Arif Kareem

About Arif

Arif is the CEO and President at ExtraHop Networks. Arif holds over 30 years of experience formulating and executing business and operational strategies to accelerate growth in the enterprise and technology markets.

Before joining ExtraHop, Arif served as President of Fluke Networks. During his tenure, the company focused on troubleshooting and monitoring of enterprise IT environments, data centers, and cloud and Wi-Fi networks with on-premise and SaaS solutions. In his six years as president, Arif helped Fluke Networks increase revenue to more than $350 million while considerably increasing operating margins. Arif also realigned and expanded the company's product portfolio to provide greater visibility across networks and cloud applications, improve the end-user experience, and increase business value. Arif also oversaw the acquisition and integration of Air Magnet and ClearSight Networks.

Previously, Arif was Vice President and General Manager of Tektronix and Senior Vice President and General Manager at Radisys. He holds a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from the University of Oregon.

Posts by Arif Kareem

• Betting the Company... and Winning

  • January 15, 2019
  • Posted in Company, Industry Trends, Security

  All too often, bet-the-company decisions are made based on excitement and ambition. They confuse brashness for boldness. Last year ExtraHop bet hard on security, and here's why today I can proudly say we're winning.

• Partnering with Customers for IT Transformation

  • December 3, 2018
  • Posted in Community, Company

  This year, Credit Suisse announced their inaugural Disruptive Technology Recognition Program, celebrating vendors that are driving IT innovation with disruptive approaches. ExtraHop is proud to announce our inclusion in this exciting new program.

• Visionaries for the Second Year in a Row

  • March 5, 2018
  • Posted in Company, Performance, Security

  ExtraHop placed furthest to the right for completeness of vision on Gartner's NPMD MQ for the 2nd year in a row. Here's why I believe we're the next big NPMD success story.

• Welcoming a New Member of the Family: ExtraHop Reveal(x)

  • January 30, 2018
  • Posted in Company, Launches, Reveal(x), Security

  ExtraHop has launched ExtraHop Reveal(x), a new security analytics product aimed at increasing critical asset visibility and automating investigations.

• Don't Stop at NPM. Start There.

  • February 22, 2017
  • Posted in Company

  As CEO of ExtraHop, one of my favorite jobs is getting to share good news: this week, ExtraHop debuted as a Visionary in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics.

• Introducing ExtraHop Addy

  • February 14, 2017
  • Posted in Company, Tech

  Like IT analytics, not all machine learning is created equal. There's a lot of hype out there, not to mention a bit of hysteria. Let me set the record straight. Just because a marketer calls it "Artificial Intelligence" doesn't mean it is.

• A Company of Immigrants Speaks Out

  • January 31, 2017
  • Posted in Community, Company

  Last week, the White House issued an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspending all refugee admissions into the United States. We as an organization do not agree with this policy.

• AppDynamics Acquisition: Just the Tip of the IT Analytics Iceberg

  • January 25, 2017
  • Posted in Community, Company

  As the value of IT data as a business driver continues to gain hold, wire data is poised to be the next transformative source of insight for the enterprise.

• Why The Network Is Eating The Enterprise

  • September 15, 2016
  • Posted in Community, Company

  The next IT revolution is happening at the layer that makes the Netflixes and Amazons of the world possible in the first place: your network.