Jayshree Ullal Explained

Jayshree V. Ullal
Birth Date:27 March 1961
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:American
Occupation:CEO and president, Arista Networks
Alma Mater:Santa Clara University
San Francisco State University
Spouse:Vijay Ullal
Children:2 daughters
Website:arista.com

Jayshree V. Ullal (born March 27, 1961) is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100/ 400/ 800 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.

Early life and education

Ullal was born on March 27, 1961, in London into a Hindu family of Indian origin.[1] She grew up in New Delhi, India,[1] and was schooled at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi.[2]

She attended San Francisco State University,[3] where she graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1981.[4] She went on to Santa Clara University where she received an M.S. in Engineering Management and Leadership in 1986.[5]

Career

Early career

Ullal began her career as a senior strategic development engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor and later joined Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),[6] where she designed high-speed memory chips for IBM and Hitachi.[7] In 1988 she joined Ungermann-Bass,[7] where she was director of the company's internetworking business unit.

In March 1992, Ullal joined Crescendo Communications, a maker of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network products, as vice-president of marketing.[8] She helped pioneer 100-Mbit/s Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI) products[9] and worked on first-generation Ethernet switching.[10]

Cisco

In September 1993, Cisco Systems acquired Crescendo Communications, marking Cisco's first acquisition and first foray into the switching market.[11] Ullal thereby joined Cisco and began work on the Cisco Catalyst switching business, which grew from its beginning in 1993 to a $5 billion business in 2000.[12] As vice president and general manager of LAN switching in the Enterprise group, Ullal initiated strategic initiatives such as unified communications, IP telephony, content networking and policy networking.[12] She oversaw some 20 mergers and acquisitions for Cisco in the enterprise sector.[13]

By 2005 she became Senior Vice President of the Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group.[14] Responsibilities included the direction of the modular Nexus and Catalyst Data Center Switching and Application/Virtualization services which saw about $15 billion of direct and indirect revenue.[15] Ullal's career at Cisco spanned more than 15 years.

Arista

In October 2008, co-founders Andy Bechtolsheim & David Cheriton named Ullal CEO & President of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company located in Santa Clara, CA.[16]

Ullal was named by Forbes magazine as "one of the top five most influential people in the networking industry today" for her work at Arista Networks.[17]

In June 2014, Ullal led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET.[18]

Jayshree was named one of Barron's “World's Best CEOs” in 2018 [19] and one of Fortune's “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019.[20]

