F5 Networks provides application delivery networking technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications

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F5 Networks

As F5’s Executive Vice President of Global Services and Chief Strategy Officer, Tom Fountain leads the company’s worldwide services organization, including global support, consulting, and technology services teams; as well as corporate strategy, corporate development, including mergers and acquisitions, and new business incubations.

Fountain joined F5 in 2018 from McAfee, where he was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. Prior to McAfee, Fountain held multiple leadership roles at [Juniper Networks](/org/juniper-networks), including General Manager of the company’s Content & Media Business Unit and Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Earlier in his career, Fountain was a principal at the venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, the co-founder of network security firm Ingrian Networks (acquired by SafeNet), the founder and CEO of an outsource software development firm, and a faculty member at [Stanford University](/org/stanford) where he taught electrical engineering and computer science.

Fountain earned a BS in computer systems engineering, MS in electrical engineering, MS in computer science, and an MBA from [Stanford University](/org/stanford).

Tom Fountain

Mika Yamamoto is an Executive Vice President and the Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer at F5.

Yamamoto joined F5 in 2019 from Marketo, where she was Global President, and led the company through the go-to-market integration after the acquisition by Adobe. Prior to Marketo, Mika was SAP’s Chief Digital Marketing Officer and CMO for the Small-to-Mid-Size Business segment. In addition, she has held senior leadership roles at Amazon Books, Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Stores, Gartner Research and Accenture, establishing a strong track record of enterprise marketing results.

Yamamoto holds a B.A. in Commerce, Economics and Marketing from Queen’s University in Canada and serves on the board of the Rainier Valley Food Bank. 

Mika Yamamoto

Geng Lin is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at F5, Inc. He is responsible for leading technology strategy, product evolution, and critical innovations for the company.

Lin joined F5 in 2019 from J.P. Morgan Chase, where he was Managing Director, Chief Development Officer and Head of Engineering for consumer and community banking. Prior to JPMC, Lin worked at Google as CTO of Corporate Networks and later as Head of Service Engineering for Next Billion Users. Previously, he served as CTO of Networking Group at Dell and CTO of IBM Alliance at Cisco Systems. He was also an appointed Fellow at Dell and Distinguished Engineer at JPMC.

Lin is an industry-leading expert in distributed systems, software defined infrastructure, and cloud services. He is a contributing author of two books on cloud and data-intensive computing. He has published many technical papers and holds nine U.S. patents. 

Lin received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from Peking University and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from University of British Columbia.

Geng Lin

Chad Whalen

Derek Smith joined F5 in 2020 as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Shape Security.  

Previously, Smith served as CEO and Co-founder of Shape Security Inc., which he co-founded in 2011 to protect the largest banks, airlines, retailers, and government agencies from fraud, abuse and other sophisticated attacks.

Before founding Shape, Smith was Senior Advisor for Cyber-Policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the U.S. Department of Defense. He joined the government agency from Raytheon, the global defense contractor, where he served as VP of Cyber-Security after the company acquired Oakley Networks in 2007. Smith founded Oakley Networks in 2001, having developed the first data-leakage protection and insider threat network security technology, which is now deployed throughout the  U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and the Fortune 500. 

Derek Smith

Haiyan Song is the Executive Vice President of Security at F5 Networks.

In her more than 20-year career, Song has held several leadership positions, including Vice President and General Manager at HP ArcSight, Vice President of Engineering at ArcSight, and Vice President of Engineering at SenSage. Haiyan started her career at IBM/Informix, building trusted regional database management systems for Federal customers.

Song also currently serves on the board of CSG, a provider of revenue management and digital payments. Haiyan also served on the board of LLamasoft, an AI-powered supply chain analytics software company that was acquired by Coupa in November 2020. She holds an M.S. from Florida Atlantic University and studied Computer Science in Tsinghua University in China.

Haiyan Song

Ana White 

Kara Sprague oversees F5’s entire portfolio of multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions.

Sprague joined F5 in 2017 to lead the Application Delivery Controller business. In her most recent role, she served as EVP, Application Delivery and Enterprise Product Ops, where she was responsible for the BIG-IP and NGINX product families, along with enterprise-wide product operations. Prior to F5, Sprague spent 13 years with McKinsey & Company, where she held various leadership positions across their technology practice, including the Technology, Media, and Telecom Practice for the Western Region. Earlier in her career, Sprague was on the engineering staff of Oracle, Agilent Technologies, and Hewlett-Packard. 

