S3E1 - Aligning purpose, portfolio, priorities, value - Sudhakar Ramakrishna, CEO SolarWinds

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. In this episode, we 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.

Key Highlights:

* 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:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhakar-ramakrishna-a58223/

Connect with Rahul Abhyankar:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulabhyankar/

Referenced in this episode: 

* Sudhakar's blog post on Secure by Design
* SolarWinds CARE company values
* Book: The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream 
* Book: Humankind: A Hopeful History
* Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln