Sudhakar Ramakrishna, CEO SolarWinds - Aligning purpose, portfolio, priorities, value

Sudhakar Ramakrishna became CEO of SolarWinds at a very pivotal moment in the company's history, just as it became the target of a cyberattack that affected not just SolarWinds but its large base of enterprise and government customers. Since then, Sudhakar and the people at SolarWinds have led a remarkable turnaround. We are going to learn about how they did that. Before coming to SolarWinds, Sudhakar's journey has taken him from engineering and product leadership as well as GM, President and CEO roles at companies such as 3Com, Motorola, Polycom, Citrix, Pulse Secure. We cover many important topics in this episode: * Leading in a crisis * Gaining back the trust and confidence of customers * Balancing paradoxes in product management * Aligning purpose, portfolio, priorities, value * Transitioning from perpetual to subscription business model * Value model and business model * Evolving from best of breed point products to Suites to Platform * PLG in IT infrastructure * Designing Time to Value Connect with Sudhakar Ramakrishna at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhakar-ramakrishna-a58223/ Connect with Rahul Abhyankar at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulabhyankar/