Dean Drako

Who is Dean Drako?

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.