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'''Sal Sferlazza''' is co-founder and CEO of NinjaOne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New tech CEOs, leaders to know |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/inno/stories/news/2023/04/03/austin-tech-hires-in-march.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Software Startup NinjaRMM Opens New Austin HQ for Growing Team {{!}} Built In Austin |url=https://www.builtinaustin.com/articles/ninjarmm-new-austin-hq-hiring-75 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Built In |language=en}}</ref> He is also the co-founder of several previous companies including [[Lasso Logic]], [[PacketTrap]], Anchor Networks, Boostingo and Realm Interactive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Austin based Startup NinjaOne worth nearly $2B after massive funding round |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2024/02/06/austin-based-security-startup-ninjaone.html |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>
'''Sal Sferlazza''' is the co-founder of several companies including [[Lasso Logic]], [[PacketTrap]] and [[NinjaOne|Ninjaone]] where he is CEO.


== History ==
==History==
Sal Sferlazza graduated [[University at Albany, SUNY|SUNY Albany]] in 1996 and while attending school he worked for his uncle in New York City as an IT consultant.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sal Sferlazza Has Sold Four Startups - Here's Why He's Holding Onto NinjaRMM |url=https://theorg.com/iterate/sal-sferlazza-has-sold-four-startups-heres-why-hes-holding-onto-ninjarmm |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> After receiving his degree he went to work at [[Accenture]] as a software consultant before deciding to become a founder.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sal Sferlazza Has Sold Four Startups - Here's Why He's Holding Onto NinjaRMM |url=https://theorg.com/iterate/sal-sferlazza-has-sold-four-startups-heres-why-hes-holding-onto-ninjarmm |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> After receiving his degree he went to work at [[Accenture]] as a software consultant before deciding to become a founder.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />


In 2001, Sal founded Realm Interactive, the first of four startups sold, with current NinjaOne President, Chris Matarese.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Carlos |first=Jirehl |date=2024-04-01 |title=The Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Austin for 2024 - Great Entrepreneurs |url=https://thegreatentrepreneurs.com/the-top-25-entrepreneurs-of-austin-for-2024/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-13 |title=Trade Wars: Dark Millenium - PC News at IGN |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143918/http://pc.ign.com/articles/364/364427p1.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Sal had hired Marvel comic book artist [[Joe Madureira]] to do the artwork and the game was later releases as [[Dungeon Runners]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" />
In 2001, Sferlazza founded Realm Interactive, the first of four startups sold, with current NinjaOne President, Chris Matarese.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Carlos |first=Jirehl |date=2024-04-01 |title=The Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Austin for 2024 - Great Entrepreneurs |url=https://thegreatentrepreneurs.com/the-top-25-entrepreneurs-of-austin-for-2024/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-13 |title=Trade Wars: Dark Millenium - PC News at IGN |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/364/364427p1.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143918/http://pc.ign.com/articles/364/364427p1.html |archive-date=2011-06-13}}</ref> Sal had hired Marvel comic book artist [[Joe Madureira]] to do the artwork and the game was later released as [[Dungeon Runners]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhao |first=Yun |date=2024-05-10 |title=Sal Sferlazza: CEO of NinjaOne and his path to rapid growth and success |url=https://btw.media/tech-trends/sal-sferlazza-ceo-of-ninjaone-and-his-path-to-rapid-growth-and-success/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== [[Lasso Logic]] ===
===Lasso Logic===
In 2005, he co-founded [[Lasso Logic]], a company that pioneered [[continuous data protection]] and redundant off-site data backups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shread |first=Paul |date=2005-11-21 |title=SonicWALL Corrals Lasso Logic |url=https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/backup/sonicwall-corrals-lasso-logic/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Enterprise Storage Forum |language=en-US}}</ref> The firm was sold to [[SonicWall]] in 2005 and became known as their Business Continuity Unit.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION by and among SONICWALL... |url=https://www.lawinsider.com/contracts/bvFMbmdlV8c |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Law Insider |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Startup City: PacketTrap Networks |url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/network-monitoring/startup-city-packettrap-networks |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.networkcomputing.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2005, he co-founded [[Lasso Logic]], a company that pioneered [[continuous data protection]] and redundant off-site data backups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shread |first=Paul |date=2005-11-21 |title=SonicWALL Corrals Lasso Logic |url=https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/backup/sonicwall-corrals-lasso-logic/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Enterprise Storage Forum |language=en-US}}</ref> The firm was sold to [[SonicWall]] in 2005 for approximately $20 million and became known as their Business Continuity Unit.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among SonicWall... |url=https://www.lawinsider.com/contracts/bvFMbmdlV8c |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Law Insider |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Startup City: PacketTrap Networks |url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/network-monitoring/startup-city-packettrap-networks |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.networkcomputing.com |language=en}}</ref>


