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Vinayak Manjunath

Product management | Cybersecurity | IIM Indore

Bengaluru

19+ years of work experience

Zscaler
May 20264 mosPresent

Fortinet
Sep 20232 yrs 8 mosApr 2026

Bengaluru

Fortinet
Jul 20185 yrs 3 mosSep 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led the global product deployment & migration practice, delivering complex NGFW, SD-WAN, and multi-vendor conversions while shaping the evolution of the FortiConverter platform. Acted as the primary interface to Product Management & Engineering, driving ideation, feature proposals, spec reviews, conversion-logic improvements, and automation enhancements. Transformed customer challenges into structured product feedback, feature requests, and tooling upgrades that influenced roadmap cycles. Developed migration strategies for both rapid high-complexity transitions and phased enterprise deployments, while standardizing global frameworks and methodologies. Delivered advanced custom migrations for Sales and strategic customers, strengthening FortiConverter’s capabilities and providing PM with actionable field insights.
SonicWall Inc.
Jul 20126 yrsJun 2018

Bangalore

Led global deployments of Supermassive and multi-blade NGFW platforms, enabling large enterprises to adopt SonicWall’s high-performance security stack. Drove design reviews, complex POCs, and escalations while providing structured product feedback to Engineering to improve stability, performance, and enterprise readiness. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to refine features, fix defects, and enhance usability directly contributing to SonicWall’s positioning and competitiveness in the enterprise segment.
Mindlance
Oct 20101 yr 10 mosJul 2012

Bangalore

L-3 Support for all the Switching/Routing/Security escalations. Was also part of Pre-sales for Design, OEM/Vendor Interaction, Preparing BOQ.
HCL Technologies
Apr 20073 yrs 7 mosOct 2010

Bangalore

Part of an NMS team responsible for Monitoring and Management of All the Network Infra of a Major Indian Bank. Was alone handling a HUB location where numerous Branches and Sub-Hubs connected through MPLS, Leased LIne, RF, 3G and ISDN circuits. Also responsible for Asset management through out South India Region.

Vinayak’s AI Stack

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Advanced Management Programme for Corporate Leaders, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

20231 yr2024

Diploma, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Sanjay Memorial Polytechnic

20013 yrs2004

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Headline

Product management | Cybersecurity | IIM Indore

About

21+ years of experience across Product Management, Network Security, and Cloud/SASE platforms. Proven track record of owning product lifecycle end-to-end, driving customer-centric roadmap execution, enabling GTM success, and leading cross-functional programs in engineering, support, architecture, and operations. Recognized as an initiator, influencer, and builder from incubation to scalable practices, tooling, migrations, and automation.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Principal Product Manager at Zscaler, May 2026 - Present · 4 mos

Senior Product Manager at Fortinet, Sep 2023 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru

Manager – Product Deployment (FortiConverter & Migration) at Fortinet, Jul 2018 - Sep 2023 · 5 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led the global product deployment & migration practice, delivering complex NGFW, SD-WAN, and multi-vendor conversions while shaping the evolution of the FortiConverter platform. Acted as the primary interface to Product Management & Engineering, driving ideation, feature proposals, spec reviews, conversion-logic improvements, and automation enhancements. Transformed customer challenges into structured product feedback, feature requests, and tooling upgrades that influenced roadmap cycles. Developed migration strategies for both rapid high-complexity transitions and phased enterprise deployments, while standardizing global frameworks and methodologies. Delivered advanced custom migrations for Sales and strategic customers, strengthening FortiConverter’s capabilities and providing PM with actionable field insights.

Enterprise Adviser – Product Deployment (Supermassive series) at SonicWall Inc., Jul 2012 - Jun 2018 · 6 yrs, Bangalore, Led global deployments of Supermassive and multi-blade NGFW platforms, enabling large enterprises to adopt SonicWall’s high-performance security stack. Drove design reviews, complex POCs, and escalations while providing structured product feedback to Engineering to improve stability, performance, and enterprise readiness. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to refine features, fix defects, and enhance usability directly contributing to SonicWall’s positioning and competitiveness in the enterprise segment.

Network Security Specialist at Mindlance, Oct 2010 - Jul 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bangalore, L-3 Support for all the Switching/Routing/Security escalations. Was also part of Pre-sales for Design, OEM/Vendor Interaction, Preparing BOQ.

Senior Network Engineer at HCL Technologies, Apr 2007 - Oct 2010 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore, Part of an NMS team responsible for Monitoring and Management of All the Network Infra of a Major Indian Bank. Was alone handling a HUB location where numerous Branches and Sub-Hubs connected through MPLS, Leased LIne, RF, 3G and ISDN circuits. Also responsible for Asset management through out South India Region.

Education

Advanced Management Programme for Corporate Leaders, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Diploma, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Sanjay Memorial Polytechnic