Develop Great Managers Podcast

In this podcast, I interview David Hulbert, a Vice President at VMware. David is responsible for the Global Premier Support Services organization.  This team is accountable for proactively supporting and servicing VMware’s most strategic customers. David’s organization is comprised of 400+ people spanning 3 Global Support Centers and is responsible for an annual operating budget of ~$50M. David is an accomplished senior leader with 20+ years of experience in the consulting, technical services and software industries.   He began his career at KPMG as a Business Intelligence consultant using MicroStrategy products. He then moved to Business Objects and SAP where he held several roles in a customer-facing, project management, and leadership capacity.  David’s strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills along with his ability to execute has helped advance his career. He is passionate about customers, solving problems and managing people. David currently resides in Burlington, Ontario with his wi

In this podcast, I talk to Silvana Torik, Senior Director of Global Support Operations at VMware, about her career path. At 20 years old, Silvana started her high-tech career.  Participating in a fast-moving, innovative and cutting-edge industry provided Silvana with a variety of positions and experiences in hardware and software businesses, product and support services, marketing, product management, and customer experience at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and VMware.  Currently, she is Senior Director for the VMware Global Support Operations team with responsibility for support readiness for major/minor product launches and partner management. Silvana also supports VMinclusion and the VMware Foundation.  She co-leads a “Power of Difference” community focused on enabling women to excel as courageous and authentic leaders.  Silvana works with the VMware Foundation’s Good Gigs program whereby employees can apply professional skills for social service and global impact. Silvana has a BS in Business Adm

In this podcast, I interview Silvana Torik, Senior Director of Global Support Operations at VMware. At 20 years old, Silvana started her high-tech career.  Participating in a fast-moving, innovative and cutting-edge industry provided Silvana with a variety of positions and experiences in hardware and software businesses, product and support services, marketing, product management, and customer experience at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and VMware.  Currently, she is Senior Director for the VMware Global Support Operations team with responsibility for support readiness for major/minor product launches and partner management. Silvana also supports VMinclusion and the VMware Foundation.  She co-leads a “Power of Difference” community focused on enabling women to excel as courageous and authentic leaders.  Silvana works with the VMware Foundation’s Good Gigs program whereby employees can apply professional skills for social service and global impact. Silvana has a BS in Business Administration from San

In this podcast, I talk to Scott Bajtos about his career. Scott joined VMware in 2009 and as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) oversees the company’s Global Services team, which includes technical support, customer success and customer advocacy. Additionally, his team influences product quality and interoperability to ensure a best-in-class experience for customers and partners across VMware and Dell Technologies solutions. Scott to VMware, Bajtos worked for SAP, Business Objects and Cadence Design Systems. Scott holds a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Mary’s College of California. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Scott Bajtos, Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Services at VMware. Scott joined VMware in 2009 and as Chief Customer Officer (CCO) oversees the company’s Global Services team, which includes technical support, customer success and customer advocacy. Additionally, his team influences product quality and interoperability to ensure a best-in-class experience for customers and partners across VMware and Dell Technologies solutions. Scott to VMware, Bajtos worked for SAP, Business Objects and Cadence Design Systems. Scott holds a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Mary’s College of California. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Bryan Cox about his career. Bryan helps the companies that the firm has invested in, to scale their sales and marketing. This role is a great fit given Bryan’s experience in all aspects of sales and customer operations. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Bryan was Chief Revenue Officer at Zendesk, Senior Vice President of Customer Operations at VMware, Executive Vice President of World Wide Field Operations at Pano Logic and Vice President of Sales Operations at EqualLogic. Bryan loves the study of nutrition, lifting weights, playing hockey and spending time with his wife and kids. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Bryan Cox, Operating Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Bryan helps the companies that the firm has invested in, to scale their sales and marketing. This role is a great fit given Bryan’s experience in all aspects of sales and customer operations. Prior to Andreessen Horowitz, Bryan was Chief Revenue Officer at Zendesk, Senior Vice President of Customer Operations at VMware, Executive Vice President of World Wide Field Operations at Pano Logic and Vice President of Sales Operations at EqualLogic. Bryan loves the study of nutrition, lifting weights, playing hockey and spending time with his wife and kids. I hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the FIRST Develop Great Managers Topical Podcast! We are all reading articles and/or watching videos on the economy. The number of predictions that a downturn is close – are growing. The question that we all face is – “Is my job safe when the economy changes?” We have an amazing panel lined up to discuss this pressing question, including Yanbing Li, Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Storage Business at VMware, Paul Strong, a Chief Technology Officer at Google, and Jim Arena, a Consultant and Coach to a broad range of businesses and their leaders. I am confident that the panelists will provide you with amazing insight and advice!

