Abe Ankumah

Abe Ankumah (born 1978) is a Ghanaian-American technology executive and entrepreneur. He is currently the Chief Product Officer at 1Password. He is best known as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nyansa, a network analytics company acquired by VMware in 2020. His career and leadership style have been profiled in major publications including The New York Times and CNBC.

Early life and education Ankumah was born in 1978 in Accra, Ghana, the youngest of five children. His parents were entrepreneurs who established the first travel agency in Ghana. He later obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School.

Career Early career Ankumah began his career as a research engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He subsequently joined the founding engineering team of Fulcrum Microsystems, a fabless semiconductor company focused on low-latency Ethernet switching. He helped develop the company's core technology before it was acquired by Intel in 2011.

VMware and 1Password Post-acquisition, Ankumah served as Vice President and General Manager at VMware, overseeing the VeloCloud SD-WAN and SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) business. In March 2025, he was appointed as the Chief Product Officer of 1Password, where he leads product strategy for enterprise security and artificial intelligence.