Mark Ryan

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Vice President, Product Management - Platform Initiatives @ Zscaler
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Zscaler Software Defined Perimeter solution definition and design. Leading customer engagements on Zscaler Private Access SolutionPrior to Director of ET Solutions, I ran the EMEA Sales Engineering team - responsible for all technical engagement in EMEA.Previously, design & implementation of Blue Coat products for Security, Visibility, and Acceleration services. Also for transparent cache infrastructure for Internet and Mobile Service Providers, including OTT value added services.Worked at HSBC for 7 years, moving from OS installation and support, through web technologies and currently responsible for support of their London network infrastructure including routers, switches, L4-7 switches, firewalls and caches.Specialties: Proxy technology and Web Server Architecture. Routing, Switching & L4-7 Switches. Caching technology and WAN Acceleration.Aligning a technical solution with the business drivers for customers and service providers.Showing the unique differentiators and business value of a solution.Converting a point solution into a strategic initiative to deliver real business value.

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Zscaler

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Mark Ryan Work Experience Details
  • Zscaler
    Vice President, Product Management - Platform Initiatives
    Zscaler Aug 2024 - Present
    San Jose, California, Us
    Zero Trust Automation - Implementing Zero Trust architecture at scale through automating infrastructure, deployment, configuration and policy. Enabling customers and partners to deploy Zero Trust programmatically, reducing human-error, scaling through DevSecOps and responding to alerts/changes automatically.Identity Services - Consuming User, Device, Application, Risk, and third party signals into the Zero Trust Exchange to dynamically and effectively implement a security policy which is flexible and scalable.I'm convinced I'm still classed as Technical - checkout my YouTube channel for details on implementing the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange https://www.youtube.com/@welshgeek1
  • Zscaler
    Senior Director Of Product Management
    Zscaler Jan 2011 - Sep 2024
    San Jose, California, Us
    Having spent 10 years at Zscaler in Pre-Sales, Sales Engineering Leadership and Architecture, and as a product specialist for Identity, Connectivity, and Zero Trust, I am now responsible for a team of Product Mangers for Emerging Technology and Cloud Workload Protection.Responsible for following product lines:+ Zscaler B2B- Introduced a new Zero trust based offering for B2B apps+ Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)- Zero Trust framework for application segmentation, policy, connectivity, and application filtering.+ Zscaler Shift- DNS based filtering solution used by Enterprises and OEM partners+ Remote Browser isolation - Providing isolation of the user and the Web Applications they access to prevent threat infection and data loss.+ Zscaler Client Connector - Endpoint forwarding to the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange+ Zscaler Cloud Connector - Workload connectivity to Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange+ Zscaler Identity Framework - SAML/SCIM/Kerberos/LDAP/UserDatabase - consumption of user/device/application identity+ Zscaler Workload Segmentation - Application Identity with Machine Learning policy framework.The team consists of experienced, smart and driven Product Managers - working on a core set of leading edge functionality in Zscaler - and Product Specialists delivering expertise to the field and customers on the products as they are introduced.Customer Briefing Center (Virtual and Physical when possible) - Demonstrating Zscaler leadership in network and application transformation.
  • Zscaler
    Director Of Sales Engineering Emea
    Zscaler Apr 2013 - Dec 2016
    San Jose, California, Us
    Manage EMEA Sales Engineering team at Zscaler. Channel & Service Provider development. Technical design for Zscaler cloud security.
  • Zscaler
    Service Provider Solutions Architect
    Zscaler Jan 2011 - Apr 2013
    San Jose, California, Us
    Technical design and support for Service Provider installations of zScaler cloud web & emal security and DLP.
  • Bluecoat Systems Inc
    Consulting Systems Engineer
    Bluecoat Systems Inc Jun 2007 - Jan 2011
