Rohit Ghai vs Sumit Dhawan

Rohit Ghai

CEO of Barracuda Networks

BIO: Rohit joined Barracuda in 2025, bringing more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across cybersecurity and enterprise software, including identity security, cloud services, and SaaS platforms. He has held senior roles at RSA, EMC, Symantec, and CA Technologies, consistently driving innovation, scaling global operations, and delivering market-defining growth. Rohit brings deep strategic and domain expertise in cybersecurity, paired with a strong focus on customer success and partner engagement. Under his leadership, Barracuda is entering a new phase of expansion, with a focus on accelerating growth of the BarracudaONE platform and advancing integrated solutions across Email, Network, Application Security, and Managed XDR. Rohit is committed to building on Barracuda’s strong foundation and bold vision, ensuring the company continues to deliver powerful, easy-to-use security solutions that meet the evolving challenges faced by businesses and institutions today.

Sumit Dhawan

CEO of Proofpoint

BIO: As CEO of Proofpoint, Sumit Dhawan leads a global workforce of over 4,500 employees focused on defending organizations from advanced cyber threats and compliance risks by protecting their people—and in turn, safeguarding their data, business, and reputation. A seasoned executive with a proven track record, Mr. Dhawan brings over 25 years of experience in building category-leading, scaled enterprise software companies and businesses. Sumit previously served as VMware’s President, where he was responsible for driving over $13B of revenue for the company and led go-to-market functions including worldwide sales, customer success and experience, strategic ecosystem, industry solutions, marketing, and communications. He also previously served as Chief Customer Experience Officer, managing global teams responsible for professional services, technical support, and customer success. Before that, Mr. Dhawan was chief executive officer of Instart, a cybersecurity business delivering innovations in web application performance and security services and held senior executive and general management roles at Citrix. Mr. Dhawan is a strong advocate for delivering an exceptional experience to customers and partners. He is passionate about building diverse teams and fostering inclusive cultures and equitable environments that bring out the best in everyone. Mr. Dhawan holds an MBA from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).