Joe Smolarski — CEO
I’m the CEO of WatchGuard Technologies, a global cybersecurity platform company built for the MSP community. For more than 30 years, WatchGuard has helped partners secure businesses around the world. Today, we are focused on accelerating that mission. That means expanding our platform, deepening our partner ecosystem, and simplifying cybersecurity delivery at scale. My focus as CEO is straightforward: ∙Strengthen our position as the cybersecurity platform of choice for MSPs ∙Drive innovation across network, endpoint, identity, and MDR ∙Embed AI and automation to reduce operational complexity ∙Help partners grow faster and more profitably ∙Scale our global go-to-market engine Cybersecurity is getting harder. Threats are accelerating, and tool sprawl is overwhelming teams. MSPs do not need more point products. They need an integrated platform that drives outcomes. That is exactly what we are building at WatchGuard. Before joining WatchGuard, I spent more than two decades scaling technology and MSP-focused organizations in executive leadership roles across go-to-market, operations, customer success, and product strategy. Most recently, I served as President and COO of Kaseya. I have built my career at the intersection of platform scale, partner ecosystems, and operational execution. I believe the companies that win in cybersecurity will be the ones that: ∙Consolidate fragmented security capabilities ∙Automate detection and response ∙Deliver measurable outcomes, not just alerts ∙Put partners at the center of their growth strategy That is the path we are on. And we are just getting started.
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Experience: 26 yrs
Skills
- Sales Strategy
- Customer Success
- Information Technology
- Business Operations
- Global Operations
- Sales
- Sales Management
- Strategic Planning
- Service Delivery
- It Security
- Service Transformation
- Managed Services
- Operations Management
- It Transformation
- It Strategy
Career Highlights
- Led Kaseya's growth from $1.2Bn to over $15Bn.
- Drove operational efficiencies at MRP, increasing revenue significantly.
- Expert in transforming service delivery and customer success.
Work Experience
WatchGuard Technologies
Chief Executive Officer (5 mos)
Kaseya
President (2 yrs 10 mos)
Chief Operating Officer (4 yrs)
MRP
Chief Operating Officer (2 yrs 7 mos)
IPC Systems, Inc.
SVP Global Sales & Sales Support (1 yr)
Senior Vice President, Global Operations / Service Delivery & Information Technology (CIO) (1 yr 7 mos)
Senior Vice President, Global Services + Global Information Technology (CIO) (2 yrs 11 mos)
VP - Operations, North America + Global Information Technology (CIO) (4 yrs 5 mos)
Vice President - Global Information Technology (3 yrs 5 mos)
Global Crossing
Vice President - I.T. Application Development (1 yr)
IXnet
Director, IT Application Development (1 yr)
Self Employed - IT Management Consultant
IT Management Consultant (1 yr)
Information Alternatives
Systems Engineer / Management Systems Consultant (1 yr)
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) at Temple University