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Jayshree V. Ullal
Ullal in 2015
Born (1961-03-27) March 27, 1961 (age 63)
London, England
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSanta Clara University
San Francisco State University
Occupation(s)CEO and president, Arista Networks
SpouseVijay Ullal
Children2 daughters
Websitearista.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 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

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

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[edit]

Early career[edit]

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.[8]

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[edit]

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,[citation needed] 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[edit]

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[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

Personal life[edit]

She is married to Vijay Ullal. They have two daughters and live in Saratoga, California.[40][2] Vijay Ullal, now a venture capitalist and investor, was president and chief operating officer of Fairchild Semiconductor from September 2012,[2][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]

References[edit]

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  • ^ "SFSU Magazine Fall 2006 Alumni and Friends, Jayshree Ullal of Cisco Systems". Sfsu.edu. January 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  • ^ "Jayshree Ullal". The California State University. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  • ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Santa Clara University. August 17, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  • ^ Electronics, Volume 60, Issues 1–13. McGraw-Hill. 1987. p. 89. ... says Jayshree Ullal, senior strategic development engineer at AMD.
  • ^ a b Swarnendu (September 12, 2021). "A Self-Made Business Woman, Jayshree Ullal". SEEMA. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  • ^ a b "People & Positions". Network World. March 23, 1992.
  • ^ a b "Top Women in Storage". Network Computing. September 26, 2007. p. 14. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  • ^ Matham, Adarsh (September 8, 2013). "Tech Guru: Jayashree Ullal". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  • ^ "Cisco Systems closes $97 million acquisition of Crescendo Communications". UPI. September 24, 1993. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  • ^ a b Hickey, Andrew R. (May 12, 2008). "Senior Cisco Executive Departs". CRN. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  • ^ "Acquisitions by Year". June 2023.
  • ^ Lawson, Stephen (July 8, 2005). "Cisco executives retire, insiders moved up". Computerworld. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  • ^ "Jayshree Ullal". Arista. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  • ^ "Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim CDO and Chairman" (Press release). Arista Networks. October 23, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  • ^ "The 7 Most Powerful People In Tech You've Never Heard Of". Forbes. November 2, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  • ^ "Arista Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering" (Press release). Arista Networks. June 5, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  • ^ "World's Best CEOs: 30 Leaders With Talent to Spare". Barron's. May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  • ^ "Businessperson of the Year 2019". Fortune. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  • ^ "Jayshree Ullal, Former Cisco Senior Executive, joins Zscaler Board". zscaler.com. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
  • ^ "Management Team – Board of Directors". arista.com. May 27, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  • ^ "SNOWFLAKE LEADERSHIP – Board of Directors". snowflake.com. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  • ^ "Watch Out". Newsweek. January 7, 2001.
  • ^ "The 50 most powerful people in networking, listed alphabetically". Network World. December 26, 2005. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  • ^ "Women of Influence Honorees – CSO Online – Security and Risk". CSO Online. April 8, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  • ^ "Top 10 Executives from VMworld". SiliconANGLE. September 2, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  • ^ "Jayshree Ullal – Seven prominent Indian-origin IT industry women in US". Economic Times. June 6, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  • ^ "The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2014". CRN. August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  • ^ "The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2015". CRN. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  • ^ "The 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today". www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com. September 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  • ^ "EYVoice: EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Reach For The Clouds". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  • ^ "World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders". barrons.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  • ^ "Meet the 8 MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America". masala.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  • ^ "Barron's "World's Best CEOs"". barrons.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
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  • ^ "HERE'S TO THE POWER PLAYERS, SVBJ names Power 100 for 2023". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  • ^ "ET Global Indian award: A passion for networking helped this 'Entrepreneur at Heart' make the switch". The Economic Times. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
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  • ^ Chen, Angela (November 17, 2014). "Fairchild Operating Chief to Depart Over Leadership Differences". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via www.wsj.com.
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