Babak Pasdar

Babak Pasdar is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Acreto. Babak has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry and has held various advisory and leadership positions during their career.

Pasdar started their career at Palo Alto Networks as a Technology Advisory Board Member, providing guidance on technology feature sets and their go-to-market impact. Babak then founded OPĀQ in 2007 and served as its CEO and CTO until it was acquired by Fortinet in 2016.

In February 2017, Pasdar joined 5x5 Technologies as a Senior Advisor. Babak provided business and technology advisory services, including fundraising and business strategy along with technology platform and development guidance. Babak left 5x5 Technologies in September 2017 to focus on Acreto full-time.

Some direct reports include Thad Eidman - Founder, COO & CFO, Łukasz Klimek - VP, Engineering, and Craig Collar - VP, Network & Security Operations.