Thursday 25 February 2016

Exclusive: Ex-GE Tech Chief Joins Unicorn Cybersecurity Startup

He will serve as the firm’s chief technology evangelist.

Larry Biagini, former vice president and chief technology officer at General Electric, has a new gig.

The recently retired GE GE -0.68% exec has joinedZscaler, a privately held San Jose, Calif.-based cybersecurity firm that was last valued at around $1 billion after a recent fundraising round. He has been named Zscaler’s chief technology evangelist, a role that primarily consists of engaging with the firm’s current and potential customers in order to facilitate sales. During Biagini’s 26-year tenure at GE, he helped the company transition to cloud infrastructure and adopted Zscaler’s technology to protect it from cyberattacks. In his new role, he has been tasked with sharing his firsthand experience with large organizations that are considering new cloud security options. For the full article click here 



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