Andrea Wood
About Andrea Wood
Andrea Wood is the VP of Engineering at Barracuda in Greater Boston, specializing in agile development processes and managing engineering teams for cybersecurity products.
Current Role at Barracuda
Andrea Wood is the VP of Engineering at Barracuda, currently operating in the Greater Boston area. In this role, Andrea leads Barracuda's Email Protection group, which oversees multiple cybersecurity products. The position involves managing engineering teams that handle petabytes of data while building SAAS products on multiple public clouds. Andrea also focuses heavily on keeping developers challenged, happy, engaged, accountable, and productive.
Previous Experience at Barracuda
Before becoming the VP of Engineering, Andrea Wood served as the Senior Director of Software Engineering at Barracuda from 2017 to 2021. This role was based out of Waltham, MA, and involved significant oversight and direction of software engineering initiatives. Andrea's tenure as Senior Director laid the groundwork for her eventual promotion to the VP role.
Experience at Sonian and DNSstuff
Andrea Wood has extensive experience in the engineering sector. She worked as the Director of Engineering at Sonian from 2009 to 2017, where she was responsible for various engineering projects over an eight-year span in Waltham, MA. Prior to that, Andrea held the position of VP of Engineering at DNSstuff from 2006 to 2009, a role in which she directed engineering activities for three years.
Roles at IntelliReach and Analogic
Andrea Wood also served as the Director of Technical Product Management at IntelliReach from 2002 to 2006. During this time, she focused on guiding product management and engineering efforts. Before that, she was a Program Manager at Analogic from 1996 to 2000, where she managed various programs and projects over a four-year period.
Educational Background and Certifications
Andrea Wood graduated from Boston University with a degree in Engineering. She is also a Certified Scrum Master, specializing in Agile/Scrum methodologies. This certification underscores her expertise in optimizing agile development processes across remote organizations.