Prakash Panjwani

Board Member and Strategic Advisor
WatchGuard Technologies

Prakash Panjwani is a member of WatchGuard’s Board of Directors and a strategic advisor to the company. He served as WatchGuard’s CEO from April 2015 to May 2025, a period of remarkable company growth and transformation based on his clear vision to create a simplified, unified cybersecurity platform that powers the MSP community. During his tenure, Prakash oversaw six strategic acquisitions that expanded the company’s capabilities across endpoint security, identity security, and managed detection and response, while dramatically growing the company’s employee base, partner ecosystem, and annual recurring revenue. As a result, Vector Capital increased its investment in the company and acquired majority ownership in 2022. Under his leadership, WatchGuard evolved from a firewall vendor into the global cybersecurity platform provider it is today.

Prior to joining WatchGuard, Prakash was CEO at SafeNet, one of the largest information security companies in the world. In his 12-year career at SafeNet, Panjwani led the strategic acquisition of 12 companies, including Aladdin Knowledge Systems and Cryptocard. He spearheaded the software division’s transformation from a copyright protection offering into a modern software monetization platform. Panjwani also refocused the company’s data protection product portfolio on three rapidly growing markets – crypto management, data encryption, and authentication – and successfully executed against a highly aggressive product development and go-to-market plan. SafeNet was sold to Gemalto (Euronext: GTO) for $890 million, a transaction that closed in January 2015. Prakash’s prior experience includes executive level positions at wireless security company Certicom, as well as Motorola and Telcordia.

Prakash holds a master’s degree in information networking from Carnegie Mellon University, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University.