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 β present
- Cardinal HealthMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 β present
- Model NMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 β present
- SolarWindsPresident, CEO, and Board Directorcurrent2021 β present
- SADABoard Member2022 β 2023
- SailPointMember, Board Of Directors2021 β 2022United States
- Pulse SecureCEO and Board Director2015 β 2020San Jose, California
- Mitel (Acquired by Search Light Capital)Board Member2015 β 2018Ottawa, Canada Area
- Meru Networks (Acquired by Fortinet)Board Member2013 β 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- TPG GlobalSenior Advisor2015San Francisco Bay Area
- CitrixSenior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise and Service Provider Division2013 β 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- PolycomPresident, Products and Services2010 β 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Motorola Networks (Acquired by Nokia Siemens)Corporate Vice President and General Manager2007 β 2010Sunnyvale, CA
- Stoke Inc. (Acquired by Mavenir Systems)Vice President, Product Operations2005 β 2007Santa Clara, CA
- 3Com CorporationVice President, Global Product Management1996 β 2005Chicago, IL
- Lachman Technologies (Acquired by Legent Corporation)Engineering leadership roles1991 β 1996Greater Chicago Area
Education
- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Management, Marketing
- Kansas State UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science
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 Β· Hindi Β· Tamil Β· Telugu
From Sudhakar's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management521
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Shared employers
Also worked at Five97
Jai DasPartner, President at Sapphire VenturesDavid DewaltStrategic Advisor at AllegisCyber CapitalAnand ChandrasekaranManaging Partner at Celesta CapitalCallan SchebellaProduct at Tidal VenturesRoger VenningEngineering at Tidal VenturesSue BarsamianInvestor at Ballistic Ventures
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Also worked at SolarWinds22
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 Global94
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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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
Eitan Efron
Venture Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures
Ekaterina Evchenko
Principal at Benhamou Global Ventures
Emmanuel Benhamou
Head of Platform at Benhamou Global Ventures
Eric Benhamou
Venture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, Llc
Eric Buatois
General Partner at Benhamou Global Ventures



















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