Icertis Strategic Advisor Sanjay Poonen is the former COO of VMware and President at SAP.

During his tenure as COO of VMWare, Sanjay led efforts to grow revenue from $7 billion to $12 billion and led the Security and End-User Computing businesses. As President and Corporate Officer of SAP, he led SAP’s Applications, Industries, and Platform Solutions & Sales teams, driving SAP growth from $10 billion to $20 billion. Sanjay has held several advisories and board positions at enterprise software corporations, such as Zoom, Infor, and Boomi, and currently serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips NV and on the Board of Directors of Snyk.

He holds an MBA from Harvard University, an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and an A.B in Computer Science and Math/Engineering from Dartmouth College.

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