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Payara creates world-class enterprise software that is loved by our users and customers. From being "born global" in 2016, Payara has worked hard to create a diverse and inclusive global remote working environment for our "Payarans" all over the world. Through steady organic growth, we have created a stable, sustainable and mission driven business – an achievement that was recognised in 2021 when we were awarded the UK's premier business award, the Queen's Award for Enterprise, for International Trade. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 68

TOTAL RATINGS: 1024

CEO: Steve Millidge

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Steve Millidge Payara CEO Rating

Payara's CEO, Steve Millidge, has 66 employee ratings and a score of 89/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 51-200 Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Payara rate Steve Millidge higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 97/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Payara's CEO Rating

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Payara CEO Steve Millidge Bio

Steve Millidge is the founder, CEO and CTO of Payara Services. He is an expert in Java EE, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile, and a Project Lead for the Eclipse Foundation GlassFish and the Jakarta EE platforms. Steve has spoken at a number of events about the performance and scalability of Java systems, including Java One, JBoss World, UK Oracle User Group Conference and Special Interest Groups, JaxLondon, GeeCon, EclipseCon, and Jakarta EE Live Stream. He regularly presents technical workshops and webinars on Jakarta EE, MicroProfile and big scale Java. Steve has been working with Java since pre-1.0 and has worked on large scale distributed applications and application servers since the 1990s. Before founding Payara Services, Steve ran a consultancy company providing advice and guidance on architecting, building and running at scale large web applications on Java technologies. Steve has a keen interest in non-functional attributes of big scale Java.

Who Ranks Payara's CEO Rating the Highest?

Experience - 3 to 6 Years 100/100

Gender - Male 97/100

Gender - Female 96/100

Who Ranks Payara's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Ethnicity - Caucasian 95/100

Experience - Over 10 Years 95/100

Payara CEO Steve Millidge At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Payara.

Based on 66 ratings, Steve Millidge ranks right above Red Hat's CEO, Matt Hicks.

Payara's CEO is highly regarded by employees with 3 to 6 Years experience, Male employees, and Female employees. However, Caucasian employees and employees with Over 10 Years experience 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.