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About Us
Executive Team
- Todd Hooper, CEO and Founder
- Chris Slatt, Chairman and Founder
- Chris Boscolo, Chief Technology Officer and Founder
- Heather Johnson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales
- Keith Clements, Vice President of Operations
Todd Hooper, CEO and Founder
Todd Hooper has over fourteen years of experience with networking and security technologies. In 1993, he co-founded Momentum Pty Ltd, an Internet security consultancy acquired by AlphaWest in 1996. From 1998 until 2001 Todd was Vice President of Business Development at WatchGuard Technologies Inc. In 2002, he co-founded Trillium Lane Labs, a developer of audio post-production software acquired by Avid Technology, Inc. in 2005. Most recently, he joined the founders of GraniteEdge Networks in 2004 to provide business development, marketing and product management for a large enterprise security product.
Chris Slatt, Chairman and Founder
Chris Slatt, Founder and former CEO of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc., has returned to the technology world after the successful launch of Starfire Sports, a world-class youth soccer non-profit based in Seattle. Prior to his work with Starfire Sports, Chris was instrumental in founding and growing WatchGuard Technologies from a startup through its IPO to an industry-leading provider of network security appliances worldwide. Before WatchGuard Technologies, Chris founded Networx, Inc., an enterprise network and systems management company that was later acquired by Legent (Computer Associates). Prior to starting Networx, Chris served as an executive for the Boeing Company, where he spearheaded computer systems projects for NASA and New York City's Con Edison. He also serves on the Board of Directors of VANTOS.
Chris Boscolo, Chief Technology Officer and Founder
Chris Boscolo has over twelve years of experience developing networking and security products. As Co-founder, and CTO at Napera Networks, Chris leads the innovation and development of Napera Networks solutions. Prior to Napera, Chris was Chief Software Architect at WatchGuard Technologies where he pioneered cutting edge firewall and VPN technologies. While at WatchGuard, Chris managed the software development of the award winning Firebox, a Firewall/VPN appliance. He holds several patents in the field of network security.
Heather Johnson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Heather Johnson has more than ten years experience in the networking and security industries. She brings to Napera a track of record success in domestic and international business development, sales, marketing, and management. Heather was Vice President of Global Strategy and Sales for WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. During her time at WatchGuard, Heather was responsible for the strategy and development of all global accounts and WatchGuard's Managed Security Service offering. Following WatchGuard, Heather joined UniversalGiving, where she was responsible for sales of UniversalGiving Corporate, a customized software service designed to manage corporate social responsibility programs for companies such as Cisco Systems, Inc. Heather started her career at networking vendor Whitetree, Inc. prior to its acquisition by Ascend Communications, Inc.
Keith Clements, Vice President of Operations
Keith Clements joined the Napera Networks executive team in December of 2007. He has twenty years experience in the networking sector, eleven of which involve network security technologies. During this time, Keith has built and managed technical support and operations organizations for five different corporations, including Digital Systems and Computer Associates. He was one of the original employees of WatchGuard Technologies in 1996. Over his ten year tenure at WatchGuard, he grew the operations team from three to over one hundred employees and built an annual services revenue stream of approximately $30M.