Sal Sferlazza
Salvatore Sferlazza | |
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| Alma mater | SUNY Albany |
| Occupation | CEO at NinjaOne |
| Notable work | Lasso Logic, NinjaOne, PacketTrap |
Sal Sferlazza is co-founder and CEO of NinjaOne.[1][2] He is also the co-founder of several previous companies including Lasso Logic, PacketTrap, Anchor Networks, Boostingo and Realm Interactive.[3]
History
[edit]Sferlazza graduated from the State University of New York at Albany in 1996 and while attending school he worked for his uncle in New York City as an IT consultant.[4][5] After receiving his degree he went to work at Accenture as a software consultant before deciding to become a founder.[4][6]
In 2001, Sferlazza founded Realm Interactive, the first of four startups sold, with current NinjaOne President, Chris Matarese.[4][5] They were working on a game called Exarch, a follow up to the popular game Trade Wars when the company was sold in 2004 to NCSoft.[5][7] Sal had hired Marvel comic book artist Joe Madureira to do the artwork and the game was later released as Dungeon Runners.[8][4][9]
Lasso Logic
[edit]In 2005, he co-founded Lasso Logic, a company that pioneered continuous data protection and redundant off-site data backups.[10] The firm was sold to SonicWall in 2005 for approximately $20 million and became known as their Business Continuity Unit.[4][11][12]
PacketTrap
[edit]In 2006, Sferlazza co-founded the IT network management company PacketTrap, with Steve Goodman and raised a $5M from August Capital in a series A financing round.[13] They sold the company to Quest Software which was also bought out by Dell in 2009.[4][6]
After PacketTraps, Sferlazza founded cloud managed service provider Anchor Networks which, was sold to EFolder in 2013.[14][8]
NinjaOne
[edit]In 2013, Sferlazza and Matarese started NinjaRMM, originally based out of San Francisco, the company would rebrand as NinjaOne and relocate to Austin, Texas in 2021.[15][16][17] NinjaOne raised a $30M round from Summit Partners and a $231M round valuing the company at $1.9 billion, led by ICONIQ in 2024.[18][19][20]
References
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- ^ "Austin based Startup NinjaOne worth nearly $2B after massive funding round". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sal Sferlazza Has Sold Four Startups - Here's Why He's Holding Onto NinjaRMM". THE ORG. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b c Carlos, Jirehl (2024-04-01). "The Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Austin for 2024 - Great Entrepreneurs". Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b Panettieri, Joe (2022-05-03). "MSP Software Unicorn NinjaOne Taps ConnectWise, Liongard Veteran Adam Slutskin -". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Trade Wars: Dark Millenium - PC News at IGN". 2011-06-13. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ a b Kovar, Joseph F. "NinjaRMM Develops Own Data Protection Offering | CRN". www.crn.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Zhao, Yun (2024-05-10). "Sal Sferlazza: CEO of NinjaOne and his path to rapid growth and success". Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ Shread, Paul (2005-11-21). "SonicWALL Corrals Lasso Logic". Enterprise Storage Forum. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ "Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among SonicWall..." Law Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Startup City: PacketTrap Networks". www.networkcomputing.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Network Management Software - Network Monitoring and MSP Software for…". archive.ph. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ SuperbCrew (2016-01-12). "An Interview With Sal Sferlazza About RMM And The Launch Of NinjaMSP". SuperbCrew. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Carlson, Kara. "Software firm NinjaRMM moves HQ to Austin, plans to keep growing". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ ICT Monitor Worldwide (Amman, Jordan) (2021) 'NinjaRMM Outgrows Name,Rebrands As NinjaOne', 26 October, (online NewsBank).
- ^ "NinjaRMM Moves to Austin!". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2024-02-07). "Endpoint security startup NinjaOne lands $231.5M at $1.9B valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "NinjaOne Notches $1.9 Billion Valuation in Deal Led by Iconiq Growth". Bloomberg.com. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "NinjaRMM Pounces on $30M from Summit Partners". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.