Board of directors

Awards and honors

Personal life

She is married to Vijay Ullal. They have two daughters and live in Saratoga, California.[40] Vijay Ullal, now a venture capitalist and investor, was president and chief operating officer of Fairchild Semiconductor from September 2012,[1] [41] until November 2014.[42] She is also the sister of the late Saratoga City Councilwoman Susie Nagpal, who has a surviving son and daughter.[43] [44] Forbes estimates that Jayshree owns about 5% of Arista's stock, some of which is earmarked for her two children, niece and nephew.[45]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jayshree Ullal: Queen of the wired world. 26 December 2013. thehindubusinessline.com. 8 March 2018.
  2. News: Meet Jayshree Ullal, Indian-American CEO among richest self-made women in US . June 23, 2023 . . July 6, 2022.
  3. Web site: SFSU Magazine Fall 2006 Alumni and Friends, Jayshree Ullal of Cisco Systems . Sfsu.edu . 2007-01-02 . 2012-05-10 . 2016-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019213210/http://magazine.sfsu.edu/archive/fall_06/alumni2 . dead .
  4. Web site: Jayshree Ullal . . June 22, 2023.
  5. Web site: Jayshree Ullal . . 22 June 2023 . August 17, 2015.
  6. Book: Electronics, Volume 60, Issues 1–13 . 1987 . McGraw-Hill . 89 . ... says Jayshree Ullal, senior strategic development engineer at AMD..
  7. News: Swarnendu . A Self-Made Business Woman, Jayshree Ullal . June 23, 2023 . SEEMA . September 12, 2021.
  8. News: People & Positions . . March 23, 1992.
  9. News: Top Women in Storage . June 23, 2023 . . September 26, 2007 . 14.
  10. News: Matham . Adarsh . Tech Guru: Jayashree Ullal . June 23, 2023 . . September 8, 2013.
  11. News: Cisco Systems closes $97 million acquisition of Crescendo Communications. UPI. November 27, 2018. September 24, 1993.
  12. News: Hickey . Andrew R. . Senior Cisco Executive Departs . June 24, 2023 . . May 12, 2008.
  13. Web site: Acquisitions by Year. June 2023.
  14. News: Lawson . Stephen . Cisco executives retire, insiders moved up . June 24, 2023 . . July 8, 2005.
  15. Web site: Jayshree Ullal . Arista . June 24, 2023.
  16. Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim CDO and Chairman. Arista Networks. 23 October 2008. 3 November 2012.
  17. News: The 7 Most Powerful People In Tech You've Never Heard Of. Forbes. 2 November 2011. 3 December 2013.
  18. Arista Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering. Arista Networks. 5 June 2014. 5 June 2014.
  19. News: World's Best CEOs: 30 Leaders With Talent to Spare. Barron's. 26 May 2018. 26 May 2018.
  20. News: Businessperson of the Year 2019. Fortune. 19 November 2019. 19 November 2019.
  21. Web site: Jayshree Ullal, Former Cisco Senior Executive, joins Zscaler Board . zscaler.com . 2008-09-03.
  22. Web site: Management Team – Board of Directors . arista.com . 27 May 2020. 2020-09-08.
  23. Web site: SNOWFLAKE LEADERSHIP – Board of Directors . snowflake.com . 2020-09-09.
  24. Web site: Watch Out. Newsweek. January 7, 2001.
  25. Web site: The 50 most powerful people in networking, listed alphabetically . . June 24, 2023 . December 26, 2005.
  26. Web site: Women of Influence Honorees – CSO Online – Security and Risk . CSO Online . 2008-04-08 . 2012-05-10.
  27. Web site: Top 10 Executives from VMworld . SiliconANGLE . 2 September 2011. 2012-05-10.
  28. Web site: Jayshree Ullal – Seven prominent Indian-origin IT industry women in US . Economic Times . 6 June 2013 . 3 December 2013.
  29. Web site: The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2014 . CRN . 11 August 2014 . 22 September 2014.
  30. Web site: The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2015 . CRN . 3 August 2015 . 17 August 2015.
  31. Web site: The 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today. www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com. September 2015 . 2015-10-08.
  32. Web site: EYVoice: EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Reach For The Clouds. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117164008/http://www.forbes.com/sites/ey/2015/11/15/ey-us-entrepreneur-of-the-year-winners-reach-for-the-clouds/. dead. November 17, 2015. Forbes. 2015-11-30.
  33. Web site: World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders. barrons.com. 2018-05-28.
  34. Web site: Meet the 8 MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America. masala.com. 2019-02-04.
  35. Web site: Barron's "World's Best CEOs". barrons.com. 2019-06-17.
  36. Web site: Jayshree Ullal. Fortune. 2019-12-02.
  37. Web site: America's richest self-made women on forbes list. MoneyControl. July 6, 2022 . 2022-09-06.
  38. Web site: HERE'S TO THE POWER PLAYERS, SVBJ names Power 100 for 2023. Silicon Valley Business Journal. 2023-02-03.
  39. News: ET Global Indian award: A passion for networking helped this 'Entrepreneur at Heart' make the switch. The Economic Times. 22 February 2023 . 2023-02-22.
  40. Web site: Forbes profile: Jayshree Ullal . Forbes . 1 July 2021.
  41. Web site: Fairchild Semiconductor Appoints Vijay Ullal President and Chief Operating Officer. 10 September 2012. businesswire.com. 8 March 2018.
  42. News: Fairchild Operating Chief to Depart Over Leadership Differences. Angela. Chen. Wall Street Journal. 17 November 2014. 8 March 2018. www.wsj.com.
  43. Web site: 2010-05-13. Saratoga councilwoman Susie Nagpal dies of lung cancer. 2021-03-11. The Mercury News. en-US.
  44. Web site: Jayshree Ullal. 2021-04-28. Forbes. en.
  45. Web site: Jayshree Ullal. 2021-07-02. Forbes. en.

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