F5 is one of the most important tech companies you’ve probably never heard of, even though you interact with its technology every day. When you book a plane ticket on an airline app, login to your banking app to check your balance, or order takeout for dinner, chances are F5 software and hardware facilitated and protected those transactions. The top 15 banks in the world are F5 customers, as are the 10 largest telecommunications companies, and the top 10 retailers. From social media to banking, to entertainment and more, if a business is reaching its customers through apps, F5 likely plays a critical role. “At F5 we’re on a mission to build a better digital world,” says CEO François Locoh-Donou. “For us, a better digital world is one where all these great things happen, but without the dangers and distortions bad people try to put into the digital world.” F5’s proprietary technology and the unique space it occupies in the B2B tech landscape played a key role in attracting...