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Shankar Iyer

Chief Executive Officer

Shankar Iyer is the ​​CEO of Omnissa, where he leads the company in delivering on its mission to make digital work better for everyone, from anywhere. 

Shankar has a track record of leading high-growth businesses across software and SaaS organizations in multiple segments. He has led business transformation from startups to billion-dollar companies, redefined product strategies, and executed operational and go-to-market initiatives. 

Shankar previously held leadership roles at VMware, including senior vice president and general manager of the End-user Computing business that became Omnissa. Under his leadership, the company earned numerous industry accolades including consistent recognition in Gartner Magic Quadrant and IDC MarketScape reports. 

He has held product and engineering roles at Citrix, Webex, and Gemstone, where his expertise spanned ​cloud applications, collaboration software and data management technologies.

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