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Leadership

Dhrupad Trivedi

President and Chief Executive Officer

Dhrupad Trivedi joined A10 Networks in December 2019 as president and chief executive officer. From 2010 to 2019, Dr. Trivedi served in multiple roles as executive vice president at Belden including Tripwire, corporate development, network solutions platform and Trapeze Networks. Prior to this, he held multiple general management and corporate development roles at JDS Uniphase. Trivedi holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Alabama and an MBA in finance from Duke University. Trivedi brings global leadership experience across multiple businesses and is passionate about driving leading technology businesses to win by creating value for customers.

Dhrupad Trivedi

Matthew Bruening

Matt Bruening

Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing

Matt Bruening joined A10 Networks in April 2020 as executive vice president, worldwide sales. Bruening was previously senior vice president of sales at Endgame, a leading endpoint security firm since September 2017, where he built the commercial team that led to the company’s rapid expansion and its eventual acquisition by Elastic in October 2019. Prior to Endgame, he led SecureWorks’ Americas enterprise teams for over 11 years to record revenue growth, resulting in SecureWorks’ $450M annual revenue run rate and its 2016 IPO. From 2001-2004, Bruening was vice president, global sales at Applied Innovation, a publicly traded firm delivering network management solutions to major service providers. His career started at CompuServe Network Services, a managed network services firm, which grew from $40M to $300M in annual revenue, leading to its 1996 IPO and subsequent $1.2B acquisition by WorldCom. Bruening is a graduate of John Carroll University, and holds numerous executive and sales leadership certifications.

Brian Becker

Brian Becker

Interim CFO

Brian Becker joined A10 Networks as Vice President and Corporate Controller in 2018 and was appointed interim CFO in September 2020. Prior to joining the company, Becker served as Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller for YuMe, Inc. a provider of brand video advertising software and audience data, from June 2014 to December 2017, and as Director, Revenue and Cost Accounting from August 2013 to June 2014. He also served in various roles within Revenue Accounting at Symantec Corporation, a cybersecurity software and services company, from 2010 through 2012. Becker began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young, LLP in San Jose, is a certified public accountant licensed by the California Board of Accountancy and holds a B.A. in business economics from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Rob Cochran

Rob Cochran

Executive Vice President, Legal And Corporate Collaboration, Chief Risk Compliance Officer and Secretary

Robert Cochran has served as our Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Collaboration since November 2016, and as our Vice President, Legal and Corporate Collaboration from January 2012 to November 2016. In addition, Mr. Cochran has served as our Chief Risk Compliance Officer since October 2016, has served as our Secretary since August 2004, and previously served on our board of directors from January 2012 to November 2016, and from August 2004 to October 2004. From January 1993 to January 2012, Mr. Cochran was principal of a boutique law firm based in Woodside, California, specializing in serving as outside general counsel to numerous emerging technology companies. Mr. Cochran serves or has served on the Board of Directors of several publicly traded and privately held corporations, and presently serves as Trustee and Chairman of the finance committee for the Marin Waldorf School, a non-profit. Mr. Cochran has a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University.

Andrew Kim

Andrew Kim

Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources

As Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources, Andrew Kim leads the team responsible for strategic people operations, including attracting, developing and rewarding a global workforce and employee engagement. Andrew joined A10 in June 2016 and has assumed increased responsibilities for the HR transformation. Andrew brings over 20 years’ experience as an HR leader at publicly-held technology companies including RingCentral, Calix, Marvell Semiconductor, Fortinet, PerkinElmer, and Applied Materials where he led their HR business partners, training, and talent acquisition teams. Andrew holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa.

Todd Kleppe

Todd Kleppe

Vice President of Global Operations

Todd Kleppe has been with A10 Networks since 2008. He has 30 years of experience working for emerging Silicon Valley companies. Todd’s current responsibilities include demand planning, supply chain, logistics operations, IT and data center infrastructure, global real estate, and facilities. Todd is also responsible for compliance programs, including EAR, FCPA and third-party licensing. Early in his tenure, Todd established A10’s initial field operations in EMEA and Latin America. He has held senior positions with Acer America, NEC, Walker, Intellicorp, WaveSplitter Technologies and NextLabs. Todd holds a B.A. from Michigan State University and a MBA from George Washington University.

Eric Kwok

Eric Kwok

Vice President of Worldwide Support and Services

Eric Kwok joined A10 Networks in February 2014 and is responsible for technical support, professional services, training and content development. He has 25 years of experience in the networking industry and has held senior management and technical support engineering positions in a variety of technology companies such as Brocade (through the Foundry Networks acquisition), AT&T, Verizon and IBM. He is also a partner with XF Ventures, a team of former Foundry Networks Executives who provide access to seed capital along with technical help, operational expertise and strategic mentorship to promising business teams and start-ups. Eric holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

Ganesh Rajan

Ganesh Rajan

Vice President of Product Line Management

Ganesh Rajan joined A10 Networks in March of 2020 and brings extensive development and product management experience in high-tech companies including Tektronix, General Instrument, iVAST, Chips & Systems, Cisco, DxContinuum, and Pensa.Most recently, Rajan was with Enterprise Labs, an innovative venture studio, that ideates, incubates, and operates its portfolio companies including Primary IO and Akridata where he spearheaded partnering with engineering in feature scoping and prioritization, triaging and delivery of innovative products. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated hands-on experience in leading technical engagements that solve customer needs, developing product vision, driving new roadmaps, and partnering with external customers and internal organizations like engineering and sales to achieve business goals.

Rajan earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara and a B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Aris Wong

Aris Wong

Vice President of Worldwide Engineering

Aris Wong has been with A10 Networks since March 2011. He leads the global engineering team responsible for architecture and product delivery. Wong has 25 years of experience in developing technology products that have powered the world’s most demanding customers’ networks and cloud environments. He has contributed over the years as a technical leader, engineering manager and engineering operations leader, and is most recently involved as part of A10 leadership team focusing on building strong talent and expertise in the engineering teams around the world. Prior to joining A10, Wong held senior engineering and management positions at Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, Brocade and F5 Networks. He holds a B.Eng. in electrical and electronics engineering with first honor from University of Hong Kong, holds 23 patents and was a speaker and panelist at NANOG 42.