Dean Darwin

Dean is President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. Darwin also serves on the Advisory Board for the Michael G. Foster School of Business Sales Program at the University of Washington. Prior to Igneous, Dean was SVP of Prisma at Palo Alto Networks leading the Cloud business unit. Before that, he was SVP/CMO at F5 Networks, and he has also had leadership positions at NetApp, RadioFrame Networks, and Cisco Systems. Darwin received a B.S. in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and is also a veteran of the Air Force. Dean expresses his Northwest pride through his deep knowledge of—and appreciation for—rock music and attends as many shows as he can.