Dean Drako

DEAN DRAKO, President and CEO, brings to Barracuda Networks a successful
history in building companies and products. As President & CEO, Dean is
responsible for Barracuda’s overall strategic direction. Prior to co-
founding Barracuda Networks, Dean was founder, President and CEO of
Velosel Corporation, a leader in product information management. Prior
to Velosel, Dean founded Boldfish provider of enterprise messaging
solutions. Dean was also founder, President and CEO of Design
Acceleration, Inc. (now a part of Cadence Design Systems), maker of the
popular SignalScan, a suite of design analysis and verification tools.
Holder of over 16 patents in various disciplines, Dean has served as
entrepreneur in residence at SoftBank Venture Capital and VP Engineering
at the 3DO Company. Dean is a frequent speaker at industry events,
including INBOX: The Email Event and NGN Conference. Dean holds a BS in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a
MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley.