About
This bio was provided during this employee's time at ExtraHop and does not reflect any current positions or experience.
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
6.25.19
It's Time for Security Leadership to Embrace the Cloud-First Future
Between systemic challenges and a rapidly evolving attack surface, security leaders need to actively embrace the speed and agility of the cloud. Here's how to start.
Arif Kareem
1.15.19
Betting the Company... and Winning
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.
Arif Kareem
12.3.18
Partnering with Customers for IT Transformation
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.
Arif Kareem
1.30.18
Welcoming a New Member of the Family: ExtraHop Reveal(x)
ExtraHop has launched ExtraHop Reveal(x), a new security analytics product aimed at increasing critical asset visibility and automating investigations.
Arif Kareem
2.17.17
Don't Stop at NPM. Start There.
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.
Arif Kareem
2.14.17
Introducing ExtraHop Addy
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.
Arif Kareem
1.31.17
A Company of Immigrants Speaks Out
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.
Arif Kareem
1.25.17
AppDynamics Acquisition: Just the Tip of the IT Analytics Iceberg
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.
Arif Kareem
9.15.16
Why The Network Is Eating The Enterprise
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.
Arif Kareem