ARBOR NETWORKS

ARBOR NETWORKS
Official Website: http://www.arbornetworks.com
Official about page: http://www.arbornetworks.com/corporate/about-us
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Location: 6 Omni Way, Chelmsford, MA 01824, USA
Founded: 2000
Business: Deep Packet Inspection
Contact
Phone: (HQ) +1.978.703.6600, (Toll Free) +1.866.212.7267
Fax: +1.978.250.1905

Background

Arbor Network is a subsid of Tektronix Communications, a "full service, end-to-end Telecoms Intelligence Provider." "Tektronix Communications is part of the Danaher Group"

2014: "Arbor was named one of the top ten most brilliant DARPA inventions of all time – alongside the Internet itself, Google Maps and GPS." [1]

2010: Tektronix Communications to buy Arbor Networks [2]

2008: "Ellacoya was acquired by Arbor Networks" [3]

Corporate Operations

Headquartered in the United States, Arbor Networks operates out of Burlington, MA, with R&D facilities in Ann Arbor, MI, and Atlanta, GA. Our Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations are based in London,UK, while our Asia operations are based in Singapore.

"Arbor was founded out of groundbreaking research conducted at the University of Michigan. This research was eventually funded by the U.S. Defense Agency Research Projects Administration (DARPA)... Since then, Arbor has focused exclusively on researching, detecting and mitigating network-based threats. The company is best known for its pervasive footprint in service provider networks. Arbor technology is deployed in 70% of service provider networks globally, including 90% of tier one operators. Arbor technology is also broadly deployed among the largest hosting and cloud providers.

Arbor has been working with the world’s leading enterprise network operators since 2003, counting more than 150 leading financial services, retail, social media and healthcare brands, as well as universities and government organizations, as customers.

Arbor created ATLAS, a collaborative project with more than 230+ service providers who have agreed to share anonymous Internet traffic data with Arbor’s Security Engineering & Response Team -- ASERT. This data, totaling 35Tbps, is enhanced by Arbor’s global honeypot network of 45+ sensors in the dark, unused address space of provider customer networks. That information is aggregated, analyzed by our ASERT team and fed back to our customers in the form of attack signatures, via our product deployments. From this unique vantage point, Arbor is ideally positioned to deliver intelligence about DDoS, malware, botnets, exploits and phishing attacks that threaten Internet infrastructure and services today. Ultimately, ATLAS gives Arbor customers a considerable competitive advantage by giving them both a micro view of their own network combined with a macro view of global Internet traffic...

With the unique visibility provided by ATLAS, Arbor security researchers are sought out for their insight and analysis of critical security and infrastructure issues such as denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, Domain Name System (DNS) security and the adoption of IPv6, as well as global Internet events. Arbor has been invited to testify before the House of Lords on behalf of the European Union on the subject of “Protecting Europe Against Large-Scale Cyber-Attacks” and has briefed NATO and many other international organizations and governments around the world on network infrastructure and security vulnerabilities...

Arbor’s long-standing relationships and reputation as a trusted advisor and solution provider make the annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report possible. This report offers a rare view into the challenges of network operators on the front lines of a global battle against botnets and DDoS attacks..." [4]

Products

Solutions

• Deep Packet Inspection

The Arbor eSeries family consists of the e100 platform for broadband service optimization. The eSeries solution provides the following features and benefits:

• Industry-leading deep packet inspection (DPI) technology, enabling insight into application and subscriber traffic. Scalable, carrier-class design to handle the traffic and demands of today’s largest broadband networks and scale from 1-10 Gbps and 12,000-500,000 subscribers.

Centralized management and reporting to ensure an efficient approach to network management and reporting.

In-line/full-line rate deployment options, allowing network operators to manage bandwidth in accordance with network usage policies or application types (such as HTTP, P2P and video).

Flexible API for back-office integration, enabling back-office systems to provision subscribers, manage quotas and collect detailed usage information.

Integrated suite of software options for effective analysis and reporting,bandwidth management, service plan management and quota-based or tiered billing services.

