Dean Drako

BIO

Dean Drako is founder and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, the industry’s #1 cloud video surveillance provider, which ranks as #133 on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 list of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. Drako is also founder and CEO of Drako Motors, where he has launched Drako GTE, a 206-MPH, 1200HP, 4-passenger electric luxury supercar. Drako is chairman of Brivo, a cloud access control company. Drako was also 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 Barracuda’s inception in 2003 through 2012. Barracuda went public on the NYSE. Dean has 25 years of experience building profitable, high growth, high recurring revenue technology companies. Goldman Sachs named Dean as one of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014". Mr. Drako received his BS in Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan, and his MS in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley.