Barracuda CIO Siroui Mushegian Honored with 2026 BayAreaCIO ORBIE Award

Recognized for Driving Innovation, Accelerating AI Adoption, and Delivering Business Impact

News highlights:

• Barracuda CIO Siroui Mushegian received the 2026 BayAreaCIO ORBIE Award in the Corporate category, recognizing exceptional technology leadership and business impact.
• Under her leadership, Barracuda accelerated AI adoption, modernized core technology platforms, and strengthened operational efficiency across the company.
• Mushegian has transformed IT into a strategic driver of innovation, agility, and growth, helping advance Barracuda's AI adoption and business transformation.

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barracuda Networks, Inc., the cyber resilience platform leader making security easy for all size business, today announced that Siroui Mushegian, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), has received the prestigious 2026 BayAreaCIO ORBIE Award in the Corporate category. The award honors technology executives who demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and business impact.

"The most effective technology leaders turn innovation into measurable business outcomes," said Mushegian. "This recognition reflects the talent, dedication, and collaboration of teams across Barracuda. Together, we're building a more secure, resilient, and AI-enabled organization that moves faster, makes smarter decisions, and delivers greater value to our customers and partners."

As CIO, Mushegian leads Barracuda's global IT strategy, digital transformation, AI initiatives, and secure technology operations. Under her leadership, the company has modernized critical platforms, accelerated AI and automation adoption, strengthened enterprise security, and increased the speed and effectiveness of technology across the business. By positioning IT as a strategic business enabler, she has helped drive innovation, improve operational agility, and advance company-wide transformation.

"Siroui exemplifies the modern CIO," said Rohit Ghai, Chief Executive Officer of Barracuda. "She has combined cybersecurity expertise, operational excellence, and AI-driven innovation to transform how we operate. Her ability to align technology investments with business priorities has strengthened our resilience, accelerated growth, and created lasting value across the organization. This recognition is exceptionally well deserved."

Mushegian's leadership reflects Barracuda's mission to simplify security and help organizations strengthen cyber resilience. That vision is embodied in BarracudaONE®, the company's AI-powered cyber resilience platform, which unifies protection across email, identities, AI, data, applications, and networks to help organizations continuously identify, prioritize, and reduce cyber risk.

With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, Mushegian has held senior technology leadership roles at BlackLine, PBS/WNET, the NBA, Ralph Lauren, and Time Inc. She holds an MBA from Fordham University and bachelor's degrees in mathematics and finance from the University of Connecticut.

About Barracuda

Barracuda is a leading global cybersecurity company delivering complete resilience made easy to buy, deploy, and use through a partner-first model. Our intelligent BarracudaONE platform provides cyber resilience across email, identities, AI, data, applications, networks, and managed XDR within an open ecosystem. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of organizations and partners worldwide, Barracuda delivers industry-leading solutions and support, powered by people and enhanced by AI, for all size business.

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