Reports

• 3.12.14: Arbor Networks Successfully Protects 2014 Sochi Olympics Web Properties By Kevin Whalen, Arbor Networks, Businesswire PR in Bloomberg

Tech & Business Partners

• Tech Partners include,

• Solution Partnersinclude,

(via Cisco blog ) Detecting Denial of Service attacks: Companies like Arbor Networks use Cisco NetFlow to power their Distributed Denial of Service detection and prevention tool, Pravail.

People Responsible

Board Members

• Farnam Jahanian, Co-founder, Director, Chairman

"Farnam Jahanian served as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Software Systems Laboratory of the University of Michigan. Dr. Jahanian Co-Founded Arbor Networks Inc. in 2000 and serves as its Chairman of the Board. As Chairman, Dr. Jahanian is responsible for setting strategic direction of Arbor Networks Inc., leading corporate development and partnership discussions and working with strategic investors on the board. Dr. Jahanian has 20 years of experience specializing in distributed computing, network security and Internet protocols, architectures and applications.

He serves as a Director of Arbor Networks Inc.

He served as a Director of Ann Arbor IT Zone.

He is also on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Time-Critical Computing Systems and has served as of the IEEE Transactions on Computers.

He is the author of over 80 published research papers and served on dozens of government advisory boards and industry panels.

He served as a Research Staff Member of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.

Dr. Jahanian was the 2005 recipient of the Governor's University Award for Commercialization Excellence, which was awarded for Internet security research that formed the basis for Arbor Networks' technology.

He also was the recipient of the University of Michigan College Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and he was named Eta Kappa Nu Professor of the Year.

He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. [5]

• Todd Dagres, Spark Capital Partners, LLC

"Mr. Todd A. Dagres is a General Partner at Spark Capital Partners, LLC. He co-founded the firm.

Mr. Dagres serves as a Managing Partner at BeGyle Entertainment.

He is an Adjunct Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches a course entitled “New Enterprise“.

Mr. Dagres founded the Face of an Angel Foundation for Children with Vascular Lesions.

He was a Venture Partner of PureTech Ventures.

He served as a Principal and Senior Technology Analyst of Montgomery Securities from 1994 to August 1995, where he focused on the networking industry. Prior to Montgomery, he served as a Senior Technology Analyst and Vice President of a Division of Smith Barney.

Mr. Dagres served as a General Partner at Battery Ventures since August 1995, which he joined in August 1995. At Battery Ventures, Mr. Dagres led the communications Investment practice while focusing on the media, entertainment and communications Industries.

Mr. Dagres served as a Senior Technology Analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Research Division.

He served as an Equity Analyst of Banc of America Securities LLC, Research Division.

Mr. Dagres served as a Vice President of Communications of Yankee Group Research, Inc. and Business Development Manager for Networks and Communications at Digital Equipment Corporation. He leads the drive to find the home runs, to uncover the 100x opportunity.

He has been a Director of Inventa Technologies Inc., since February 1997.

Mr. Dagres has been a Director of Convergent Networks Inc., since May 1998.

He has been a Director of 1stdibs.Com, Inc. since December 3, 2012.

Mr. Dagres serves on the Board of Directors of Redstone Communications, Inc., Menara Networks, Inc., Alphion Corporation, Arbor Networks Inc., Verivue, Inc., Veoh Networks Inc., and Ealing Studios Ltd.

He serves as a Director of Xcom Technologies, Inc., Kateeva Inc., Intune Networks, Ltd., Qtera Technologies and InformationView Solutions.

Mr. Dagres serves as a Director of Predictive Media Corporation (formerly, Predictive Networks Inc.).

He serves as a Director of Covestor Inc. and Covestor LLC.

Mr. Dagres serves as Director and Advisory Board Member of Jana.

He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Cloud Technology Partners, Inc.

Mr. Dagres served as a Director of Edgix Corp., RiverDelta Networks, Inc. and Cedar Point Communications, Inc.

He served as a Director of Focal Communications Corp.

Mr. Dagres served as a Director of PureTech Ventures, Akamai Technologies, Inc and EnvoyWorldWide Inc., River Delta Networks Inc., Equipe Communications Corporation, and Broadbus Technologies, Inc.

He served as a Director of Qtera Corporation and Storability Software Inc

He was named to the Forbes 'Midas List', which ranks top venture capitalists who have created the most wealth for their investors.

