Zero Networks Boosts International Sales Capabilities With Key EMEA Hire
Hadzima brings nearly 30 years of international sales and business leadership experience. He spent 15 years at Palo Alto Networks, where he became the company's first employee in Spain and its 126th worldwide. He held and grew into multiple leadership roles: Country Manager of Iberia, VP South Europe, and VP EMEA & LATAM for Smart Industries OT/IoT Security. Under Hadzima's leadership, he built top-performing teams from scratch, achieving some of the highest market shares and biggest wins in EMEA.
In June 2025, Zero Networks announced $55 million of Series C funding to fuel the company's next phase of growth, including team expansion across sales and marketing, research and development, and customer support. Additionally, funding has been earmarked for go-to-market investments in North America, EMEA, and APAC and to support continued innovation in Zero Networks' award-winning solutions.
'I feel privileged to join a company like Zero Networks to disrupt a mature market ripe for innovation,' said Hadzima. 'Zero Networks brings a radical new approach to solving complex customer challenges like ransomware prevention and microsegmentation without the operational burden, all in record time. I'm energized to build a world-class team, scale with our partners, and elevate our EMEA and LATAM teams to the next level in this time of accelerated growth!'
'We're thrilled to welcome Tony to the team,' said Scott Coffey, VP of Sales at Zero Networks. 'Cybersecurity is a reputation-driven industry, and Tony is one of the most trusted leaders in the space. His track record speaks for itself. Together with our recent product and engineering investments, his arrival reinforces our commitment to delivering exceptional zero trust outcomes to customers around the globe.'
Zero Networks is on a mission to modernize microsegmentation with enterprise-grade solutions that are simple to deploy, highly effective at stopping ransomware and insider threats, and purpose-built to meet regulatory and cyber insurance demands. Learn more about Zero Networks at zeronetworks.com.
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