"Simon brings a depth of tech industry expertise to WatchGuard and leadership style that focuses on people, collaboration and integrity," said WatchGuard Technologies CEO Prakash Panjwani.

"His extensive security knowledge, familiarity with WatchGuard's products and go-to-market approach, and expertise with digital transformation make him the perfect fit for this role. We are thrilled to welcome Simon to the WatchGuard leadership team."

Yeo joins WatchGuard with more than three decades of industry experience.

He most recently served as CIO at Barracuda Networks, and previously worked as vice president of technical operations at Upwork (formerly Elance), Tout.com and. meebo.

Yeo's previous roles included that of infrastructure architect at EDS, solutions architect at Loudcloud, director of internet operations at Gigabeat, IT manager at Eclipse International, senior custom webhosting engineer at BBN Planet, and software engineer and system administrator at Nortel.

He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from UCLA and a master's in computer science from Stanford University.

"WatchGuard is a renowned cybersecurity leader with a remarkably collaborative workplace culture," said Yeo.

"I'm excited to step into this new role and look forward to working with the WatchGuard team as we continue to drive system and process modernisation and cloud transformation to the next level."