Naveen Palavalli

Naveen Palavalli is a seasoned executive with a robust background in product management, marketing, and technology. Here are some key points about his career and current role:

Current Role

As of his last position before joining Forcepoint, Naveen Palavalli was the Senior Vice President, Head of Global Product and Solutions Marketing and Demand Generation at Netskope. However, he has since moved to Forcepoint.

Previous Roles at Netskope

At Netskope, he held several roles:

• Vice President, Head of Product, Solutions and Tech Marketing (May 2022 - March 2023): He led product marketing globally, in addition to solutions and tech marketing.1
• Vice President, Head of Global Solutions and Tech Marketing (January 2022 - May 2022): He was responsible for global solutions and tech marketing.1

Other Notable Roles

• Vice President, Head of Enterprise Product Go-to-Market and Global Analyst Relations at McAfee (April 2021 - January 2022): He was responsible for product marketing, technical marketing, competitive intelligence, and global analyst relations.1
• Senior Director, Head of Email Security Portfolio Product Management & GTM at Symantec (2019 - January 2020): He led a cross-functional team to drive growth for a market-leading email security portfolio.1
• Various roles at Symantec, Cisco, and Microsoft: He held multiple leadership positions in product management and marketing across these companies.12

Education

Naveen Palavalli holds an MBA in Marketing, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS in Computer Science from the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, and a BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University.2

Current Position

As of April 2024, Naveen Palavalli is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Forcepoint, where he is responsible for leading the global marketing strategy and execution to accelerate customer adoption and deployment of Forcepoint’s Data-first SASE platform.23