He was also named to the 2008 Hollywood IT List by AlwaysOn.

Mr. Dagres has helped establish two film and television production companies (Prospect Pictures and Ealing Studios)

Mr. Dagres holds an M.B.A. degree from Boston University and an M.S. degree in Economics and a B.S. degree in Psychology from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut." [6]

• David Crowder, GSV Asset Management, LLC

"Mr. David V. Crowder, also known as Dave, has been Executive Vice President of GSV Capital Corp. since October 02, 2012. Mr. Crowder is a Partner at GSV Asset Management, LLC. Mr. Crowder joined GSV Asset Management, LLC in 2011 and is engaged with all aspects of GSV’s business.

He has spent almost 20 years working as a Venture Capitalist and Investment Banker in Silicon Valley.

Previously, Mr. Crowder was a General Partner at Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, which he co-founded in 2000 and played a key role in raising funds, recruiting the team, and making and managing the investments. Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner at Thomas Weisel Partners, where he advised and worked with software and Internet companies. He was Managing Director of Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, LLC. He was General Partner of Private Equity at Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. He was General Partner, Thomas Weisel Venture Patners L.P.

Mr. Crowder served as a Senior Managing Director at Banc of America Securities LLC.

He served as Vice President of Business Development at SharesPost, Inc.

Mr. Crowder served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Pramana Inc.

He served as a Senior Vice President of Technology at MFG.com Inc.

Mr. Crowder served as a Senior Managing Director and the Head of the Software and Internet Group in Investment Banking at Nations Banc Montgomery Securities.

While an Investment Banker, his clients included, among others, Hotels.com, InfoSpace, Open Text, Overture Services, Preview Travel (Travelocity), Real Networks, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and Yahoo.

Prior to that, Mr. Crowder was a Financial Analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

He serves as a Director of Arbor Networks, Inc., Swan Labs Corporation, Aligo, Inc., and Reactrix Systems, Inc.

He served as a Member of the Strategic Advisory Board of vSpring Capital.

Mr. Crowder was Member of Board Advisors of SharesPost, Inc.

Mr. Crowder served as a Director of Exit41, Inc., Pivia Software Inc., Medsphere Systems Corporation, and Application Security, Inc.

Mr. Crowder holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Finance from the University of Utah. He is a Graduate in Computer Science from Northeastern University." [7]

• Michael Darby, Stamos Capital Partners, L.P.

"Mr. Michael B. Darby serves as the Managing Director of Sterling Stamos Capital Management, L.P.

Mr. Darby served as the Venture Partner at Centre Palisades Ventures since February 2004.

Previously, Mr. Darby worked at Paul Capital Partners as a Principal. He worked in the venture capital fund-of-funds division.

He was the Vice President at Delta Private Equity Partners.

Mr. Darby was a General Partner at Battery Ventures in their West Coast office, where he profitably invested in communications start-ups including Airespace, which was acquired by Cisco Systems for $450 million and Arbor Networks. Mr. Darby's professional experience also includes investing in emerging markets. He joined Battery in 2000 and focused on the communications and Internet infrastructure markets. Mr. Darby left Battery Ventures in late 2002. From 1996 to 1999, he was the Director of Business Development at Cisco Systems, where he initiated and executed strategic investments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Some of his investments included Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Portal Software (PRSF), Silicon Spice (acquired by Broadcom), and Software.com (OPWV). Mr. Darby also worked as the Director of Business Development at Cisco Systems Inc. and was involved in Cisco's acquisition of companies such as Aironet Wireless Communications, Selsius Systems, and Growth Networks.

From 1994 to 1996, he was a Vice President at the U.S. Russia Investment Fund. His professional experience also includes investing in emerging markets at The U.S. Russia Investment Fund.

Prior to 1994, Mr. Darby was at Booz, Allen & Hamilton.

Mr. Darby serves a Director of Arbor Networks Inc., Black Storm Networks and Cyneta Networks.

He served as a Director of AirBand Communications Inc.

