Jayshree Ullal
Jayshree V. Ullal | |
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Ullal in 2015 | |
Born | London, England | March 27, 1961
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Santa Clara University San Francisco State University |
Occupation(s) | CEO and president, Arista Networks |
Spouse | Vijay Ullal |
Children | 2 daughters |
Website | arista.com |
Jayshree V. Ullal (born March 27, 1961) is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100/ 400/ 800 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Ullal was born on March 27, 1961, in London into a Hindu family of Indian origin.[2] She grew up in New Delhi, India,[2] and was schooled at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi.[1]
She attended San Francisco State University,[3] where she graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1981.[4] She went on to Santa Clara University where she received an M.S. in Engineering Management and Leadership in 1986.[5]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Ullal began her career as a senior strategic development engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor and later joined Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),[6] where she designed high-speed memory chips for IBM and Hitachi.[7] In 1988 she joined Ungermann-Bass,[7] where she was director of the company's internetworking business unit.[8]
In March 1992, Ullal joined Crescendo Communications, a maker of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network products, as vice-president of marketing.[8] She helped pioneer 100-Mbit/s Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI) products[9] and worked on first-generation Ethernet switching.[10]
Cisco
[edit]In September 1993, Cisco Systems acquired Crescendo Communications, marking Cisco's first acquisition and first foray into the switching market.[11] Ullal thereby joined Cisco and began work on the Cisco Catalyst switching business, which grew from its beginning in 1993 to a $5 billion business in 2000.[12] As vice president and general manager of LAN switching in the Enterprise group,[citation needed] Ullal initiated strategic initiatives such as unified communications, IP telephony, content networking and policy networking.[12] She oversaw some 20 mergers and acquisitions for Cisco in the enterprise sector.[13]
By 2005 she became Senior Vice President of the Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group.[14] Responsibilities included the direction of the modular Nexus and Catalyst Data Center Switching and Application/Virtualization services which saw about $15 billion of direct and indirect revenue.[15] Ullal's career at Cisco spanned more than 15 years.
Arista
[edit]In October 2008, co-founders Andy Bechtolsheim & David Cheriton named Ullal CEO & President of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company located in Santa Clara, CA.[16]
Ullal was named by Forbes magazine as "one of the top five most influential people in the networking industry today" for her work at Arista Networks.[17]
In June 2014, Ullal led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET.[18]
Jayshree was named one of Barron's “World's Best CEOs” in 2018 [19] and one of Fortune's “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019.[20]
Board of directors
[edit]- May 2008 – 2010; Zscaler[21]
- Oct 2008–Present; Arista Networks[22]
- June 2020 – Present; Snowflake Inc.[23]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Nominated as one of the 20 powerful Women to Watch in 2001 by Newsweek[24]
- 2001 Innovator and Influencer Award by Information Week[citation needed]
- 2005 One of the 50 Most Powerful People in Networking by Network World[25]
- One of the Top Women in Storage in 2007[9]
- A Women of Influence award for Security CSOs in 2008[26]
- A Top Ten Executive in VMWorld 2011[27]
- One of the seven prominent Indian-origin women in the IT industry, according to The Economic Times[28]
- Recipient of the 2013 Santa Clara University School of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award[citation needed]
- Ranked #2 in Top 25 Disrupters of 2014 list by CRN[29]
- Ranked #3 in Top 25 Disrupters of 2015 list by CRN[30]
- Ranked #9 in the 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today list by Best Computer Science Degrees[31]
- EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Winner 2015[32]
- World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders 2018[33]
- 1 on Masala's MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America list[34]
- Named to Barron's “World's Best CEOs” list in 2018 and 2019.[35]
- 18 on Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2019 list.[36]
- Honored with 8th annual Forbes’ America's Richest Self-Made Women in 2022.[37]
- Member of Silicon Valley Business Journal's first Power 100 list for 2023.[38]
- 2023 ET Global Indian award winner[39]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to Vijay Ullal. They have two daughters and live in Saratoga, California.[40][2] Vijay Ullal, now a venture capitalist and investor, was president and chief operating officer of Fairchild Semiconductor from September 2012,[2][41] until November 2014.[42] She is also the sister of the late Saratoga City Councilwoman Susie Nagpal, who has a surviving son and daughter.[43][44] Forbes estimates that Jayshree owns about 5% of Arista's stock, some of which is earmarked for her two children, niece and nephew.[45]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meet Jayshree Ullal, Indian-American CEO among richest self-made women in US". Mint. July 6, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Jayshree Ullal: Queen of the wired world". thehindubusinessline.com. December 26, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ "SFSU Magazine Fall 2006 Alumni and Friends, Jayshree Ullal of Cisco Systems". Sfsu.edu. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". The California State University. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Santa Clara University. August 17, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Electronics, Volume 60, Issues 1–13. McGraw-Hill. 1987. p. 89.
