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President and Chief Executive Officer at Nutanix
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Nutanix's investors · 16
137 VenturesSan FranciscoAccelerator VenturesMiami · $2M checksBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksBlumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checksEMERGENT VENTURESSilicon ValleyInventus Capital PartnersSilicon Valley · $3M – $4M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2016Maccabee VenturesNew York · $200K – $400K checksMoment Ventures, LlcPalo AltoOpen Field CapitalNew YorkPerot JainDallas · $500K checksRiverwood CapitalMenlo Park · $25M – $250M checksSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checksStorm VenturesPalo Alto · since 2016Struck CapitalLos Angeles · $500K – $2M checks
Co-founders at Nutanix
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Dheeraj PandeyExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Marvell TechnologyMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- NutanixPresident and CEOcurrent2020 — present
- NeoPhotonicsMember Board of Directors2014 — 2022
- VMwareCOO, Products and Cloud Services2016 — 2020
- VMwareEVP/GM, Networking & Security2016Palo Alto, California
- Broadcom LimitedEVP/GM, Infrastructure & Networking Group2010 — 2016
- CiscoVP/GM, Cloud Services and Switching Technology Group2009 — 2010
- CiscoVP/GM, Data Center Switching Technology Group2007 — 2009
- CiscoVP/GM Gigabit Switching BU2005 — 2007
- CiscoVP/GM, Optical Group2002 — 2005
- NortelVP System Architecture, Xros1999 — 2002
- TellabsDirector Optical Networking Group1997 — 1999
- IBMManager, Optical Networking, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center1988 — 1997
Skills & more
Executive Management23Networking24Data Center55Cloud Computing61Enterprise Software17Storage13Ethernet37Semiconductors19Optical Communications9System Architecture28Go-to-market Strategy18Virtualization11
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rajiv Ramaswami?
- President and Chief Executive Officer at Nutanix
- Where does Rajiv Ramaswami work?
- Rajiv Ramaswami is President and Chief Executive Officer at Nutanix.
- Where did Rajiv Ramaswami go to school?
- Rajiv Ramaswami studied at University of California, Berkeley (PhD, EECS); University of California, Berkeley (Master’s Degree, EECS); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B. Tech, Electrical Engineering).
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras222
Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AISundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAshok SanthanamManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalHanyang WangDirector at Qualcomm VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at NeoPhotonics6
Also worked at VMware218
Martin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzMichael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesBogomil BalkanskyHome chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer
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Also worked at Cisco587
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures
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Also worked at Nortel88
Joanne ChenInvestor at Foundation CapitalRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalAaron FykeFounder and Managing Partner at Thin Line Capital
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