Naveen Palavalli
Chief Product Officer, Chief Marketing Officer
Naveen Palavalli serves as the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Forcepoint, where he leads the product and technology strategy and roadmap of the company’s Data Security Everywhere solutions and drives global marketing strategies.
In this dual role, Palavalli ensures seamless alignment between product innovation and market execution, enabling Forcepoint to deliver customer-centric solutions that meet evolving business needs. With a deep understanding of product development, market positioning and customer engagement, Palavalli also spearheads initiatives to enhance product differentiation, accelerate go-to-market success and strengthen the company’s brand presence worldwide.
With over 20 years’ experience in product strategy and marketing across public, private and venture-backed companies, Palavalli previously served as Senior Vice President, Head of Global Product and Solutions Marketing and Demand Generation at Netskope. Prior to this, he was Vice President, Global Head of Enterprise Product Go-to-Market and Industry Analyst Relations at McAfee. He has also held leadership roles in product management and marketing at Symantec, Cisco and Microsoft.
Palavalli holds an MBA in Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, a MS in Computer Science from the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California and a BS in Computer Science from Bangalore University.
