Rohit Ghai

Chief Executive Officer, Barracuda

Saratoga, California, United States

About

CEO, Experienced Board Member, Performance Catalyst, Product Guy, Student of Level-5 Leadership - 25+ years of experience and the ability to think without the baggage of that experience as necessary - Delivered profitable growth in 1B+ software and service revenue lines, managed budgets of 500M+ - Deep operational and transformation expertise - SaaS, Carve Outs, M&A, Portfolio and GTM Optimization - Board expertise in cyber, risk, audit, governance and compensation - Product Domains - Cybersecurity, Content Management and Collaboration, Storage, High Availability

Experience

  • President & CEO, Board Member at Barracuda
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Independent Board Member at MHC Software
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

    GTM, Product and Competitive Strategy, Exit Strategy

  • RSA Security (8 yrs 9 mos)
    • Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
      Sep 2020 - Sep 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo

      Group CEO for RSA (now a PE backed business) : RSA/SecurID, NetWitness, Outseer, Archer (exited to Cinven), RSA Conference (exited to Crosspoint Capital).

    • President, CEO
      Jan 2017 - Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Chief Executive of RSA, a Dell Technologies business focused on helping customers manage digital risk.

  • Independent Board Member at Everbridge
    Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Independent board member (Nasdaq: EVBG), Member compensation committee, Incubated Cybersecurity & Risk Committee as new Board initiative. Exited to PE firm Thoma Bravo

  • Enterprise Content Division, EMC ()
    • President
      Dec 2014 - Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Chief Executive of the Division. Restored growth and innovation, transformed GTM and sold the business

    • Chief Operating Officer
      Apr 2014 - Dec 2014 · 9 mos

      Led all product and GTM functions

    • SVP Products & Solutions
      Dec 2009 - Mar 2014 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Chief Product Officer