Wayne LeRiche

Wayne LeRiche is the Field CTO, Federal Civilian at Palo Alto Networks. In this role, Wayne supports the U.S. Federal Civilian teams at Palo Alto Networks through the creation and delivery of business-relevant security conversations to our key customers. Wayne has over 25 years of experience in the design and implementation of secure enterprise networks for Tier 1 service providers and the Federal government.

Before joining Palo Alto Networks in 2019, Wayne served as Distinguished Architect with Verizon, providing security design enhancements to Verizon’s cyber portfolio and intrusion prevention capabilities delivered as a Managed Security Service to the Federal Government.

Prior to Verizon Wayne was the Chief Network Security Engineer for the Defense Logistics Agency Enterprise Telecommunications Wide Area Network serving approximately 27,000 civilian and military employees.

Wayne is an active CISSP with multiple professional level technical certifications. He holds a Master of Science In Information Technology from Florida Tech.