Zhi Xu
Senior Director Of Engineering at Netskope
California, United States
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Top SchoolZhi Xu is a security-focused software engineering leader currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Netskope, where he builds threat protection products and champions AI-driven automation at scale. With a decade of industry experience and a strong research background, he previously led WildFireR&D at Palo Alto Networks, building malware detection systems and threat intelligence workflows. He blends academic rigor from a PhD in Computer Science from Penn State with hands-on product leadership, spanning mobile security research and cross-platform security solutions. Based in California, he has steered teams through complex security challenges—from malware analytics to secure content delivery—bridging research insights with production-grade software. His career trajectory reflects a pattern of turning threat intelligence and security research into scalable, customer-focused security products. He has contributed to foundational work in security and privacy of mobile devices and online networks, and continues to push for automation and AI-enabled defense in enterprise environments.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Penn State University
Chinese, EnglishGithub contributions (2)
PaloAltoNetworks/research-notes
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:62 commits, 57 pushes in 24 days
PaloAltoNetworks/InstallerHijackingVulnerabilityScanner
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:7 commits, 1 push in 2 days
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