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Michael Clark

Commander · DISC type D
Director of Product Management at Zscaler
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Michael Clark is a Director of Product Management at Zscaler, specializing in launching products from concept to completion. He has deep expertise in SASE, FedRAMP compliance, 5G automation, and cloud security. Colleagues describe him as a strategic, technical, and visionary leader in the network and security field.

He was responsible for building the first PCI Compliant cloud in the industry during his time at Verizon.

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Current Role
Director of Product Management
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Michael shows up

Impact-Driven
Strong-Willed
Decisive

More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.

Priorities

Topics Michael cares about

SASE & Zero Trust
His current role and recent social media activity focus heavily on the vision, execution, and innovation within SASE and Zero Trust architectures for customers.
Cloud Compliance
He has built FISMA Moderate clouds, is an expert on FedRAMP, and speaks publicly on strategies for Digital Sovereignty and Sovereign Cloud solutions.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Director of Product Management
Zscaler
2023 - 2-2026
Principal Product Manager
Palo Alto Networks
5-2021 - 2023
Senior Product Manager
Palo Alto Networks
5-2018 - 5-2021
Solutions Architect
Palo Alto Networks
1-2017 - 5-2018
DevOps Consulting Engineer Service Provider Solutions Architect Americas/EMEA
Palo Alto Networks
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1-1995 - 5-1996
Education details unavailable
Wheaton College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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