Google Cloud has employed a brand new enterprise finance officer from Palo Alto Networks.
Kathy Bonanno will be a part of the third-ranked cloud supplier after serving as chief monetary officer for Palo Alto Networks since November 2017.
Bonanno will stay with Palo Alto Networks by way of the tip of the present fiscal yr, which ends on July 31, in response to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based cybersecurity firm, which disclosed the information this afternoon and mentioned it plans to call a brand new rent to the position later this week.
Google Cloud misplaced its CFO with the departure of Steffan Tomlinson, who has taken the CFO place at Mountain View, Calif.-based Confluent, an enterprise occasion streaming platform supplier – an announcement additionally made immediately.
A Google Cloud spokesperson confirmed Bonanno will be a part of Google on Aug.17 and report back to Ruth Porat, CFO of Google and dad or mum firm Alphabet.
Bonanno began at Palo Alto Networks in 2014 as vp of finance, earlier than turning into senior vp of finance in late 2016.
“Kathy has presided over our monetary workforce throughout Palo Alto Networks’ great enlargement right into a multi-platform safety firm,” Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora mentioned in a press release. “She has chosen an in depth companion of ours for her subsequent profession step — one I do know very nicely, and that has equally wonderful folks. I want to thank Kathy for her many contributions to our firm and need her the easiest and continued success in her new position.”
Previous to beginning at Palo Alto Networks, Bonanno labored on the former Symantec safety software program firm for nearly eight years, most just lately as vp of economic planning and evaluation.