=== [[PacketTrap]] ===
===PacketTrap===
AIn 2006 Sal co-found IT network management company [[PacketTrap|PacketTrap,]] with Steve Goodman and raised a $5M from August Capital in a series A financing round.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-04 |title=Network Management Software - Network Monitoring and MSP Software for… |url=https://archive.ph/RGAe0 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=archive.ph}}</ref> They sold the company to [[Quest Software]] which was also bought out by Dell in 2009.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Panettieri |first=Joe |date=2022-05-03 |title=MSP Software Unicorn NinjaOne Taps ConnectWise, Liongard Veteran Adam Slutskin - |url=https://www.channele2e.com/news/msp-software-unicorn-ninjaone-taps-connectwise-liongard-veteran-adam-slutskin |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=ChannelE2E |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-04 |title=Network Management Software - Network Monitoring and MSP Software for… |url=https://archive.today/20160328121212/http://web.archive.org/web/20100504151233/http://www.packettrap.com/network/Press-Releases/PacketTrap-Networks-Secures-$5M-Series-A-Investmen.aspx |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=archive.ph}}</ref> They sold the company to [[Quest Software]] which was also bought out by Dell in 2009.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Panettieri |first=Joe |date=2022-05-03 |title=MSP Software Unicorn NinjaOne Taps ConnectWise, Liongard Veteran Adam Slutskin - |url=https://www.channele2e.com/news/msp-software-unicorn-ninjaone-taps-connectwise-liongard-veteran-adam-slutskin |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=ChannelE2E |language=en}}</ref>


He founded a cloud MSP called Anchor which was sold to EFolder in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SuperbCrew |date=2016-01-12 |title=An Interview With Sal Sferlazza About RMM And The Launch Of NinjaMSP |url=https://www.superbcrew.com/an-interview-with-sal-sferlazza-about-rmm-and-the-launch-of-ninjamsp/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=SuperbCrew |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Kovar |first=Joseph F. |title=NinjaRMM Develops Own Data Protection Offering {{!}} CRN |url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/ninjarmm-develops-own-data-protection-offering |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.crn.com}}</ref>
After PacketTraps, Sferlazza founded cloud managed service provider Anchor Networks which, was sold to EFolder in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SuperbCrew |date=2016-01-12 |title=An Interview With Sal Sferlazza About RMM And The Launch Of NinjaMSP |url=https://www.superbcrew.com/an-interview-with-sal-sferlazza-about-rmm-and-the-launch-of-ninjamsp/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=SuperbCrew |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Kovar |first=Joseph F. |title=NinjaRMM Develops Own Data Protection Offering {{!}} CRN |url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/ninjarmm-develops-own-data-protection-offering |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.crn.com}}</ref>


