Fleming Shi is Nitel’s chief technology officer. In this role, he is responsible for innovating technology solutions that enhance Nitel’s ability to intelligently connect people and data as well as driving cutting edge software solutions that use generative AI to improve business connectivity, secure environments, and predict issues before they can impact a business. Shi is also responsible for internal technology initiatives that strengthen the company’s managed service capabilities and improve the customer experience.
For two decades, Fleming was a key leader at Barracuda Networks, helping it become a premier provider in the networking, security and data protection spaces. There, he most recently served as Chief Technology Officer, where he was responsible for leading Barracuda’s innovation engine to deliver transformative product offerings to customers around the world. In this role, he drove multiple engineering projects from product inception to high revenue growth. He joined Barracuda initially to launch the company’s first web security product line and spearheaded engineering efforts across its security portfolio to its successful IPO (NYSE: CUDA) in 2013. Before Barracuda Networks, Fleming served as a senior leader in engineering teams at Velosel and Ebrary. During the early 2000s, he co-founded eHit.com, a successful online video rental store he managed as chief technology officer. Fleming has accumulated many patents related to network and content security and serves on the advisory boards for several emerging technology companies in the cybersecurity space.
Fleming lives in the Santa Cruz Forest of California. He has three daughters and is an enthusiast of cars, golf, the San Francisco 49ers and, of course, technology.