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Kanaiya Vasani

Enthusiast · DISC type i
Chief Product and Marketing Officer at ExtraHop
📍 Saratoga, California, United States

As Chief Product Officer at ExtraHop, Kanaiya Vasani leads product, R&D, and alliances to drive innovation in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) market. His career includes transformative leadership at Infoblox, where he scaled its SaaS business, and Juniper Networks. He holds two M.S. degrees from the University of Minnesota system.

He received the "Worlds Greatest Leaders 2020-21" award for his instrumental role in transforming Infoblox into a leader in cloud-first DNS management and security.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Chief Product and Marketing Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Saratoga, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Kanaiya shows up

Amiable & Agreeable
Story Driven
Non-Confrontational

Unlike D or C types, they are convinced more by stories and testimonials. They agree with others often, so exercise caution when relying on their word. They are more about building relationships than just cutting deals.

Priorities

Topics Kanaiya cares about

AI in Cybersecurity
He is actively speaking on an "AI vs AI" tour about the evolving threat landscape and how AI can combat sophisticated attacks that bypass traditional security measures.
Network Detection (NDR)
His current role is focused on driving innovation in the NDR market. He emphasizes that the network provides a permanent record that exposes attacker activity.
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Career

Work history

5-2026
Chief Product and Marketing Officer
ExtraHop
11-2023 - 5-2026
Chief Product Officer
ExtraHop
10-2014 - 8-2023
Executive Vice President, Products and Corporate Development
Infoblox
2012 - 11-2018
Charter Member
TiE
4-2011 - 10-2014
Corporate VP, Business & Corporate Development
Juniper Networks
In the press

Media appearances

Next-Gen SIEM and Modern NDR: 3 Things to Know — ExtraHop (featuring Chief Product Officer Kanaiya Vasani). Featured in ExtraHop Blog
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Kanaiya Vasani, ExtraHop | Crowdstrike Fal.Con 2025. Featured in YouTube
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Education
M.S.
UMN Carlson School of Management
M.S.
University of Minnesota Duluth
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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