CAMPBELL, Calif., May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Barracuda Networks,
Inc. (NYSE: CUDA), today announced that it has strengthened its
executive leadership team with the appointment of Hatem Naguib as senior vice president and
general manager, security business, and Ezra Hookano as vice president of channels.
Naguib joins Barracuda from VMware, where he helped NSX become one
of the industry's fastest growing infrastructure software products
growing to $300 million over three
years. Hookano, who was vice president of worldwide channels for
Fusion-io, returns to Barracuda where he served as the original
vice president of sales, growing the company from inception to
$100 million. The new leaders will
help guide Barracuda's overall strategy to support customers
looking to simplify their IT security and data protection
infrastructure on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid
deployments.
Hatem Naguib, Senior Vice
President & General Manager, Security Business
As SVP
& GM, Security Business, Naguib has global responsibility for
leading Barracuda's security product strategy to simplify security
management for IT professionals. He brings more than 25 years of
experience with high-tech companies building innovative products in
enterprise software, cloud services, data center virtualization,
software defined networking, and cybersecurity. Most recently, he
was vice president of networking and security at VMware, where he
was responsible for the product, technical marketing and business
development teams of VMware NSX, a leading software defined
networking and security solution. Naguib joined VMware in 2006, and
held several leadership positions there, including managing the
global partnerships with Cisco, EMC and HP. He also served as
the VMware executive leader for VCE, the converged
infrastructure startup founded by VMware, Cisco and EMC. Prior to
VMware, he held engineering and sales leadership positions at
several startups and global corporations including CenterRun
(acquired by Sun Microsystems), GE, The Walt Disney Company and
Accenture.
Ezra Hookano, Vice President,
Channels
As VP of Channels, Hookano is responsible for
leading Barracuda's worldwide channel strategy. He brings more than
20 years of sales experience in the high tech industry. Prior to
joining Barracuda, he was vice president of channels for Exablox
and vice president of worldwide channels for Fusion-io. Previously,
Hookano launched the business division of Drobo, and he spent
nearly six years at Barracuda as vice president of sales,
North America, growing the company
from inception to over $100 million
in revenue. Earlier in his career he held executive sales positions
in fast-growing, successful startups that were acquired by Symantec
(Clyde Digital/Raxco), Intel (Dayna Communications) and SonicWALL
(Phobos Corporation).
Quotes:
"With the dynamic changes in the IT
landscape, sophisticated security threats, and ongoing demands on
IT professionals to affordably manage the ever-expanding network,
our customers face enormous challenges. Both Hatem and Ezra bring
the right mix of leadership and experience to accelerate growth,
drive innovation in our portfolio, and continue building out our
world-class channel organization – all to better meet the diverse
needs of our customers and partners," said BJ Jenkins, president
and CEO, Barracuda. "Hatem's experience in building a fast
growing security product line at a growing technology company,
coupled with Ezra's extensive knowledge of the channel, undoubtedly
will give us the opportunity to continue to strengthen Barracuda's
position as the go-to provider of security and data
protection."
"As customers look to cloud and virtualization as a way to
maximize their IT investment, the demand for simplifying the
security of those deployments has never been greater," explained
Naguib. "Security is tasked with protecting businesses from
major threats across every connected device, and doing so in a way
that ensures network access and efficiency isn't compromised.
Barracuda is successfully solving these challenges today, and I see
a great opportunity to leverage their experience, resources and
talent to push innovation as a one-stop shop for customers looking
to protect their users and assets – on-premises, in the cloud, and
in hybrid environments."
"From the time Barracuda first set out to solve email security
challenges over a decade ago, channel partners have been integral
to the company's success," commented Hookano. "Coming back
to Barracuda and to work with the channel community that I helped
develop is truly special. We're in a new era of challenges, where
customers are looking to solution providers to not only protect
their organizations but also to further empower them with cloud and
virtualization technologies that make business better. I look
forward to helping our channel partners solve these challenges
while growing their businesses with Barracuda solutions."
About Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA)
Barracuda
(NYSE: CUDA) simplifies IT with cloud-enabled solutions that
empower customers to protect their networks, applications, and
data, regardless of where they reside. These powerful,
easy-to-use and affordable solutions are trusted by more than
150,000 organizations worldwide and are delivered in appliance,
virtual appliance, cloud and hybrid deployments. Barracuda's
customer-centric business model focuses on delivering high-value,
subscription-based IT solutions that provide end-to-end network and
data security. For additional information, please
visit barracuda.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release
contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding
the potential benefits and functionality of Barracuda's security
and data protection products and the opportunities for further
sales of the products through channel partners. You should not
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because
they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and
that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Factors that could materially affect the Company's business and
financial results include, but are not limited to customer response
to the Company's products, as well as those factors set forth in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update
the forward-looking information to reflect events that occur or
circumstances that exist after the date of this press release.
Contacts
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Barracuda Networks,
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Barracuda Networks,
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408-342-6415
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408-342-5683
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