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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" />
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" />


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=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 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>
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 ===

Revision as of 19:13, 10 August 2024

Salvatore Sferlazza
Alma materSUNY Albany
OccupationCEO at NinjaOne

Sal Sferlazza is co-founder and CEO of NinjaOne. He is also the co-founder of several previous companies including Lasso Logic, PacketTrap, Anchor Networks, Boostingo and Realm Interactive.

History

Sal Sferlazza graduated SUNY Albany in 1996 and while attending school he worked for his uncle in New York City as an IT consultant.[1][2] After receiving his degree he went to work at Accenture as a software consultant before deciding to become a founder.[1][3]

In 2001, Sferlazza founded Realm Interactive, the first of four startups sold, with current NinjaOne President, Chris Matarese.[1][2] 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.[2][4] Sal had hired Marvel comic book artist Joe Madureira to do the artwork and the game was later released as Dungeon Runners.[5][1][6]

Lasso Logic

In 2005, he co-founded Lasso Logic, a company that pioneered continuous data protection and redundant off-site data backups.[7] The firm was sold to SonicWall in 2005 and became known as their Business Continuity Unit.[1][8][9]

PacketTrap

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.[10] They sold the company to Quest Software which was also bought out by Dell in 2009.[1][3]

After PacketTraps, Sferlazza founded cloud managed service provider Anchor Networks which, was sold to EFolder in 2013.[11][5]

NinjaOne

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.[12][13][14] NinjaOne raised a $30M round from Summit Partners and a $231M round valuing the company at $1.9 billion, led by ICONIQ in 2024.[15][16][17]

References

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


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