In this podcast, I talk to Raghu Raghuram about his career. Raghu joined VMware in 2003 and has joint responsibility with Dr. Rajiv Ramaswami for all VMware’s product and service offerings and centralized services, support and operational functions. In this role, Raghu's primary focus is on VMware’s cloud services offerings. During his tenure at VMware, Raghu has held multiple leadership roles, most recently leading the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning, and engineering execution. Prior to that he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager and led worldwide product marketing, product management, and business planning for VMware's virtual infrastructure. Raghu began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere. Prior to VMware, Raghu held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Netwo

In this podcast, I interview Raghu Raghuram, COO at VMware. Raghu joined VMware in 2003 and has joint responsibility with Dr. Rajiv Ramaswami for all VMware’s product and service offerings and centralized services, support and operational functions. In this role, Raghu's primary focus is on VMware’s cloud services offerings. During his tenure at VMware, Raghu has held multiple leadership roles, most recently leading the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning, and engineering execution. Prior to that he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager and led worldwide product marketing, product management, and business planning for VMware's virtual infrastructure. Raghu began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere. Prior to VMware, Raghu held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Netwo

In this podcast, I talk to Sachin Vasudeva about his career. Sachin is a Vice President at Calix, responsible for Engineering and Product Line Leadership for AXOS Solutions. He has deep expertise in product strategy, lifecycle, market definition, and operations across a wide range of networking domains – access, data center, core, and edge. Sachin is focused on delivering new products to marketing, driving market disruption, and helping grow the top line for Calix. Prior to Calix, Sachin worked at Juniper Networks and Nortel. He has an MBA from Cornell and MS from the University of California, Irvine. He is also an active participant of the open source community, currently serving as an ONF Ambassador, and previously serving as the co-chair of the certifications committee in the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). Sachin has a wife and two young children. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Sachin Vasudeva. Sachin is a Vice President at Calix, responsible for Engineering and Product Line Leadership for AXOS Solutions. He has deep expertise in product strategy, lifecycle, market definition, and operations across a wide range of networking domains – access, data center, core, and edge. Sachin is focused on delivering new products to marketing, driving market disruption, and helping grow the top line for Calix. Prior to Calix, Sachin worked at Juniper Networks and Nortel. He has an MBA from Cornell and MS from the University of California, Irvine. He is also an active participant of the open source community, currently serving as an ONF Ambassador, and previously serving as the co-chair of the certifications committee in the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). Sachin has a wife and two young children. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Pat Gelsinger about his career. Pat is the CEO of VMware, where he has been since late 2012. Pat has more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience. Before joining VMware, Pat led EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business as President and COO. And before that, he was at Intel for 30 years rising to become the companies first CTO. Pat has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford, a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an associates degree in electronics from Lincoln Technical Institute. Pat has received a number of awards and honors.  Just to name a couple, he was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2008, and that same year awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from William Jessup University. Just this year, Pat was named the #2 Business Person of the Year by Fortune magazine. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Pat Gelsinger. Pat is the CEO of VMware, where he has been since late 2012. Pat has more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience. Before joining VMware, Pat led EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business as President and COO. And before that, he was at Intel for 30 years rising to become the companies first CTO. Pat has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Stanford, a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University, and an associates degree in electronics from Lincoln Technical Institute. Pat has received a number of awards and honors.  Just to name a couple, he was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2008, and that same year awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from William Jessup University. Just this year, Pat was named the #2 Business Person of the Year by Fortune magazine. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Glenn Hilton about his career. Glenn is the president and founder of ImageX Media, an award-winning digital agency he founded in 2001 that specializes in web design, Drupal development & strategic consulting. He is constantly on the lookout for A level talent to join their growing team at their office in Vancouver, British Columbia (where he lives), and Kiev in the Ukraine. He is passionate about open source and has been an active participant in the Drupal community for well over a decade. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Glenn Hilton. Glenn is the president and founder of ImageXmedia, an award-winning digital agency he founded in 2001 that specializes in web design, Drupal development & strategic consulting. He is constantly on the lookout for A level talent to join their growing team at their office in Vancouver, British Columbia (where he lives), and Kiev in the Ukraine. He is passionate about open source and has been an active participant in the Drupal community for well over a decade. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Robin Matlock about his career. Robin is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at VMware. As CMO, Robin is a key member of VMware’s Executive Leadership team responsible for leading all aspects of the Global Marketing organization, which includes Corporate Marketing, Partner, Segment and Field Marketing. Previously Robin was at Imperva, McAfee, Entercept, and Symantec. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Robin Matlock. Robin is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at VMware. As CMO, Robin is a key member of VMware’s Executive Leadership team responsible for leading all aspects of the Global Marketing organization, which includes Corporate Marketing, Partner, Segment and Field Marketing. Previously Robin was at Imperva, McAfee, Entercept, and Symantec. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Ajay Sabhlok about his career. Ajay is the Vice President of IT Enterprise Applications at Rubrik. Previously Ajay was Senior Director of IT Applications for Global Services, Marketing and Enterprise Data at VMware. Before VMware, Ajay worked at Logitech, Mercury Interactive, Siebel Systems, and Oracle. He has a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a post graduate diploma in Software Technolgy. I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Ajay Sabhlok. Ajay is the Vice President of IT Enterprise Applications at Rubrik. Previously Ajay was Senior Director of IT Applications for Global Services, Marketing and Enterprise Data at VMware. Before VMware, Ajay worked at Logitech, Mercury Interactive, Siebel Systems, and Oracle. He has a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a post graduate diploma in Software Technolgy. I hope you enjoy!