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Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. read more
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Rene Bonvanie ā CMO at Palo Alto Networks
Executive Bio
Mr. Rene Bonvanie, also known as Ren, has been the Chief Marketing Officer at Palo Alto Networks, Inc. since November 2011 and serves as its Executive Vice President. Mr. Bonvanie has 25 years of executive management and marketing experience in the enterprise software industry. Mr. Bonvanie served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Palo Alto Networks, Inc. from September 2009 to November 2011. He served as Chief Marketing Officer at SAP Business Objects SA from December 20, 2004 to December 11, 2006. Mr. Bonvanie served as Head of Worldwide Marketing of Palo Alto Networks, Inc., since September 2009. Mr. Bonvanie served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Information Technology & Serena on Demand for Serena Software, Inc. from June 2006 to August 31, 2009. He served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for VERITAS Software Corporation since September 20, 2004, where he led its worldwide marketing and corporate communications. Mr. Bonvanie served as Senior Vice President of Partner Programs and Online Services of Serena Software, Inc., since June 21, 2007 and served as its Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing from June 21, 2007 to August 31, 2009. He led Serena's efforts to develop partner relationships and go-to-market activities for new products and services. His responsibilities included developing business and marketing strategies to consolidate Serena's position as the Leader in ALM and capitalize on future trends in application development, such as Agile and Mashups, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web services and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). He served as a Vice President of Corporate Marketing for VERITAS since joining it in 2003. Mr. Bonvanie served as General Manager of AppExchange and Developer Marketing and Senior Vice President of Salesforce.com, Inc., since February 14, 2007. He served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing of SAP. He served as Chief Marketing Officer of Worldwide Marketing for Business Objects SA from December 20, 2004 to December 11, 2006. He served as Vice President of Product Marketing of Oracle Corporation. He managed the launch of Oracle 9i and has editorial responsibility for Oracle Magazine and Profit Magazine. Mr. Bonvanie co-founded Oracle's developer program Oracle Technology Network. Before working at Oracle, he served positions in field sales and marketing at Oracle in Europe. Prior to Oracle, he served at Ingres for eight years where he served senior roles in Sales and Marketing. He serves as Director of Collibra NV. He served as Board Member of Marketbright, Inc. He served as a Director of Active Endpoints, Inc. since February 2010. He served as a Member of Advisory Board at Marketbright Inc. Mr. Bonvanie holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CMO Impact on Marketing Department's Culture
Rene Bonvanie holds the highest position within the Marketing department at Palo Alto Networks ā CMO, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Marketing department. The average employee described daily life within the Marketing department as a Extremely fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Palo Alto Networks' Marketing department are invested in Palo Alto Networks' goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.
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Executive Team Culture Ratings from Palo Alto Networks Employees
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Palo Alto Networks' Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
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Palo Alto Networks' Executive Team at a Glance
Based on 619 ratings, Palo Alto Networks' employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an āA+ā or 84/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Product department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Customer Support department.
Palo Alto Networks' Executive Team ranks in the Top 10% of other companies in San Francisco and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.
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