switching, Network Security, Embedded Systems, and Routing, Rohit brings a wealth of expertise to his executive role at Palo Alto Networks.

Experience

1. VP of Engineering

   Palo Alto Networks

   Jun 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Leadership @ Prisma Access

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Software Engineering

• NIT CALICUT

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electornics