Richu Channakeshava

Richu Channakeshava, a seasoned product-management leader with 15 years of deep cryptography expertise, heads Palo Alto Networks' Quantum Security Initiative. She shapes strategy, enabling customers to adopt NIST’s PQC standards ahead of federal deadlines. With a background in leading product lines at Cisco and A10 Networks, Richu holds an M.S. in Computer Networks & Applications Engineering. She collaborates with federal agencies, NIST NCCoE projects, quantum-hardware vendors, and ASIC/FPGA providers to define open-standards defenses against cryptographically-relevant quantum computers. Richu is renowned for her expertise in quantum-ready cryptography and secure application delivery.