CEO, GM, CPO, CPTO, Product Management/Marketing, Engineering, Corp DevI am senior technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in both large corporate and start-up environments. Early career successes as a sales rep, product manager, engineering leader and marketer provided the foundation for strong execution and collaboration across functions. I've had P&L accountability for businesses ranging from $1M to $2B/year with team sizes up to 1,000 people - some as start-ups from the ground-up and others as turn-arounds with M&A tuck-ins. Substantive geo assignments in Europe & Asia developed skills in team building, market & channel development, and operational savings. Shaping the DC/Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps & Cybersecurity software spaces – conceiving and delivering apt solutions that enable CIOs/Engineering leaders and their teams to revolutionize IT services delivery has been my leadership tour de force.Highlights include:* Founded and led start-up, OpsCruise, in the Cloud Observability space to build a highly differentiated offering, win Fortune 500 customers, Gartner industry recognition and a successful exit.* Led business & technology transformation from on-prem to cloud-managed/SaaS, and perpetual to subscription at Infoblox (NYSE: BLOX).* Expanded Infoblox into new markets in cybersecurity, mobile carriers, MSPs and branch networking.* Drove P&L for BMC’s newest line – DataCenter Automation, growing top-line from $25 to $250M over a 4 year period.* Pioneered early markets in IT Infrastructure, DevOps, AIOps, Observability, k8s & Cybersecurity.* Extensive background in building product management teams from scratch - strategy (portfolio rationalization, competitive, build/buy/partner, etc.), customer engagement (communities, in-product, CABs, etc.), processes & metrics (AARRR, PLG, PLC, etc.), functions (PMO, pricing, UX, community, etc.)* More than two years living in Bangalore, India transforming HP’s software engineering operation and six years in Europe with HP Software & IBM/LTSA* Conceiving and leading win-win partnerships with AWS, Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, RedHat and SAP.* 15+ acquisitions ranging from small acquihires for talent to $1B+ transformative revenue buys, integrating and retaining acquired talent and solutions by harmonizing cultures and technology platforms.* Extensive personal network of senior technology executives, industry analysts, bankers, VCs and private equity investors.* Mentored many hi-pos into leadership positions in product management, engineering, biz/corp dev and marketing.
Listed skills include Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Product Management, Strategy, and 22 others.