Meet Auvik’s Leadership Team

Doug Murray is the Chief Executive Officer of Auvik where he drives company strategy, culture, and growth. Murray has over 25 years of network and security industry experience, including two years as the CEO of cloud cyber security company Valtix, as well as seven years as CEO of SDN pioneer Big Switch Networks (acquired by Arista Networks). He previously held leadership positions at Juniper Networks, Sun Microsystems and AT&T, and was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Northern California in 2017. Doug holds a BA in History from Colgate University and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

Alex Hoff is a co-founder of Auvik and leads our product management and partner success teams. Prior to co-founding Auvik in 2011, Alex worked at Sandvine Corporation for over eight years, starting as a software engineer in 2003 and ultimately serving as Senior Product Manager of Sandvine Corporation from 2008 to 2011. Alex holds a bachelor of mathematics degree with a major in computer science from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Bob Feller is Chief Financial Officer at Auvik, where he leads our finance and legal functions. He brings over three decades of strategic financial leadership experience, with posts at publicly listed, private equity and venture capital funded companies, as well as an NBA team, and a top CPA firm. Bob has directed many notable projects in his career, including a successful IPO at Salesforce.com, a private equity transaction at WorkForce Software, and a secondary public offering at Scientific Learning; plus multiple debt transactions. Bob holds an MBA in Finance and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan.

As Auvik's Chief Development Officer, Siva Ananmalay leads our product teams through the development and delivery of complete, high-quality, and easy-to-use technology for our customers. Siva started his career at BNR (later part of Nortel) and has led engineering and product teams for a number of well-known companies in the networking, security, and mobile markets including Extreme Networks, Cisco, Juniper Networks and Ericsson. Siva is based in San Jose, CA and holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Carleton University.

John Astorino leads our human resources, IT, information security, enterprise applications, facilities and technical support teams. Prior to joining Auvik in 2018, John spent 16 years in product management, and most recently held positions as the Director of Product Management at Symantec Inc. (now existing in part as divisions of Broadcom Inc. and NortonLifeLock Inc.) from 2016 to 2018, and as the Vice President of Product Management at Axonify from 2013 to 2016. John holds a bachelor of applied science degree in computer science from McMaster University.

As Auvik’s Chief Revenue Officer, Bob Gault leads the sales and marketing operations to accelerate Auvik’s growth and innovation strategy to drive revenue. Prior to joining Auvik, Bob served as a C-Suite level leader for Extreme Networks and Geoverse, turning sales, services and global channel partner organizations into core elements of business growth.

As our Chief Human Resources Officer at Auvik, Courtney Harrison leads our global people strategy. Courtney has worked with organizations in every stage of maturity, from start-ups to Fortune 500s – American Express, GlaxoSmithKline, Nike, and Juniper Networks, as well as non-profits like the US Olympic Committee. She sits on three boards and is passionate about understanding what makes companies succeed or fail as well as the role that organizational networks play in our work and in our lives. She holds a BA from Penn State University and an MBA from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.