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Ranvir Wadera
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Ranvir Wadera is Senior Vice President of Engineering for Cisco's AI Software and Platform group. With over 25 years of engineering leadership and management expertise, he has consistently driven innovation and growth in both startups and global enterprises.
Prior to joining Cisco, Ranvir led the Engineering and DevOps teams for Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. Under his leadership, Prisma Cloud evolved from a single-module solution into a comprehensive platform encompassing over 13 modules. This transformation significantly expanded its capabilities, securing cloud infrastructure and applications across the entire lifecycle—from code to runtime. During his five-year tenure, Prisma Cloud experienced remarkable growth, expanding its installed customer base by 10x and increasing revenue by 50x.
Earlier in his career, Ranvir played a key role in the growth trajectories of renowned companies like BusinessObjects, Hyperion, and Splunk. At each organization, he scaled revenues of $100-200 million to over $1 billion, establishing himself as a key driver of success.
Ranvir is widely recognized for his consistent ability to build and scale high-performing engineering organizations, fostering cultures centered on customer-centricity, rapid delivery, operational excellence, and continuous innovation. His deep experience in leading significant change and transformation initiatives has been instrumental in helping companies evolve from single-product offerings to diverse, multi-product portfolios.
Ranvir Wadera is Senior Vice President of Engineering for Cisco's AI Software and Platform group. With over 25 years of engineering leadership and management expertise, he has consistently driven innovation and growth in both startups and global enterprises.
Prior to joining Cisco, Ranvir led the Engineering and DevOps teams for Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. Under his leadership, Prisma Cloud evolved from a single-module solution into a comprehensive platform encompassing over 13 modules. This transformation significantly expanded its capabilities, securing cloud infrastructure and applications across the entire lifecycle—from code to runtime. During his five-year tenure, Prisma Cloud experienced remarkable growth, expanding its installed customer base by 10x and increasing revenue by 50x.
Earlier in his career, Ranvir played a key role in the growth trajectories of renowned companies like BusinessObjects, Hyperion, and Splunk. At each organization, he scaled revenues of $100-200 million to over $1 billion, establishing himself as a key driver of success.
Ranvir is widely recognized for his consistent ability to build and scale high-performing engineering organizations, fostering cultures centered on customer-centricity, rapid delivery, operational excellence, and continuous innovation. His deep experience in leading significant change and transformation initiatives has been instrumental in helping companies evolve from single-product offerings to diverse, multi-product portfolios.
