Srin Kumar

VP of Engineering at Zscaler

Sunnyvale, California, United States

About

Highly accomplished technology leader with over 20 years of experience in Networking & Security industry. Extensive hands-on experience with a balance of technical and management expertise – 12+ years architecting product development and 10+ years building and mentoring top-tier engineering talent. Constantly seeks challenges, driven with both a strong work ethic and the desire to exceed expectations. • Led architectural and technology decision-making in development of Desktop, Mobile, Enterprise and Cloud platforms. Managed multiple key revenue-generating products for Syncplicity, Symantec, PGP, and McAfee. • Proven track record of hiring and leading small to mid-size engineering teams. Currently, managing multisite development teams of 50+ engineers. • Led the Cloud Managed Endpoint Services team at Symantec through an annual growth of 3x revenue and 10x customers. • Achieved continuous quality and scalability improvements through systematic changes to processes and policies. Managed risks and used metrics to achieve measurable results. • Converted several failed projects to successful ones at PGP by analyzing and resolving design and implementation issues. • Managed software development process with emphasis on high quality, leading to on-time product releases, minimal support costs, and fewer escalations. • Maintained high focus on keeping cross-functional teams involved in the development process, eliminating surprises on product delivery. • Part of Symantec 2012 Top Talent program, a program that recognizes employees who have an exceptional record of achievement and contribution.

Experience

  • VP of Engineering (SecOps) at Zscaler
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Exabeam (5 yrs 2 mos)
    • VP of Engineering
      Aug 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Sr. Director of Engineering
      Apr 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Director Of Engineering
      Aug 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Syncplicity ()
    • Sr. Director of Engineering
      Jul 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Director of Engineering
      Sep 2013 - Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Symantec (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director, Development
      Feb 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Director of Development was responsible for the implementation of Cloud Managed Endpoint Services (CMES). Responsible for development of Platform (Backend services, Web portal, Provisioning, and Databases) and Platform agents

    • Sr. Manager, Development
      Jun 2010 - Feb 2012 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Joined Symantec through acquisition of PGP Corporation. Manage Development teams for PGP Desktop Messaging, Gateway Messaging, and Mobile.

  • Sr. Manager, Development at PGP Corporation
    Nov 2004 - Jun 2010 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Started Messaging group with MAPI development, and expanded group to include development of complete Desktop messaging including NOTES, IMAP/POP and SMTP. Manage PGP Gateway messaging (part of PGP Universal Server) development that encrypts/decrypts emails passing through organization boundary.