Rajnish Mishra

Rajnish Mishra serves as Chief Development Officer at SonicWall, where he leads product development across the company’s entire portfolio, including network security, cloud solutions and co-managed services. His leadership is focused on aligning SonicWall’s innovation strategy with the evolving needs of today’s Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs).

Under Rajnish’s direction, SonicWall will accelerate the delivery of hybrid security solutions purpose-built for a dynamic threat landscape. He will drive the transformation of SonicWall’s engineering organization to deliver scalable, partner-aligned products that support modern IT environments, from edge to cloud.

Rajnish brings more than 25 years of cybersecurity and cloud technology experience to SonicWall. Prior to joining the company, he was Senior Vice President of Engineering at Zscaler, where he played a pivotal role in scaling the organization from an early-stage startup to a global cybersecurity leader over a 14-year tenure. Before that, he held leadership roles in engineering and product development at Cisco, where he led high-impact teams across networking and security domains.

Rajnish holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering and an Honor’s degree in Physics. His deep technical expertise and strategic vision will shape SonicWall’s next generation of security innovations.