Jordi Botifoll leads EMEA South and Emerging countries at Palo Alto Networks since December 2023.

 

For over 30 years, Botifoll, got experience in business strategy, technology architectures, and country digitization. He has driven growth and innovation in the geographies he has served. He has developed leadership expertise in digitizing governments, cities, and industries with focus on government efficiencies, national Industry competitiveness, and social inclusion, including improved citizen services, smart cities, connected industries, education, healthcare,

and public safety. During this extensive period Botifoll has held the above Executive positions at NetApp, Cisco, Grupo AUNA, IBM among others.

 

His multi-cultural leadership strategy of inclusion and diversity has been recognised externally by the Great Place to Work Institute, where his teams have achieved #1 & #2 IT company status across several countries in EMEA and LATAM. And in 2017, he was named ‘Top Geography Great Leader in Latin America’ by the Great Place to Work Institute.

 

His industry expertise, combined with his passion for country transformation has also earned him several Cisco accommodations and awards including SVP, VP and GM of the Year multiple times. Additionally, Botifoll has been the recipient of industry awards such as The Hispanic IT Executive Council’s “HITEC 50” – 50 most influential Sales leaders in the IT industry.

 

His effort in working with the Cisco Networking Academy in Europe and LATAM, is influencing the next generation of IT leaders with skills that will close today’s digital gap, accelerate digital transformation, and create the digital economy of tomorrow.