We speak with Dhawal Sharma, Executive Vice President & Head of Product Strategy at Zscaler on the latest innovations in zero trust to enhance security, simplify access management, and significantly reduce legacy infrastructure costs.
Dhawal Sharma is a visionary leader and expert in cloud security who currently serves as Executive Vice President and Head of Product Strategy at Zscaler. Since joining the company in 2012, Dhawal has made significant contributions to its success by leading key product management initiatives that have strengthened the foundation of Zscaler’s solutions and transformed the way businesses approach secure digital transformation.
From 2012 to 2018, Dhawal oversaw all core product management at Zscaler, driving innovation and excellence across the company’s primary offerings. Today, he leads emerging product innovations and core platform responsibilities, focusing on cutting-edge advancements in cloud security, networking, data path optimization, IoT security, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Performance Monitoring (NPM), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and regulatory compliance. His ability to identify industry needs ahead of the curve has positioned Zscaler as a leader in cloud-native security solutions.
Dhawal’s professional journey spans two decades, during which he has held key product management, product marketing, and sales leadership roles in security, networking, compliance, and network management across both large enterprises and tech startups. Prior to Zscaler, Dhawal worked at Cisco, where he excelled in strategic roles that shaped the security and networking landscape.
An accomplished academic, Dhawal holds a Technical MBA degree with a specialization in Networking and IT Infrastructure from Symbiosis Center for IT. He also holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering degree specializing in Computer Science.
