Summary
Rishi Bhargava is a seasoned product and go-to-market leader with roughly a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise security software and identity products from early-stage startups to large corporations. As Co-Founder of Descope and former VP of Product Strategy at Palo Alto Networks, he blends entrepreneurial drive with deep product management and general management expertise. He has a strong track record in datacenter, server, virtualization and embedded/IoT security from leadership roles at McAfee and Intel, complemented by board and advisory positions that keep him close to emerging developer and security ecosystems. Based in Los Altos, he pairs an IIT Delhi and USC computer science background with hands-on experience shipping secure, enterprise-grade platforms. Notably, he focuses on turning customer identity into a business enabler rather than just a compliance checkbox, reflecting a product-first approach to security-enabled growth.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
M.S Computer Science, M.S Computer Science at University of Southern California
Hindi, English