Executive Team

Anil Singhal co-founded NETSCOUT in June 1984 and has served as NETSCOUT’s Chief Executive Officer and as a director on the Company’s Board since inception. In January 2007, Mr. Singhal was appointed Chairman of the Board and has been serving as NETSCOUT’s President, CEO, and Chairman since that time. In his current role, Mr. Singhal is focused on providing strategic leadership and vision, as well as setting operational priorities for the Company’s management team. Mr. Singhal’s vision of “traffic-based instrumentation” has guided NETSCOUT’s product direction and focus for the past three decades, helping to shape the evolution of the industry in the process.

Michael Szabados has served as NETSCOUT's Chief Operating Officer since April 2007. In this role, Mr. Szabados has focused on implementing and executing the company's vision and strategy. As COO, he has played a pivotal role in leading, integrating, and adapting the company’s functional areas as we grew dramatically through multiple acquisitions.

Jean Bua has served as NETSCOUT's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since November 2011. She joined the company in September 2010 as Vice President, Finance, in conjunction with the company’s succession planning. In her current role, Ms. Bua is responsible for investor relations, treasury, financial planning and analysis, real estate development, accounting, and compliance.

John W. Downing is NETSCOUT’s Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations and has overseen the Comapny's sales operations since 2007. In this role, Mr. Downing is responsible for directing the Company’s sales leadership in both the service provider and enterprise markets. Under Mr. Downing’s direction, NETSCOUT has reported strong revenue growth and built vibrant, long-term relationships with leading telecommunications service providers, government agencies and many of the world’s largest corporations.

Daryle DeBalski is Senior Vice President and General Manager of NETSCOUT's tools product area. He joined NETSCOUT in July 2015 after NETSCOUT's acquisition of Danaher's Communications Business where he was general manager for the Fluke Networks Enterprise business unit. He brings more than 20 years of software industry experience to the role. Before joining Fluke Networks, he served as a Senior R&D Manager at Agilent Technologies; Vice President of R&D at Optika, a business-to-business software company; and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Bruce Kelley, Jr. is NETSCOUT's Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Service Provider. Mr. Kelley has served in senior engineering roles at NETSCOUT since the Company's acquisition of NextPoint Networks, Inc., a company Mr. Kelley co-founded, in July 2000. Following the acquisition, Mr. Kelley assumed the position of NETSCOUT’s Chief Technology Officer in 2001 and has since helped lead the Company's development activity to address the needs of a growing number of leading service providers around the world.

Richard Kenedi is President of NETSCOUT’s New Markets business unit. In this role, Richard is responsible for cultivating and growing new market segment opportunities for the company. Richard previously held the role of President Service Assurance business unit. Richard came to NETSCOUT through the Danaher Communications acquisition where he held the position of President Tektronix Communications. Prior roles within Tektronix Communications included Vice President, Products and Portfolio Management, Vice President and General Manager for the Test & Optimization and Core Test Businesses. Richard has also held senior roles in SOMA Networks and Nortel Networks.

Kevin Keough has served as NETSCOUT's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since joining the Company in July 2015 as part of NETSCOUT's acquisition of Danaher's Communications Business. He was previously Vice President of Strategy, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions for all of the operating companies within the Danaher Communications Platform. He drives the development of multi-year strategic plans to grow share and expand addressable market size. He also develops, manages and executes the platform and operating company M&A and BD plans to accelerate and amplify the success of the strategic plan, including “bolt-on”, “consolidation” and attractive “adjacent market expansion” and partnership opportunities that provide defensive or offensive value and optionality.

Tony King is NETSCOUT’s Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales for the Arbor Security Business Unit and has overseen the sales organization since 2013. Mr. King is responsible for directing all the business unit’s global sales on both service provider and enterprise markets via Arbor’s global channel. Under Mr. King’s direction and leadership, Arbor has built a uniquely open, collaborative and International culture that has resulted in strong and sustained revenue growth.

As Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Jeff Levinson responsible for the company's global legal strategy legal operations. He plays a strategic role in achieving corporate goals, leading the legal team in support of corporate initiatives, and supporting charitable and community drives.

Ashwani Singhal is Senior Vice President of Research & Development. Mr. Singhal joined NETSCOUT in 1987 and served as a Senior Software Engineer and Project Manager from 1987 until February 1997, as Director of Engineering from February 1997 until October 1998, and as Vice President, Engineering from October 1998 through December 2000.

Thor Wallace joined NETSCOUT in January 2017 and serves as the Senior Vice President and CIO for the company. He has extensive experience in managing and leveraging Information Technology for both small and large technology and life science companies, including Medtronic, Biogen, Analogic and Kronos. He began his career as a management consultant at Ernst & Young. Thor brings a strong track record of driving transformational change in organizations, delivering operational efficiencies, engaging employees and improving customer service. He reports to Michael Szabados and is based in Westford, MA.