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During Wayne's tenure as CEO, Sourcefire has grown from an innovative startup to a technology and market leader with more than 225 employees and operations worldwide serving over 1,700 customers. On March 9, 2007, Sourcefire raised $84 million dollars in net proceeds from its initial public offering of stock, the first network security industry IPO in over five years. Building on its successful collaboration with the SNORT open source community, in August 2007 Sourcefire acquired ClamAV, an extremely successful open source project, which has been downloaded by nearly 1 million unique IP addresses throughout more than 38 countries.

About Sourcefire

Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), Snort creator and open source innovator, is a world leader in Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) solutions. Sourcefire is transforming the way Global 2000 organizations and government agencies manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach – Discover, Determine, Defend – to securing real networks. The Sourcefire 3D™ System is the first to unify IPS, NBA, NAC and Vulnerability Assessment technologies under the same management console. This ETM approach equips customers with an efficient and effective layered security defense – protecting network assets before, during and after an attack. Through the years, Sourcefire has been consistently recognized for its innovation and industry leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike – with more than 30 awards and accolades. Today, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and network security intelligence.