Zscaler – Desclos Consulting

Experience with Zscaler

Zscaler, Inc. is an American cloud security company based in San Jose, California. The company offers cloud-based services to protect enterprise networks and data.

Zscaler was founded in 2007 by Jay Chaudhry and K. Kailash. The company launched its cybersecurity platform in 2008. In August 2012, Zscaler secured $38 million in funding from investors. The company’s second funding round, led by TPG Capital, raised $100 million in August 2015. In March 2018, the company had an initial public offering (IPO) in which it raised $192 million. The company is traded on the Nasdaq using the symbol ZS. Zscaler stock was added to the Nasdaq-100 index on December 17, 2021.

Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform features cyberthreat protection, data protection, zero trust connectivity, and business analytics. It was first announced at Zenith Live in June 2023.

In January 2024, the company announced Zscaler Zero Trust SASE, enabling it to offer its first single-vendor SASE. It is built on the company’s AI-powered SSE platform to securely connect users, locations, and cloud services through its Zero Trust Exchange. It also offers a cloud-based cybersecurity platform, Zscaler Internet Access.

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Networks & Telecoms Manager - [16 Months]

Interim Management

Group-wide harmonization and standardization project (~3,500 sites),
- Defined LAN & WLAN standards,
- Designed a global SD-WAN architecture based on Zero Trust Exchange technology,
- Led global negotiations with key vendors.
Support to subsidiaries (42 entities),
- Facilitated change management and alignment with network, telecom & security standards,
- Implemented shared global services (DDI, Software Defined Network, etc.).
Group infrastructure
- Managed annual budget (~€1.5M) and vendor relations,
- Oversaw network & telecom infrastructure operations and maintenance (3 sites).

Deployed technologies : Active Directory, Aruba, Azure, Citrix, ITIL, Palo Alto, SD-Wan, Zscaler

Used languages : English, French

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Global Programme Director - [21 Months]

Implementation and management of a global reversibility programme for all telecoms services,
Research and selection of new service providers,
Migration of infrastructure services [DNS, NTP, Sécurité, UCC, LAN, WAN, téléphony…],
120 sites, 60 countries,
Management of 3 experts (security, networks, telephony),
Areas of responsibility:
- budget, resource allocation,
- deliverables, planning, leading steering committees,
- drawing up and analysing invitations to tender (SD-Wan, WAN, Zscaler),
- risk, communication, change management,
- migrations, procedures, quality…

Deployed technologies : Alcatel, Blue Coat, Check Point, Cisco, Forcepoint, Ipanema, Office 365, SD-Wan, Webex, Zscaler

Used languages : English, French

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