Zscaler, a cybersecurity firm based in San Jose, Calif., has landed ex-GE vice president and CTO Larry Biagini, as its first chief technology evangelist, according to Fortune.
The 'CTE' role will entail engaging with the company's current and potential customers to drive sales, according to Fortune. Zscaler, which closed a $110 million funding round in September 2015, was last valued at $1 billion.
"It made sense for us to have someone who can evangelize the message," Jay Chaudhry, CEO, chairman and founder of Zscaler, told Fortune. "Quite often a [CIO] will say, I like what you're saying but I'm nervous about moving to the cloud. It's a major change and the whole business depends on it."
The company currently reports a customer base of more than 5,000, including major banks, and has more than 100 worldwide data centers it uses to monitor and secure client networks.