... says Jayshree Ullal, senior strategic development engineer at AMD.
- ^ a b Swarnendu (September 12, 2021). "A Self-Made Business Woman, Jayshree Ullal". SEEMA. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ a b "People & Positions". Network World. March 23, 1992.
- ^ a b "Top Women in Storage". Network Computing. September 26, 2007. p. 14. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ Matham, Adarsh (September 8, 2013). "Tech Guru: Jayashree Ullal". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ "Cisco Systems closes $97 million acquisition of Crescendo Communications". UPI. September 24, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ a b Hickey, Andrew R. (May 12, 2008). "Senior Cisco Executive Departs". CRN. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Acquisitions by Year". June 2023.
- ^ Lawson, Stephen (July 8, 2005). "Cisco executives retire, insiders moved up". Computerworld. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Arista. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim CDO and Chairman" (Press release). Arista Networks. October 23, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ "The 7 Most Powerful People In Tech You've Never Heard Of". Forbes. November 2, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Arista Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering" (Press release). Arista Networks. June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "World's Best CEOs: 30 Leaders With Talent to Spare". Barron's. May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Businessperson of the Year 2019". Fortune. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal, Former Cisco Senior Executive, joins Zscaler Board". zscaler.com. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Management Team – Board of Directors". arista.com. May 27, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "SNOWFLAKE LEADERSHIP – Board of Directors". snowflake.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "Watch Out". Newsweek. January 7, 2001.
- ^ "The 50 most powerful people in networking, listed alphabetically". Network World. December 26, 2005. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ "Women of Influence Honorees – CSO Online – Security and Risk". CSO Online. April 8, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Top 10 Executives from VMworld". SiliconANGLE. September 2, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal – Seven prominent Indian-origin IT industry women in US". Economic Times. June 6, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2014". CRN. August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2015". CRN. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ "The 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today". www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com. September 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "EYVoice: EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Reach For The Clouds". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders". barrons.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "Meet the 8 MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America". masala.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ "Barron's "World's Best CEOs"". barrons.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Fortune. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "America's richest self-made women on forbes list". MoneyControl. July 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ^ "HERE'S TO THE POWER PLAYERS, SVBJ names Power 100 for 2023". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "ET Global Indian award: A passion for networking helped this 'Entrepreneur at Heart' make the switch". The Economic Times. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Forbes profile: Jayshree Ullal". Forbes. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "Fairchild Semiconductor Appoints Vijay Ullal President and Chief Operating Officer". businesswire.com. September 10, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ Chen, Angela (November 17, 2014). "Fairchild Operating Chief to Depart Over Leadership Differences". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ "Saratoga councilwoman Susie Nagpal dies of lung cancer". The Mercury News. May 13, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Forbes. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Forbes. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American technology chief executives
- American women chief executives
- American women computer scientists
- American computer scientists
- San Francisco State University alumni
- Santa Clara University alumni
- People from Saratoga, California
- American billionaires
- Female billionaires
- 21st-century American women
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Businesspeople from New Delhi
- American people of Indian descent