Tom Fountain

Chief Operating Officer

As F5’s Chief Operating Officer, Tom Fountain is responsible for overseeing Global Services and leading F5’s digital transformation to accelerate critical solution delivery to customers. He is also responsible for driving execution, productivity, and efficiency company wide. 

Tom joined F5 in 2018 from McAfee, where he was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development. Prior to McAfee, Fountain held multiple leadership roles at Juniper Networks, including General Manager of the company’s Content & Media Business Unit and Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Earlier in his career, Tom was a principal at the venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, the co-founder of network security firm Ingrian Networks (acquired by SafeNet), the founder and CEO of an outsource software development firm, and a faculty member at Stanford University where he taught electrical engineering and computer science.

Tom earned a BS in computer systems engineering, MS in electrical engineering, MS in computer science, and an MBA from Stanford University.