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Solutions Architect - Carrier Business UnitWorking with Managed Service Providers (BT, AT&T, Verizon, Cable & Wireless, Orange Business Services) to provision services based on Blue Coat Application Delivery Networking. Predominantly on the managed security services, but also on the Visibility and Acceleration portfolio.I am responsible for providing training and product updates to the Network Engineers and working with the Product Managers to define the services on Blue Coat Products.I have also worked with Internet and Mobile Service Providers to develop services based on Blue Coat Proxy SG and CacheFlow solutions. This includes Caching HTTP content and Parental Control to deliver Value Added Services. I would work as an interface between the Service Provider, their customers, and Blue Coat product management to deliver new features and products.When Blue Coat launched the CacheFlow 5000, I produced the training for Blue Coat Systems Engineers and Partner SEs. I implemented a training environment to ensure SEs and customers could get hand's on training on the CF5000 globally. I also defined the standards for high availability and load balancing in a Carrier network using L4-7 Switches and CF5000 hardware.
  • Hsbc
    Chief Network Specialist
    Hsbc Nov 2005 - Jun 2007
    London, Gb
    Network Specialist supporting London and International network infrastructure for HSBC.This included the support of the Internet and Market Data Firewalls, which are crucial for the Investment Bank and Retail Bank connectivity to the internet and trusted third parties.I continued to implement and upgrade the internet browsing and DNS infrastructure, which the business has grown to depend on as mission critical as trading systems move to the internet for business.I became proficient in Nortel and Cisco routing and switching, as well as CheckPoint Provider-1 for the Internet and Market Data firewalls. I extensively utilised Network Associates Sniffer and Infinistream to packet capture and diagnose trading and market data connectivity issues.I implemented and supported monitoring & alerting infrastructure for the London datacenters for the critical network connectivity.
  • Hsbc
    Senior Web Technology Analyst
    Hsbc Sep 2001 - Nov 2005
    London, Gb
    I specialised in WebServer infrastructure and was responsible for implementing and supporting IIS, iPlanet (SunOne), and Apache Servers, plus WebSphere, WebLogic, and TomCat Application servers.I became proficient in Layer 4-7 Switches with Cisco CSS/CSM and Alteon WSM. This allowed for the provision of highly available and resilient webservers and proxy infrastructureThis role included tuning the WebServers and the Application servers, and understanding the relationships between them, and the backend DataBases. This resulted in recommendations to developers and the Network Architects on how to develop the systems for better performance and resilience.As part of this role, I continued in the support of MS Proxy, but also the migration to Blue Coat Proxy SG and the standardisation on this within HSBC.
  • Hsbc
    Server Specialist
    Hsbc Sep 1998 - Sep 2001
    London, Gb
    I joined HSBC as a graduate in September 1998. I was responsible for the build and Support of Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4, and later Windows 2000 Servers, and the business applications running on them.I implemented Microsoft Proxy for HSBC Investment Bank, providing the initial internet access for the London business, which included the URL Filtering and Virus scanning requirements.During 1999 I was part of the Y2K project to ensure all systems were correctly patched and capable of working over the Year 2000 changeover and the subsequent leap year requirements in February 2000.I implemented one of the first HSBC websites for the Investment Bank capable of responding to Fixed Income bids.

Mark Ryan Skills

Firewalls Cloud Computing Security Network Security Data Center Pre Sales Cisco Technologies Managed Services Network Architecture Routing Networking Bluecoat Checkpoint Juniper Switches Saas Information Security Wan Optimisation Load Balancing Wan High Availability Tcp/ip Vpn Routers Ids Enterprise Software Proxy Network Design Dlp Virtual Private Network Vmware Servers Network Administration Storage Voip Troubleshooting Dns Bluecoat Proxies Operating Systems Internet Security Software As A Service Cisco Systems Products Horticulture Cisco Ios Welsh Juniper Technologies Diy Upholstery Sp Channel Amazon Web Services

Mark Ryan Education Details

  • Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
    Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
    Computer Science

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