Congratulations to Duo Security, which announced that it is to be
acquired by Cisco Systems for $2.35b. This is
a great outcome for all involved, and I'm very proud of what the
team has accomplished.
I worked with Duo for about three years, initially as an advisor and ultimately as Chief Operating Officer running Sales, Marketing, Products, Engineering and Services. I helped grow the company from around $7m in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) to about $100m. The company has continued to grow to 700 employees, 12,000 customers and revenues that I estimate could exceed $200m ARR by year end, based on prior published numbers.
Duo is the fastest growing company I've been a …
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