Dean Drako is founder and CEO of leading cloud video surveillance and AI analytics provider, Eagle Eye Networks, which has ranked four times in the “Deloitte Technology Fast 500” list of North America’s fastest growing technology companies. Drako is also chairman of Brivo, a cloud access control company, and founder and CEO of Drako Motors, where he recently launched Drako Dragon, a 200+MPH 2,000 HP, all-electric hyper-luxury SUV.

Previously, Drako was founder, president, and CEO of Barracuda Networks, where he created the IT security industry’s first spam filter appliance and then grew the company to more than 140 products and 150,000 customers from its inception in 2003 through 2012. Barracuda went public on the NYSE. With 25-plus years of experience building profitable, high-growth, high-recurring revenue technology companies, Drako was named one of Goldman Sachs “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014.”

Drako received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan, and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.