Dr. Dhrupad Trivedi joined A10 Networks in December 2019 as President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed to the board that same month, and became Chairperson of the board in September 2020. From March 2013 to November 2019 he served as President, Network Solutions – Industrial IT/IoT and Cybersecurity at Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), where he had also been a Corporate Vice President from January 2010 to March 2013, and earlier held multiple general management and corporate development roles at JDS Uniphase Corporation. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a master's in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama, and an MBA in finance from Duke University.