Dean Drako

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Dean Drako

Dean Drako is an American businessman.

Drako is the co-founder, President and CEO of Barracuda Networks (NYSE ticker CUDA) from 2003 to July 2012. Drako also acts as a business angel .

As of 2013, Drako holds 27 patents, including patents on network security, network protocols, digital circuits, software, biochemical processes and sports equipment.

life and career

Drako received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan and his Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from UC Berkley .

He has founded a total of five companies. His first company, founded in 1982, sold a bulletin board system software package called T-net . Drako used the profits from the company to finance his college education. In 1992 he founded the company Design Acceleration Inc . and were their CEO . In 1999 he sold the company to Cadence Design Systems . Drako was the founder and CEO of Boldfish and Velosel . Boldfish was acquired by Siebel Systems in 2003 . In 2003 Drako founded IC Manage . He is the company's CEO and President.

Drako has published numerous articles on open source , big data, and system on chip design.

Barracuda Networks

2003 Drako Barracuda Networks founded and e-mail spam and viruses - Appliance introduced product line -. Web filters, load balancing , email archiving, and digital PBXs were other Barracuda product lines launched during Drako's tenure.

Drako has made six acquisitions for Barracuda Networks: 2007 NetContinuum, an application controller company, 2008 BitLeap cloud-based backup services and 3SP , an SSL and VPN company; 2009 Yosemite Technologies , in application incremental backup; a majority stake in phion AG and Purewire Inc. , a software as a service cloud-based web filtering and security company.

Drako has supported 16 different open source projects while running Barracuda with Valgrind , Apache and the Free Software Foundation .

In January 2014, Forbes valued Drakos Barracuda stock at $ 340 million.

Eagle Eye Networks

In July 2012, Drako founded Eagle Eye Networks , a cloud-based video security company.

Awards and recognitions

  • 1984 finalist in Westinghouse Science Talent Search for his solar energy research.
  • 2007 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year Networking and Communication from Ernst & Young .
  • 2011 - During Drako's tenure as CEO, Barracuda Networks was named # 2 in 2011 Best Technology Firm for Business Insider's Work.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy C. Owens: Biz Break: Barracuda Networks IPO primes pump for Twitter ( English ) SJ Mercury News. November 6, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Serial Entrepreneur and Ex-Barracuda CEO Launches Eagle Eye Networks to Take Video to the Cloud ( English ) Dow Jones Venture Wire. January 21, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ US Patent Collection database search ( English ) July 2013. Accessed September 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Richard Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series, Dean Drako ( English ) September 2008. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Information: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yovisto.com
  5. ↑ Apple II Computer Info ( English ). Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ EETimes: DAI Reorganizes for Next Stage Growth ( English ) July 17, 1997. Accessed September 19, 2014.
  7. ↑ Michael Santarini: EETimes: Cadence acquires verification tool vendor DAI ( English ) January 14, 1999. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b c Deepchip: How Dean Drako's 1/2 billion dollar "side hobby" might change EDA ( English ) August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek: Boldfish ( English ) . Accessed September 19, 2014.
  10. ^ IC Manage: Leadership ( English ) Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ DeepChip: Big Data analytics coming for chip design ( English ) May 23, 2014. Accessed September 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ DeepChip: Design and IP management metrics ( English ) May 8, 2014. Accessed September 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ Dean Drako: NetworkWorld Open Source Developers Must Chart Clear Defense in the Patent Wars ( English ) November 2, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ Dean Drako: EETimes: IP reuse requires both design reuse and verification reuse ( English ) April 2, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ Barracuda Rolls Out Spyware Blocking Appliance ( English ) InformationWeek. April 18, 2005. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  16. ↑ Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda Load Balancer ( English ) IT & Security Portal. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.it-observer.com
  17. ↑ Hamish Barwick: Barracuda gains network storage foothold ( English ) Reseller News. November 14, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ Jeff Goldman: Barracuda Launches CudaTel PBX ( English ) Enterprise Networking Planet. August 20, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  19. ↑ Frank Washkuch Jr .: Barracuda Networks buys NetContinuum ( English ) SCMagazine. September 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.scmagazineus.com
  20. ^ Brian Prince: Barracuda Networks Buys into Data Backup Business ( English ) eWeek. November 6, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  21. ^ Brian Prince: Barracuda Networks Breaks into SSL VPN Space ( English ) eWeek. November 17, 2008. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  22. ↑ Stephen Lawson: Backup Merger Unites Barracuda, Yosemite ( English ) PCWorld. January 27, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  23. ↑ Barracuda Networks takes controlling interest in Phion ( English ) Silicon Valley Business Journal. September 28, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  24. ↑ Urvaksh Karkaria: Barracuda buys Purewire Inc. ( English ) Atlanta Business Chronicle. October 15, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  25. ↑ Barracuda Open Source Community ( English ) Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.barracuda.com
  26. ↑ Alex Morrell: Who Got Rich This Week: A 2013 Tech IPO is Making a Splash ( English ) Forbes. January 4, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  27. ↑ Senior Management ( English ) Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  28. ↑ Dean Drako 2007 Networking & Communications Award Winner Northern California Region ( English ) Ernst and Young. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 19, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eoyhof.ey.com
  29. ↑ Ellis Hamburger: The 25 Best Tech Companies To Work For In 2011 ( English ) Business Insider. September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
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SURNAME Drako, Dean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century