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Zscaler Appoints Syam Nair as Chief Technology Officer to Accelerate Innovation and Product Development
Former Salesforce and Microsoft Executive Brings Expertise in Scaling Platforms and Organizations to the Industry Leader in Zero Trust Security SAN JOSE,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Former Salesforce and Microsoft Executive Brings Expertise in Scaling Platforms and Organizations to the Industry Leader in Zero Trust Security\nSAN JOSE, Calif., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZS), the leader in cloud security, today announced that Syam Nair has been appointed as the company’s Chief Technology Officer and EVP of Research and Development. In this role, Nair will be responsible for driving the research and development engines to expand Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform, accelerate AI/ML innovations, and further scale the largest security cloud in the world. Nair will join Zscaler’s senior executive team on May 24, 2023. “I am excited to welcome Syam to the Zscaler’s leadership. He has real-world experience in leading and scaling engineering and product development teams that accelerated innovation cycles at Salesforce, one of the largest SaaS and cloud platforms in the world,” said Jay Chaudhry, CEO, Chairman, and Founder, Zscaler. “As we drive our business to reach $5 billion in annual recurring revenue, with eyes set to go much farther, Syam’s proven experience will play an important role in scaling Zscaler’s platform and organization.” Nair will bring more than 25 years of engineering and product development leadership with expertise in ground-up incubation and in leading large teams at Salesforce and Microsoft through R&D transformations. During his tenure at Microsoft, Nair was part of the leadership team responsible for building and the accelerated expansion of planet-scale globally distributed Azure data services. At Salesforce, Nair's leadership has been a driving force for key strategic innovations, including Salesforce Genie, a hyper-scale CRM Data Platform, while continuing to integrate inorganic innovations and scaling the AI-powered customer engagement platform for accelerated growth and 10x Scale. Nair and his leadership team were also responsible for the vision and execution of next-generation AI, Search, and Analytics experiences. “I am delighted to join the Zscaler leadership team and drive innovation and cloud platform scale at the industry leader in cloud security,” said Nair. “Enterprises are at the cusp of a technology evolution where massive amounts of data are converging in the cloud and being put into action with advanced AI and cybersecurity technologies. Zsc...