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VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 1080

TOTAL RATINGS: 11105

CEO: Raghu Raghuram

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Bask Iyer — Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at VMware

Executive Bio

Mr. Bask Iyer has been the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of VMware, Inc., since March 23, 2015. Mr. Iyer served as the Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks Inc., since July 8, 2011 and served as its Senior Vice President of Technology & Business Operations. A respected industry veteran, Mr. Iyer has more than 25 years of experience in executing and driving change in traditional Fortune 100 manufacturing companies as well as Silicon Valley-based high technology firms. He was responsible for its technology and business operations, including critical services around business transformation, global business services, IT and real estate and workplace services. Mr. Iyer has extensive experience as a Strategic and Operational Leader. Mr. Iyer was responsible for protecting all of Juniper Networks' critical information, intellectual property and physical resources, as well as implementing a strategic plan that ensures all information technology systems are aligned to support its multi-year growth agenda and operational objectives. He served as Senior Vice President of Juniper Networks, Inc. He served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Honeywell International Inc. until July 2011 and served as its Head of Global Security organization and Functional Transformation efforts since April 12, 2010. He served as Chief Information Officer for Honeywell Transportation Systems and General Manager for Asia Pacific. Mr. Iyer was with Honeywell for more than 10 years, served in various corporate, business and regional Information Technology (IT) leadership roles. Prior to that, he was with GlaxoSmithKline Beecham for five years as Chief Information Officer for Consumer Healthcare R&D. He has also held senior positions at Johnson & Johnson and CTS Corporation. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Annamalai University in India.

Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President Impact on IT Department's Culture

Bask Iyer holds the highest position within the IT department at VMware — Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, and therefore has influence on the culture of the IT department. The average employee described daily life within the IT department as a Extremely fast paced and challenging 10 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within VMware's IT department are invested in VMware's goals, and feel as though there is not space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	75%
No	25%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	50%
No	50%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	50%
No	50%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	82%
Negative	18%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	0%
Good	33%
Average	0%
Poor	67%
Horrible	0%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	50%
No	50%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from VMware Employees

TOP

15%

VMware's Executive Team scores in the Top 15%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

66% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Department - Legal 95/100

Department - Finance 93/100

Department - Customer Success 90/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Department - Product 66/100

Tenure - Over 10 Years 67/100

Department - Design 67/100

VMware's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 634 ratings, VMware's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A-” or 75/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Legal department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Product department.

VMware's Executive Team ranks in the Top 35% of other companies in San Francisco and Top 15% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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