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Howie Xu

Chief AI & Innovation Officer

Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

➢ Founder of VMware networking ➢ EIR of Greylock Partner ➢ CEO/Co-founder of TrustPath, VP of AI/ML at Zscaler ➢ SVP of Engineering and AI/ML at Palo Alto Networks ➢ Chief AI & Innovation Officer of Gen ➢ US and International Patent holder on topics related to AI, Machine Learning, Networking, Cybersecurity, Applications

Experience

Chief AI & Innovation OfficerGen
Jan 2024
InvestorRadixArk
Jan 2026
Guest LecturerStanford University
Jan 2018
Board MemberReaction
Jan 2024
Board ObserverYou.com
Sep 2024
InvestorBrowser Use
May 2025
Senior Vice President, Engineering and AI/MLPalo Alto Networks
Jan 2023 to Jan 2024
Vice President of AI and Machine LearningZscaler
Aug 2020 to Mar 2023
Board ObserverAiFi Inc.
Jan 2018 to Jan 2021
EIRGreylock Partners
Sep 2015 to Sep 2016
Cloud & Networking Services BUCisco
Jan 2013 to Jan 2015
Founder / Head of Networking (now NSBU)VMware
Jan 2002 to Jan 2011

Education

Stanford University
Graduate School of Business | Computer Science