Sudhakar Ramakrishna
InvestorAdvisory Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures · President and Chief Executive Officer at VividCortex
United States
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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.
President and Chief Executive Officer at VividCortex
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VividCortex's investors · 10
Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checksBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksBright Pixel CapitalLisbonBull City Venture PartnersDurham · $250K – $3M checksElsewhere PartnersAustin · $20M – $50M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksOsage Venture PartnersBala Cynwyd · $500K – $3M checks · since 2017Silver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkVintage Investment PartnersHerzliya Pituach
Co-founders at VividCortex
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Baron SchwartzExecutive Officer, Director
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
Skills & more
Strategic Planning43Wireless72
Languages English · Hindi
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
Senior Associate at BGV
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eric Benhamou
Venture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
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 and President and Chief Executive Officer at VividCortex.
- Where did Sudhakar Ramakrishna go to school?
- Sudhakar Ramakrishna studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Management, Marketing, Finance and Entreprenuership); Kansas State University (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science).
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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management mafia186
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Kunal BahlExecutive ProgramFounded SnapdealCristina JunqueiraMBAFounded Nubank +1Scott D. DorseyMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded High Alpha Capital +2Takeshi TakahashiFounded Aculys Pharma +2Remco van ZantenMBAFounded Zalando +2Mark CrumblishMBAFounded Profit Inc +2
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Kansas State University mafia20
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Model N mafia6
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Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management1,122
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Shared employers
Also worked at Five911
Dave DeWaltFounder, Managing Director, CEO at NightDragonAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta CapitalCallan SchebellaProduct at Tidal VenturesRoger VenningEngineering at Tidal VenturesSue BarsamianInvestor at Ballistic VenturesSri ViswanathGeneral Partner at Coatue Management
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Anish AitharajuPrincipal at 7wire VenturesTroy ArnoldPartner, Echo Health Advisors at Echo Health VenturesRache SimmonsBreast Cancer Surgeon at FemHealth VenturesMark BlakeStrategy & Corporate Development Leader at Joyance PartnersDiana VerrilliGeneral Manager, Navista (a Cardinal Health company) at Oncology VenturesMichael SandersonFormer CEO, Medix Infusion Hamilton at Empactful Capital
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Also worked at Model N11
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