About
Sudhakar Ramakrishna is President, CEO and Board Director at SolarWinds and a Board Member at Five9. With nearly 25 years of experience, he has held general management and strategic roles across enterprise software, cloud services, mobile platforms, and networking security sectors in startup, mid-market, and large-scale organizations. His background includes experience in product development, operations, market development, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity.
Experience
- Five9Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- Cardinal HealthMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- Model NMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
- SolarWindsPresident, CEO, and Board Directorcurrent2021 — present
- SADABoard Member2022 — 2023
- SailPointMember, Board Of Directors2021 — 2022United States
- Pulse SecureCEO and Board Director2015 — 2020San Jose, California
- Mitel (Acquired by Search Light Capital)Board Member2015 — 2018Ottawa, Canada Area
- Meru Networks (Acquired by Fortinet)Board Member2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- TPG GlobalSenior Advisor2015San Francisco Bay Area
- CitrixSenior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise and Service Provider Division2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PolycomPresident, Products and Services2010 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Motorola Networks (Acquired by Nokia Siemens)Corporate Vice President and General Manager2007 — 2010Sunnyvale, CA
- Stoke Inc. (Acquired by Mavenir Systems)Vice President, Product Operations2005 — 2007Santa Clara, CA
- 3Com CorporationVice President, Global Product Management1996 — 2005Chicago, IL
- Lachman Technologies (Acquired by Legent Corporation)Engineering leadership roles1991 — 1996Greater Chicago Area
Skills & more
Enterprise Software89LTE7SaaS36Embedded Systems3Software as a Service (SaaS)11Strategic Planning43Management97Strategy99Leadership99Negotiation5General Management6Wireless72
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Cloud ComputingProduct ManagementIntegrationMobile DevicesTelecommunicationsNetworkingVoIPUnified CommunicationsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentManaged ServicesGo-to-market StrategyLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil · Telugu
From Sudhakar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Benhamou Global Ventures
Anik Bose
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Barak Ben-Avinoam
Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Bernard Barbier
French Advisory Board Member at Benhamou Global Ventures
Dr. Barak Ben-Avinoam
General Partner at CGV - ClimaTech Global Ventures at SC Net Zero Tech Ventures
Eitan Efron
Venture Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Principal at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Senior Associate at BGV
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sudhakar Ramakrishna?
- Sudhakar Ramakrishna is President, CEO and Board Director at SolarWinds and a Board Member at Five9. With nearly 25 years of experience, he has held general management and strategic roles across enterprise software, cloud services, mobile platforms, and networking security sectors in startup, mid-market, and large-scale organizations. His background includes experience in product development, operations, market development, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity.
- Where does Sudhakar Ramakrishna work?
- Sudhakar Ramakrishna is Advisory Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures.
- Where did Sudhakar Ramakrishna go to school?
- Sudhakar Ramakrishna studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Management, Marketing); Kansas State University (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management mafia63
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kunal BahlExecutive ProgramFounded SnapdealAmir FaintuchMBAFounded Hourly +1Byron HewettMBAFounded Brava Diagnostics +1Remco van ZantenMBAFounded Zalando +1Wei LiMBAFounded Quantxbio +1
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Kansas State University mafia6
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jim NyquistBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Applied Impact RoboticsDave RogenmoserBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)Founded Jasper.aiCole RobertsonBachelor's degreeFounded RebulkPamir EhsasU.S. Dept. of State and Fulbright Summer Institute 14''Founded Moritz
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Benhamou Global Ventures mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management726
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalCristina JunqueiraCo-founder of NubankAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures
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Also attended Kansas State University37
Bryan BischofHead of AI at Theory VenturesLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Benjamin DeZubeGrowth Investor at Five Elms CapitalErin GreenAnalyst, Talent at Five Elms CapitalHugo NascimentoGrowth Investor at Five Elms CapitalScott NollOperating Advisor at Five Elms Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Five96
Also worked at SolarWinds26
Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Adam JahnkeOther at HeavybitKaren WhiteInvestment Team at 8VCScott MillerEIR @ NCV at Next Coast VenturesKellie PaisChief of Staff at Scout VenturesMark BlackwellGeneral Partner at Builders VC
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Also worked at Meru Networks (Acquired by Fortinet)3
Also worked at TPG Global166
Georgia StevensonInvestor at Index VenturesElena SakachInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Tsendai ChagwederaPartner at EchoVC PartnersKayla HinderscheidHead of Network Development at Menlo VenturesStephen CondonFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCSonya HuangPartner at Sequoia Capital
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