Meerah Rajavel

Meerah Rajavel has been at the helm of the entire global IT team as the CIO of Palo Alto Networks since 2022. A respected thought leader and advocate for women in technology. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, she served as CIO at Citrix and held leadership roles at McAfee, Forcepoint, Cisco, and Infosys.

Rajavel is actively leveraging Generative AI tools to expedite product development and employee experience, emphasizing the importance of human involvement in the process. Another notable IT initiative within the company deploys AI to assist with the nearly half-million queries Palo Alto receives from employees across the organization.