

In the Top 25% of 1808 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
In the Top 50% of 932 Nearby Companies in San Francisco
2nd place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably
Tony Bates is the chief executive officer of Genesys. He leads the company’s strategy, direction and operations in more than 100 countries and oversees a global team of more than 5,000 employees.
Tony has decades of experience steering business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies through major market transitions and rapid scaling. A passionate technologist at heart, Tony began his career in network operations and internet infrastructure, teaching himself to code during his daily train commute. He swiftly gained the business acumen to advance into trusted executive roles at some of the world’s most respected global SaaS companies.
Career highlights include leading Cisco’s Service Provider business, growing its Enterprise and Commercial division to more than $20 billion in annual revenue and serving as CEO of Skype, where he was responsible for expanding the business to over 170 million connected users. Once Skype was acquired by Microsoft, Tony became president where he was responsible for unified communications before serving as executive vice president of business development and developers.
In addition to his role at Genesys, Tony continues to serve on the board of directors at both VMWare and eBay.
The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Genesys.
Based on 212 ratings, Tony Bates ranks right below Salesforce's CEO, Marc Benioff.
Genesys' CEO is highly regarded by employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year, African American/Black employees, and the Marketing department. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, the Engineering department, and Asian or Pacific Islander employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.
Genesys ranks in the Top 25% of other companies on Comparably with 5,001-10,000 Employees for CEO Rating Score.
Genesys ranks in the Top 50% of other companies in San Francisco for CEO Rating Score.
