Zeynep joined Atlassian in 2023 and is responsible for the company’s marketing functions globally. Her team is focused on driving adoption of Atlassian’s products to unleash the power of teams everywhere.

Prior to Atlassian, Zeynep was CMO of Palo Alto Networks where she oversaw the company’s rapid expansion into multiple cybersecurity categories and pioneered the XDR category within cybersecurity. Named as one of the ‘top 100 women in tech leaders to watch’ in 2023 by WomenTech Network, Ozdemir holds a PhD in speech processing from Cambridge University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Harvard University.