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Ariful Huq

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Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce

San Mateo, California, United States

FoundedExaforce

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Michelle DuncanunlockedAriful: together at The University of Kansas (2002–2004)
×4Ariful: together at Juniper Networks
Ariful: together at The Johns Hopkins University
×6Ariful: together at The University of Kansas

About

Ariful Huq is Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce. He has 17 years of experience across product management, engineering, and technical operations, with a focus on building, launching, and operationalizing software and security solutions for early-stage startups. His work also includes speaking and writing about technology through blogs, webinars, and industry events.

Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce

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Exaforce's investors · 4

Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2026Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checks · since 2025Peak XV PartnersTrianon · $100K – $10M checksTouring CapitalSan Francisco

Co-founders at Exaforce

MRMarco Rodrigues
Marco RodriguesCo-founder and Head of Customer Engineering & Operations
JPJakub Pavlik
Jakub PavlikCo-Founder and Head of Engineering
DMDevesh Mittal
Devesh MittalCo-Founder and Head of Engineering

Experience

  1. ExaforceCo-Founder and Head of Productcurrent2023 — present
  2. Palo Alto NetworksHead of Products @ Prisma Cloud2020 — 2023
  3. Aporeto (Acquired by Palo Alto Networks)VP of Products2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Viptela (Acquired by Cisco)Director of Product Management2015 — 2017
  5. Juniper NetworksSenior Product Line Manager2007 — 2015

Skills & more

Routers14Juniper Technologies22Juniper9LTE3VMware ESXSaaS1Software as a Service (SaaS)1Juniper Networks Products8MPLS64Network Architecture59IPv631QoS23
+12 moreBGPEthernetRoutingData CenterVPNPre-salesProduct ManagementCloud ComputingService Provider NetworksOpenStackNetwork VirtualizationLinux KVM

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Who is Ariful Huq?
Ariful Huq is Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce. He has 17 years of experience across product management, engineering, and technical operations, with a focus on building, launching, and operationalizing software and security solutions for early-stage startups. His work also includes speaking and writing about technology through blogs, webinars, and industry events.
Where does Ariful Huq work?
Ariful Huq is Co-Founder and Head of Product of Exaforce.
What companies did Ariful Huq found?
Ariful Huq founded Exaforce.
Where did Ariful Huq go to school?
Ariful Huq studied at The Johns Hopkins University (MS, EE); The University of Kansas (Bachelors, Electrical Engineering).

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