Prior to joining A10, Gareau was Principal Security Architect and the founding member of the PLXsert for Prolexic Technologies. He began his IT security career more than 10 years ago, and has broad expertise in enterprise security and distributed denial of services (DDoS) mitigation, prevention and recovery. Gareau has mitigated some of the Internet’s largest DDoS attacks for both government agencies and private enterprises, and has lead architecture, engineering and research teams, creating solutions to protect client networks, establishing security testing policies, network and digital forensics, and serving as the subject matter expert for multiple private and government organizations.

Prior to Prolexic, Gareau worked for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CNI. A recognized expert in DDoS attack mitigation, Gareau has shared his knowledge at NIH, FDA, DoD, DHS, and other organizations.