As president and CEO, Dean Drako is responsible for overall corporate
strategic direction and product development. Prior to founding
Barracuda Networks in 2002, Dean was founder, president and CEO of
Velosel Corporation, where he successfully closed two rounds of venture
financing. Dean hired his replacement so he could pursue his battle
against spam at Barracuda Networks. Prior to Velosel, Dean founded
Boldfish, a leading provider of enterpris...
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As president and CEO, Dean Drako is responsible for overall corporate
strategic direction and product development. Prior to founding
Barracuda Networks in 2002, Dean was founder, president and CEO of
Velosel Corporation, where he successfully closed two rounds of venture
financing. Dean hired his replacement so he could pursue his battle
against spam at Barracuda Networks. Prior to Velosel, Dean founded
Boldfish, a leading provider of enterprise messaging solutions that was
acquired by Siebel Systems in 2003. Before Boldfish, Dean was founder,
president and CEO of Design Acceleration, Inc. (DAI), maker of superior
design analysis and verification tools, which was acquired by Cadence
Design Systems in 1998. He has served as an entrepreneur in residence
for SoftBank Venture Capital as well as vice president of product
engineering at the 3DO Company. Dean holds a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and M.S. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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