Mark McLaughlin most recently served as the Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. Previously, he was President and CEO of VeriSign, and has held executive leadership positions at Signio and Gemplus. For more than a decade, McLaughlin has served as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). He currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors for Qualcomm Inc. and is a board member of Snorkel AI. McLaughlin is a West Point graduate and served as an attack helicopter pilot in the US Army.