He sold T-net and used the profits to fund his college education[7][8] at University of Michigan, where he graduated with a BS in electrical engineering.

[14] Also in 2003, Drako founded Barracuda Networks and introduced their email spam and virus appliance product line.

[15][16] Other Barracuda product lines launched during Drako's tenure were: web filters,[17] load balancers,[18] email archiving,[19] and digital PBXs.

[26] Drako contributed to or supported 16 different open source projects while running Barracuda including Valgrind, Apache, and the Free Software Foundation.

[29] At the time of Drako’s resignation, Barracuda stated it was profitable, generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue, close to 30% year-over-year growth since inception, and had surpassed 150,000 customers.

He officially launched Eagle Eye Networks in 2014, stating that his desire to found the company was driven by his frustration when trying to set up a video security system for a remote office while CEO of Barracuda; he wanted to make video surveillance more accessible and far easier to use by leveraging the cloud.

[38][39][40][41] Drako has acquired two physical security companies, Brivo and Cobalt AI, both of which he operates as separate entities from Eagle Eye Networks.

[5] In November 2022, Brivo closed long-term senior secured credit facility of $75 million with Runway Growth Capital.

[56] By 2019 this mission had evolved "to preserve and provide perpetual access to the digital legacy of all people for the historical and educational benefit of future generations.