===NinjaOne===
In 2013, Sal and Chris started NinjaRMM, originally based out of San Francisco, the company would rebrand as NinjaOne and relocate to Austin, Texas in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Kara |title=Software firm NinjaRMM moves HQ to Austin, plans to keep growing |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/08/17/software-firm-ninjarmm-moves-hq-austin-plans-keep-growing/8158416002/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>''ICT Monitor Worldwide (Amman, Jordan)'' (2021) 'NinjaRMM Outgrows Name,Rebrands As NinjaOne', 26 Oct, (online NewsBank).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NinjaRMM Moves to Austin! |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/03/12/ninjarmm-moves-hq-to-austin-from-san-francisco.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> NinjaOne raised a $30M round from [[Summit Partners]] and a $231M round valuing the company at $1.9 billion, led by [[ICONIQ Capital|ICONIQ]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=2024-02-07 |title=Endpoint security startup NinjaOne lands $231.5M at $1.9B valuation |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/endpoint-security-startup-ninjaone-lands-231-5m-at-1-9b-valuation/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-06 |title=NinjaOne Notches $1.9 Billion Valuation in Deal Led by Iconiq Growth |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/ninjaone-notches-1-9-billion-valuation-in-deal-led-by-iconiq |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NinjaRMM Pounces on $30M from Summit Partners |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/03/12/ninjarmm-pounces-on-30m-to-grow-cloud-native.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Kara |title=Software firm NinjaRMM moves HQ to Austin, plans to keep growing |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/08/17/software-firm-ninjarmm-moves-hq-austin-plans-keep-growing/8158416002/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>''ICT Monitor Worldwide (Amman, Jordan)'' (2021) 'NinjaRMM Outgrows Name,Rebrands As NinjaOne', 26 October, (online NewsBank).</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NinjaRMM Moves to Austin! |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2021/03/12/ninjarmm-moves-hq-to-austin-from-san-francisco.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> NinjaOne raised a $30M round from [[Summit Partners]] and a $231M round valuing the company at $1.9 billion, led by [[ICONIQ Capital|ICONIQ]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiggers |first=Kyle |date=2024-02-07 |title=Endpoint security startup NinjaOne lands $231.5M at $1.9B valuation |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/endpoint-security-startup-ninjaone-lands-231-5m-at-1-9b-valuation/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-06 |title=NinjaOne Notches $1.9 Billion Valuation in Deal Led by Iconiq Growth |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/ninjaone-notches-1-9-billion-valuation-in-deal-led-by-iconiq |access-date=2024-07-14 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NinjaRMM Pounces on $30M from Summit Partners |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/03/12/ninjarmm-pounces-on-30m-to-grow-cloud-native.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 19:30, 15 October 2024

Salvatore Sferlazza
Alma materSUNY Albany
OccupationCEO at NinjaOne
Notable workLasso 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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  1. ^ "New tech CEOs, leaders to know". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. ^ "Software Startup NinjaRMM Opens New Austin HQ for Growing Team | Built In Austin". Built In. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
  3. ^ "Austin based Startup NinjaOne worth nearly $2B after massive funding round". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c Carlos, Jirehl (2024-04-01). "The Top 25 Entrepreneurs of Austin for 2024 - Great Entrepreneurs". Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ a b Panettieri, Joe (2022-05-03). "MSP Software Unicorn NinjaOne Taps ConnectWise, Liongard Veteran Adam Slutskin -". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  7. ^ "Trade Wars: Dark Millenium - PC News at IGN". 2011-06-13. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  8. ^ a b Kovar, Joseph F. "NinjaRMM Develops Own Data Protection Offering | CRN". www.crn.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  9. ^ Zhao, Yun (2024-05-10). "Sal Sferlazza: CEO of NinjaOne and his path to rapid growth and success". Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  10. ^ Shread, Paul (2005-11-21). "SonicWALL Corrals Lasso Logic". Enterprise Storage Forum. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  11. ^ "Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among SonicWall..." Law Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  12. ^ "Startup City: PacketTrap Networks". www.networkcomputing.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  13. ^ "Network Management Software - Network Monitoring and MSP Software for…". archive.ph. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  14. ^ SuperbCrew (2016-01-12). "An Interview With Sal Sferlazza About RMM And The Launch Of NinjaMSP". SuperbCrew. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  15. ^ Carlson, Kara. "Software firm NinjaRMM moves HQ to Austin, plans to keep growing". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  16. ^ ICT Monitor Worldwide (Amman, Jordan) (2021) 'NinjaRMM Outgrows Name,Rebrands As NinjaOne', 26 October, (online NewsBank).
  17. ^ "NinjaRMM Moves to Austin!". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  18. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2024-02-07). "Endpoint security startup NinjaOne lands $231.5M at $1.9B valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  19. ^ "NinjaOne Notches $1.9 Billion Valuation in Deal Led by Iconiq Growth". Bloomberg.com. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  20. ^ "NinjaRMM Pounces on $30M from Summit Partners". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
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