Suraj Chandrasekaran

SD-WAN | SASE | Cloud | IoT | Product GTM | Sales & Solution Engineering Leader

Location n/a
Palo Alto Networksex-Versa Networksex-Mode.net

A technology evangelist at heart, with SASE, SD-WAN, SSE, Routing, Virtualization, SDN, NFV, Cloud Computing, IoT, and Mobility (2G, 3G, 4G) expertise.

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Specialize in Pre-Sales, Technical Sales, Technical Marketing, Solutions Architecting, and Systems Engineering roles, helping customers value technology and design their product or network the best way. Strategize business and technology alliance efforts, especially for MSP, Channels, VARs, and GSIs, and have specific expertise in helping them bring a product to market and help them ramp up sales. With GTM and Business development expertise, work very closely with Product, Engineering and Sales teams to focus on the right solutions, to productize use cases and solutions for specific markets.

Career Timeline

GTM Index

  1. PALO ALTO NETWORKSJOB
    1. VP, NetSec Solutions, WW M…
      1Y
    2. VP, SASE GTM, Global MSP/M…
      2Y
  2. KATHERINE AND GEORGE ALEXANDER COMMUNITY LAW CENTERJOB
    1. Volunteer -- Systems & Net…
      22Y 7M
  3. VERSA NETWORKSJOB
    1. Global SASE PreSales Leader
      2Y 5M
    2. Dir of Sales & Solution En…
      3Y 10M
    3. Principal Technical Mktg &…
      2Y 10M
  4. MODE.NETJOB
    1. Sr. Dir of Technical Pre-S…
      2Y 11M
  5. FIREEYEJOB
    1. Staff QA Eng
      1Y 1M
  6. JUNIPER NETWORKSJOB
    1. Test Eng Staff
      1Y 11M
  7. ERICSSONJOB
    1. Lead Dev Test Eng
      10M
    2. Development Test Eng
      2Y 2M
  8. INTOTOJOB
    1. Technical Mktg Eng
      2Y 10M
  9. NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIESJOB
    1. Security Test Intern
      3M

Time in market 22Y 7MOpen 2Closed 11Stints 13

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  1. Job: Palo Alto Networks — Vice President, NetSec Solutions, WW MSP/MSSPs · 2025-08 – present
  2. Job: Palo Alto Networks — Vice President, SASE GTM, Global MSP/MSSP · 2023-08 – 2025-08
  3. Job: Katherine and George Alexander Community Law Center — Volunteer -- Systems & Network Administrator · 2004-01 – present
  4. Job: Versa Networks — Global SASE PreSales Leader · 2021-03 – 2023-08
  5. Job: Versa Networks — Director of Sales & Solution Engineering - Service Providers, Americas · 2019-10 – 2023-08
  6. Job: Mode.net — Sr. Director of Technical Pre-Sales, Marketing & Solutions · 2016-11 – 2019-10
  7. Job: Versa Networks — Principal Technical Marketing & Sales Engineering · 2014-01 – 2016-11
  8. Job: FireEye — Staff QA Engineer · 2012-11 – 2013-12
  9. Job: Juniper Networks — Test Engineer Staff · 2010-12 – 2012-11
  10. Job: Ericsson — Lead Dev Test Engineer · 2010-01 – 2010-11
  11. Job: Ericsson — Development Test Engineer · 2007-10 – 2009-12
  12. Job: Intoto — Technical Marketing Engineer · 2004-12 – 2007-10
  13. Job: Network Equipment Technologies — Security Test Intern · 2004-07 – 2004-10

Skills

IPSecNetwork SecurityTCP/IPTestingFirewallsRoutersEthernetSNMPVoIPWirelessTelecommunicationsIPSPerlVPNDeep Packet InspectionQoSSwitchesLinuxUnixQuality of Service (QoS)

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