He graduated, magna cum laude, from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics. Mr. Darby also holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business." [8]

• Cornel Faucher, Battery Ventures

"Mr. Cornel Faucher is a Partner at Battery Ventures. Mr. Faucher joined Battery Ventures in 2000. He focuses on assisting portfolio companies with executive search and staffing challenges. He further advises the executive teams and Boards on compensation and structural organizational matters.

Prior to this, Mr. Faucher was a Co-Founder at Lexington Associates. At Lexington, he leveraged 18 years of experience in senior management in the Internet, data networking, and telecommunications industries to successfully complete many high profile executive searches.

Prior to founding Lexington Associates, Mr. Faucher was a Vice President in the Network Systems Division at PictureTel Corporation where he spearheaded the company’s entry into the Internet and e-commerce market.

Mr. Faucher was also the Vice President of Product Management at EIS International.

He is an Advisor to Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc.; Advent Solar, Inc; Arbor Networks; BladeLogic Inc.; Broadbus Technologies; Cedar Point Communications; Corrilian Corporation; DecisionPoint Applications; Kashya, Inc.; PrimeRevenue; ITA Software, Inc; OpenNetwork Technologies; ProfitLogic Inc.; mFormation Technologies, Inc.; Spot Runner, Inc.; and Ruckus Network.

He is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of @Stake, Inc.; Akara Corp.; Arbor Networks; Crystallize, Inc.; IP Unity; Optiant; SANgate; Storablity, Inc.; and Storigen.

Mr. Faucher was previously a Member of the Board of Directors of BladeLogic, Inc.

He served as Director of Movius Interactive Corporation, Inc.

He holds an M.B.A. degree from Suffolk University and an Undergraduate degree in Accounting from Suffolk University." [9]

Management Team

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• Matt Moynahan, President

"Over the course of his 23-year career, Matt has held a variety of executive and leadership positions within fast growing private as well as very large public companies. Prior to becoming President, Matt was senior vice president of product management and corporate development where he helped set the strategic product and service vision, new product development, business development partnerships and mergers and acquisitions strategy for Arbor.

Prior to joining Arbor, Matt was president and chief executive officer of Veracode, a leader in application security. Previously, Matt held multiple leadership positions at Symantec, including vice president of the consumer products and solutions division where his key responsibilities included product management, product development and quality assurance. Matt also served as vice president of Client and Host (server) security division, where he oversaw product management and product strategy for enterprise client and host product lines as well as the Norton consumer and small business product lines.

Prior to joining Symantec, Matt acquired 10 years experience in the industry through his work with leading technology and finance companies, including ReciProcal, cloud-based content encryption company and Goldman Sachs & Co., where he held positions in their leveraged finance, corporate finance and equity capital market groups.

Mr. Moynahan earned his Bachelor Of Arts degree in history from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in Boston." [11]

• Donald W. Pratt, Jr., Chief Financial Officer

"Don Pratt brings 27 years of strong financial and executive leadership experience to Arbor Networks. Most recently, Don was CFO and Treasurer at Ellacoya Networks, where he provided fiscal and operational guidance to the company as well as managing relationships with private equity firms and financial institutions. Ellacoya was acquired by Arbor Networks in February 2008. Previously, Don served as CFO at Taqua, Inc. where he provided financial leadership to the company beginning in 1998 at the product concept stage through to the acquisition of the company by Tekelec in early 2004. Before Taqua, Don served as CFO at Crosby Valve Inc., an oil field equipment subsidiary of FMC Corporation where he had worldwide finance and IT responsibility. He also served as CFO for Boston Whaler, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reebok International Ltd. and previously owned by CML Group. Don began his career at Texas Instruments where he held several positions of increasing responsibility from 1981 to 1986.

Don holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, both from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts." [12]

• Mike Hare, Vice President, Global Operations and Logistics

"Mike brings more than 25 years of global operations experience in both public and private venture-backed companies. Most recently he was the America’s General Manager at Nova Analytics Corp. overseeing all facets of the company including sales, marketing, finance and operations. Previous roles for Mike have included Vice President of Operations at RSA Security. He ran the Major Account Direct division for Compaq post acquisition from Digital Equipment Corporation. Mike assumed various management roles at Digital during his 12 year tenure. He is a graduate of Fitchburg State College." [13]

• Tony King, Vice President, Global Sales

In his role as Vice President, Global Sales, Tony is focused on the continued growth of Arbor's sales and marketing activities worldwide for direct, channel and OEM relationships. He has over 22 years of telecom and information technology sales and sales management experience. In previous years, Tony has held the role of Sales Director, Northern Europe for Arbor Networks where he has been directly responsible for driving up European revenues and building out the Arbor EMEA team.

