// about
Researcher by passion,
entrepreneur at heart.
Harsh Verma is a Principal Software Engineer in AI at Palo Alto Networks, focused on advancing autonomous agent systems and intelligent AI strategies. A Forbes Technology Council member, speaker, mentor, and advisor, he brings both technical depth and strategic guidance to leaders adopting next-generation AI. He drives responsible, scalable AI adoption — shaping how enterprises innovate, secure, and operationalize intelligent systems.
Many rooms, one mission
Engineer. Speaker. Author.
01
The Engineer
Architecting autonomous agent systems and AI security at enterprise scale.
02
The Speaker
Bringing research to stages, panels and boardrooms around the world.
03
The Author
Writing the playbooks for the agentic AI era — two books in January 2027.
P1
Passion
Researcher by passion — curiosity is the engine of every system worth building.
P2
Persistence
12+ years of turning hard problems into production systems at scale.
P3
People
Learning, growing and solving problems mutually with teams and founders.
Journey
From code to boardroom
Pick a milestone to explore the work, the place and the tools behind it.
01 / 03 · Experience · Aug 2020 — Present · 6.3 yrs
Principal Software Engineer in AI | ML
Palo Alto Networks
Santa Clara, CA
- Pioneering enterprise AI/ML at the intersection of cybersecurity, big data science and distributed systems.
- Architecting firewall ML models and high-throughput cloud security services.
- Building autonomous security-policy improvement and real-time recommendation engines.
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