About ngrok
ngrok is the leading way to make any application, device, or service securely available on its global edge in seconds. ngrok wraps the complexity of authentication, remote management, load balancing, and networking into a programmable component embeddable into any stack. ngrok is used by over 5 million developers and is recommended by category leaders including Twilio, GitHub, Okta, Microsoft, Zoom, and Shopify.
ngrok is pronounced 'en-grok'.
Our vision
Increase the pace of innovation on the internet
Our mission
Build the unified ingress platform that wins the hearts and minds of developers
Our core values
Meet the leadership team
Alan Shreve
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alan Shreve is no stranger to building distributed systems at scale. He organically grew ngrok from zero to 5 million users before raising a $50 million Series A. He’s dedicated to empowering developers to build a safer and more secure internet.
Heather McLinden
Chief People Officer
Heather McLinden has more than 20 years of experience creating award-winning organizational cultures at HoneyBook, Sauce Labs, Twilio, Intel, and HP. She’s an advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in tech.
Peter Shafton
Chief Technology Officer
Peter Shafton has extensive experience in large-scale distributed systems, cloud computing, and digital media applications at industry-defining companies like Twilio and Cisco. He’s a leader, a fixer, and an architect at heart.
Zubin Tavaria
Chief Marketing Officer
Zubin Tavaria is an award-winning marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience at enterprise technology companies, including F5. He’s a strategist, a collaborator, and a numbers guy.
ngrok investors
Guru Chahal
Partner at Lightspeed
Founder, now Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Focused on early stage investments in cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps and infra. Previously, co-founder at Avi Networks, a network security and services company. Passionate about helping build great products, teams, and businesses - with experience in building category defining products in cyber security and cloud infra!
Security at ngrok
Working with ngrok means working with a vetted, secure solution and seasoned team who understands security.
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