In this episode of CMO Journeys, Christian Banach speaks with Sunil Frida, Chief Marketing Officer at Zscaler, about helping shape the next phase of growth for one of enterprise security’s most important brands. Drawing on leadership experience across cloud, AI, and cybersecurity, Sunil shares how he is aligning marketing, product, and sales to support Zscaler’s evolution in a rapidly changing market.

What the Conversation Covers
• Sunil’s path from Singapore and engineering into business leadership, product marketing, cloud, and cybersecurity
• How his experience at AWS and CrowdStrike shaped the way he thinks about messaging, customer obsession, and leadership under pressure
• Why Zscaler’s next phase of growth depends on tighter alignment between product, sales, and marketing as one go-to-market system
• How he is thinking about prioritization, pipeline, team structure, and speed in a global marketing organization
• Where AI is changing marketing workflows, agency relationships, and the way enterprise brands build and scale their stories

Guest Bio
Sunil Frida is Chief Marketing Officer at Zscaler, where he leads marketing for a company helping redefine enterprise security through a cloud-delivered zero trust model. Before joining Zscaler, he held leadership roles across cloud, AI, and cybersecurity, including at AWS and CrowdStrike, building a strong foundation in product, go-to-market strategy, and enterprise technology growth.

About the Podcast
CMO Journeys is a podcast from NextBigWin hosted by Christian Banach. The series features conversations with marketing leaders about the path to the C-suite, the challenges they are tackling inside their organizations, and how they evaluate agencies and strategic partners.