Saurabh Airi (SA)

APJ Practice Lead - GTM Specialist Sales @ Zscaler | Driving Security Operations Growth

Delhi, India

About

Cybersecurity Advisor | IIM-C Alumnus | Sales Challenger I SSE, SIEM, PKI and AI based Investigations Specialist | Trusted Advisor | Cloud Evangelist | Pre-Sales Generalist Passionate consultant who strives to help Enterprise customers to protect data & stop breaches across 'Device to Cloud' environments using an open, platform based, proactive and intelligence-driven approach. Seasoned professional with almost 18 years of skilled experience in driving elevated conversations with the CXO fraternity in Cybersecurity, Security Service Edge, AI based Forensic investigations, Web Protection, SOC Build & Transformation, IR & Digital Forensics, IT Strategy, DC / DR Migrations, Pre-sales, Data Protection, Encryption, Key Management and Border Security (ePassports & ICAO Standards).

Experience

  • APJ Practice Lead - Specialist Sales (Security Operations) at Zscaler
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Evolving through a spectrum of roles, elated to be leading the charter for driving growth of a high potential ‘Security Operations’ practice across Asia Pacific & Japan region, in collaboration with the Regional Leaders, Specialist SEs, Transformation Architects & other business functions. In this role, I work closely with the top strategic customers to help them identify, prioritise & quantify risks in a holistic manner with outright remediation. Zscaler’s consistent growth is demonstrated with Red Canary, Smokescreen & Avalor onboard, hence, there couldn’t be a better time to unfold the Next Generation of Security Operations focusing on peacetime controls & wartime capabilities.

  • CrowdStrike (3 yrs 5 mos)
    • Regional Sales Manager - Large Enterprises (Majors / Transformation) Accounts
      Jan 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Responsible to drive digital transformation & growth for the large enterprises in the region.

    • Intelligence Sales Specialist & Principal Sales Engineer - Strategic & Transformation
      Apr 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • McAfee ()
    • Security Service Edge & SIEM Sales Specialist - McAfee Enterprise Cloud
      Nov 2018 - Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Sales Engineering Consultant at McAfee by Intel
      Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Technical Sales Consultant and Pre-Sales Solution Architect at Entrust
    Jul 2015 - Jun 2017 · 2 yrs

    • Working on large projects and deals for the Banking, FI’s, Government and Law Enforcement agencies by providing technical consultation, preparing High and Low level Design & Architectures, Migration Strategies and Plans on technologies related to PKI, SafeNet HSMs, Multi Factor Authentication, eBanking, Trusted Identities, ePassports, Border Security and comprehensive Key Management capabilities. • Serving as the focal point for all technical responses to the customer in Pre-sales environment as a Solution Architect and Technical Sales Consultant for entire South Asia region. • Identifying potential Partners and devising Strategic Alliances to analyze Business benefits and GoToMarket (GTM) strategy leading to competitive advantage. • Managing the Techno-commercial needs (Business / Functional / Customized solutions) for the in-house and Managed Service Offerings (Cloud based) solutions. • Providing Technical Evangelism on the value of "Trusted Identity and Secure Transactions"and other leading edge technologies to the CIO’s / CISO’s fraternity. • Responsible for training, resolving technical queries during POC’s and enabling the Channel Partners from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal. • Develop and deliver presentations, demonstrations, technical proposals, tender responses, and proof-of-concept tests that educate the customer and channel partners by demonstrating the value of Entrust solutions. • Assist channel partners and customers in understanding how to integrate Entrust solutions in their environment – addressing issues such as architecture, load balancing, high availability, etc.

  • Head - Security Transformation at HCL Technologies Europe
    Jun 2012 - Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Led end-to-end transformation and implementation projects of Security solutions for Nordic customers, including PKI, 2FA, SMS Passcode, AD RMS, Cisco ACS, and Microsoft UAG. • Managed data center migration planning, design, implementation, and roll-out phases for Banks & FIs in the Scandinavian region