Before joining Arbor, Tony was a Sales Director at Avici Systems, focused on the sale of core router solutions to telecommunications companies in Northern Europe. Prior to Avici, Tony worked at Ericsson as a Regional Sales Director where he was responsible for selling IP backbone and data solutions into the wireless and wireline carrier marketplace." [14]

• Kris Lamb, Vice President, Engineering

"Kris brings more than 15 years of Internet security leadership in product development, research, and product management in both successful public and private companies. At Arbor Networks, Kris is responsible for managing the global research and development teams in Ann Arbor, MI; Burlington, MA; and Atlanta, GA, as well as international labs abroad. In this role, Kris is charged with driving all technology-related strategy and programs.

Kris comes to Arbor with extensive experience in network, host, and application security, with a focus on security threats, intelligence and building innovative products required by the dynamic, changing security landscape. Prior to joining Arbor, Kris served in several technical leadership roles at IBM/ISS for more than 10 years. While at IBM/ISS Kris was interim CTO, director of research and development for X-Force -- ­IBM/ISS' world renowned security research organization. Prior to that, he served as director of product development and field engineering for its host and vulnerability management products; he was also responsible for the global escalations management group.

Kris holds a MA (ABD) and BA in Communications from University of Georgia in Athens, GA." [15]

• Kelley Marko, Vice President, Marketing

"Kelley joined Arbor in 2010 and is responsible for Arbor’s worldwide marketing efforts, including brand positioning, marketing infrastructure, communications, channel marketing and demand generation. Kelley brings with her 18 years of experience in senior marketing, communications, product, operations and sales roles as well as extensive knowledge in the telecommunications and software industries. Prior to joining Arbor, Kelley led the marketing efforts for One Communications, responsible for all aspects of corporate and marketing communications and channel marketing. Previously, she served as Vice President of Marketing for Apprise Software, helping to establish and differentiate the company’s brand in the crowded ERP software marketplace and accelerate its revenue growth. Earlier in her career, she held key leadership positions in marketing, product management, operations and sales within Global Crossing and AT&T.

Kelley holds an MBA from Seton Hall University and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Quinnipiac University. She is based out of Arbor’s Burlington, MA global headquarters." [16]

• Mary-Jo (MJ) Porcello,Vice President, Human Resources

"Mary-Jo (MJ) Porcello has more than 25 years of progressive experience in the field of human resources and 10 years as the strategic leader for the function.

Prior to joining Arbor Networks, MJ was the VP of Human Resources for Viisage Technology and eRoom Technology. She was responsible for the strategy, program design, implementation and management for all people programs and practices. Within her roles, she has also been the Human Resources leader for all acquisitions – both from being acquired and acquiring other organizations. MJ also has over 10 years of experience in compensation, ranging from a worldwide leadership role in a decentralized technology company with over 7,000 employees, to hands-on implementation of total rewards programs. Earlier in her career, MJ also held HR management positions in both the consumer products and the healthcare industries.

MJ earned her BA in Human Resources at University of Massachusetts and her MBA with a concentration of MIS at Northeastern University." [17]

• Wayne Gaudette, Vice President North American Sales

"As Vice President of North American Sales, Wayne is responsible for managing Arbor Network's sales activities in the United States and Canada. He has over 25 years leadership experience with technology sales spanning tier one service providers though enterprise.

Prior to Arbor Networks, he served as VP of Telco Sales at BigBand Networks responsible for sales of BigBand's Digital Video Networking equipment in North and South America. He was previously the Account VP of Sales for Advanced Fibre Communciations (now Tellabs) responsible for Tier 2 carrier sales of AFC's access portfolio of products. Earlier in his career he held various technical and sales positions with Alcatel, Hitachi, and Raynet Systems." [18]

Investors

Initially, University of Michigan with funding by DARPA, US Government.

Major Shareholders

Other Info

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