Varun brings to Aprius a breadth of operational and strategic experiences gained during his 20 year career in technology. Varun has served as CEO of NetContinuum (acquired by Barracuda Networks), as EVP of Marketing and Customer Operations for Ellacoya (acquired by Arbor Networks), and as VP of Product Management and Marketing at Extreme Networks (EXTR). Varun was previously a Partner at PRTM - a leading management consulting company focused on product and operations strategy. Clients included the world’s leading server, storage, and communications companies. Varun also serves on the board of Parascale - a storage software company whose Google File System-like technology enables data centers to build storage clouds. Varun holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and an MBA from Boston University.