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Sudhakar Ramakrishna

Investor

Advisory Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures

United States

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

  1. Five9Board Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. Cardinal HealthMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 β€” present
  3. Model NMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 β€” present
  4. SolarWindsPresident, CEO, and Board Directorcurrent2021 β€” present
  5. SADABoard Member2022 β€” 2023
  6. SailPointMember, Board Of Directors2021 β€” 2022United States
  7. Pulse SecureCEO and Board Director2015 β€” 2020San Jose, California
  8. Mitel (Acquired by Search Light Capital)Board Member2015 β€” 2018Ottawa, Canada Area
  9. Meru Networks (Acquired by Fortinet)Board Member2013 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  10. TPG GlobalSenior Advisor2015San Francisco Bay Area
  11. CitrixSenior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise and Service Provider Division2013 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  12. PolycomPresident, Products and Services2010 β€” 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Motorola Networks (Acquired by Nokia Siemens)Corporate Vice President and General Manager2007 β€” 2010Sunnyvale, CA
  14. Stoke Inc. (Acquired by Mavenir Systems)Vice President, Product Operations2005 β€” 2007Santa Clara, CA
  15. 3Com CorporationVice President, Global Product Management1996 β€” 2005Chicago, IL
  16. Lachman Technologies (Acquired by Legent Corporation)Engineering leadership roles1991 β€” 1996Greater Chicago Area

Education

  1. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Management, Marketing
  2. Kansas State UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science

Skills & more

Enterprise Software89LTE7SaaS36Embedded Systems3Software as a Service (SaaS)11Strategic Planning43Management97Strategy99Leadership99Negotiation5General Management6Wireless72
+12 moreCloud ComputingProduct ManagementIntegrationMobile DevicesTelecommunicationsNetworkingVoIPUnified CommunicationsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentManaged ServicesGo-to-market Strategy

Languages English Β· Hindi Β· Tamil Β· Telugu

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