A trained computer scientist and electrical engineer, she holds a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has a passion for advancing diversity and inclusion in technology roles and served on the board of Girls Who Code from 2016 to 2022.

Kara Sprague

Michael Montoya joined F5’s Board in 2021. Mr. Montoya serves as Chief Information Security Officer at [Equinix](/org/equinix), a role he has held since October 2019. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Digital Realty and in numerous leadership roles at Microsoft, including as Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Asia, where he led security initiatives and operations for the development and delivery of Microsoft cloud security products and services. Montoya also held leadership positions at [FireEye](/org/fireeye), EMC Corporation, and Avanade Inc. He currently serves as an advisor for several early-stage security companies. Mr. Montoya earned a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of New Mexico and holds advisor roles for several early-stage security companies.

Michael Montoya

Marianne Budnik joined the F5 board of directors in October, 2022. Budnik currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Talon Cyber Security. Previously she served as Chief Marketing Officer for CrowdStrike, where she also oversaw the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Ms. Budnik’s prior roles include Chief Marketing Officer for CyberArk, a leader in Privileged Access Management and Identity Security solutions, as well as leadership roles with SimpliVity, Acme Packet, CA Technologies, and EMC Corporation.

Budnik earned an M.B.A. from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from Babson College and currently serves on the board of directors for publicly traded Cerence, Inc.

Marianne Budnik

Sandra Bergeron is currently the Director at [F5 Networks](/org/f5-networks). Sandra has previously held positions as a member of the Board of Directors at [Sophos](/org/sophos) and [Qualys](/org/qualys), and as Chairman of the Board at [TraceSecurity](/org/tracesecurity). Sandra has also been a Director at ArcSight.

Sandra Bergeron has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from [Xavier University](/org/xavier-university) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from [Georgia State University](/org/georgia-state-university). Her MBA is in Management and their BBA is in Information Systems.

Sandra Bergeron

Gary Brock

John OConnor

Matt Quill

Devon Jonsson

Sharon Yap

Karl Persson

Eric Ji

Christian Bennett

Joseph David Hull

James Phillips joined F5’s board of directors in January 2022. Phillips currently leads Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Platform Group, a product development organization with more than 15,000 global team members. His team builds and operates Microsoft’s business applications and services; and the application, integration, data, and intelligence platforms beneath them—collectively powering the digital transformation initiatives of some of the world’s largest organizations. Phillips joined Microsoft in 2012 as a strategy advisor to Satya Nadella, then president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division. Prior to joining Microsoft, Phillips co-founded and served as CEO of multiple software companies; held engineering, product management, corporate development, and marketing leadership roles at Intel, VMware, and Synopsys; and spent two years as a technology investment banker with UBS PaineWebber advising public and private software companies on M&A strategy and execution. Phillips holds a BS in Mathematics from Louisiana State University and earned his MBA with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

James Phillips

Anna Thomsen

Garrett Kingston

Paul Harris

Sri Shivananda is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of [PayPal](/org/paypal) Holdings, Inc., a global leader in digital payment technologies. He leads Technology Platforms & Experiences, overseeing a team responsible for the company’s secure, reliable, and scalable global infrastructure and strategic core platform. Prior to [PayPal](/org/paypal), he served in leadership roles at eBay Inc., overseeing the company’s global platform and infrastructure, with extensive experience in areas such as cloud services and data architecture. Shivananda holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from [Ohio University](/org/ohio-university).

Sri Shivananda

Elizabeth Buse

Frank Pelzer

 Scot Rogers

Nick Mehta is the current director at [F5 Networks](/org/f5-networks). Prior to their current position, Nick was a general partner at Acceleprise San Francisco from December 2015 to December 2018. Nick was also an executive-in-residence at Accel Partners from May 2012 to February 2013. Before that, they were the Chief Executive Officer at LiveOffice from May 2008 to May 2012. Nick has also held various other positions at different companies throughout their career.

Nick Mehta has a Master's of Science in Computer Science from [Harvard University](/org/harvard), and a Bachelor's of Arts Magna Cum Laude in Biochemistry from [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

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