Praniti Lakhwara

As Chief Information Officer, Praniti is responsible for leading Zscaler’s Information technology solutions and enabling a seamless experience for customers and employees. She is focused on driving a comprehensive strategy that will help scale the company rapidly, build a world-class IT organization, deliver innovative solutions globally, and create a secure robust infrastructure.

Praniti has a proven track record of helping to build best-in-class, execution-focused IT teams that provide business value through process optimization and automation. Prior to Zscaler, Praniti was the CIO at Conga, where she was responsible for Infrastructure, Applications, Security and Data Platforms. Under Praniti’s leadership, the Conga IT team repositioned the IT strategy, revitalized its brand within Conga, established a “Customer 0” program, and executed a roadmap that doubled from prior years. Prior to Conga, Praniti was Vice President, IT for Nimble Storage and held senior IT leadership roles at Guidewire and Invisalign. Praniti was awarded Bay Area CIO of the Year in 2017 by Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times.

Praniti holds a BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Arizona State University.