SolarWinds Claimed Company

Founded in 1999, SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of simple, powerful, secure observability and IT?management software built to enable customers to accelerate their digital transformations. Our solutions provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or?complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern, distributed, and hybrid network environments. SolarWinds serves more than 300,000 customers worldwide, including 96% of the Fortune® 500, with 18 offices globally. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable observability and IT infrastructure management software. Our focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT performance management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service management, application performance, and database management. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 67

TOTAL RATINGS: 763

CEO: Sudhakar Ramakrishna

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Sudhakar Ramakrishna SolarWinds CEO Rating

SolarWinds' CEO, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, has 56 employee ratings and a score of 68/100, placing them in the Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at SolarWinds rate Sudhakar Ramakrishna higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 74/100.

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Where This Score Ranks SolarWinds' CEO Rating

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SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna Bio

Sudhakar Ramakrishna has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SolarWinds since January 2021. He is a global technology leader with 25 years of experience. Mr. Ramakrishna has held senior leadership roles at Pulse Secure, Citrix, Polycom, Inc., Motorola, Inc., 3Com Corporation and U.S. Robotics. Mr. Ramakrishna earned a master’s degree in computer science from Kansas State University and a master’s of management degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Who Ranks SolarWinds' CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - HR 100/100

Gender - Female 74/100

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 68/100

Who Ranks SolarWinds' CEO Rating the Lowest?

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 28/100

Tenure - Less than 1 Year 34/100

Department - Sales 38/100

SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna At a Glance

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

Based on 56 ratings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna ranks right below Splunk's CEO, Gary Steele.

SolarWinds' CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, Female employees, and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience. However, employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years, employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year, and the Sales department 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.