Leadership
Platform9 was founded by early VMware engineers with deep expertise in virtual infrastructure and open-source innovation, powering private clouds for the world’s largest enterprises.
Executive Management
Ravi Jacob
Chief Executive OfficerRavi Jacob
CEO
Ravi Jacob is the Chief Executive Officer of Platform9. Before taking over as CEO in October 2023, he was the CFO of the company.
Prior to joining Platform9, Ravi was the corporate vice president and treasurer of Intel Corporation, managing its capital structure, cash and investments, debt & equity capital markets activity, currency and other financial risks, retirement assets, and insurance matters. Before that, as Vice President, M&A, he led a global team responsible for structuring and executing Intel Capital’s acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investment transactions.
Sirish Raghuram
Co-Founder, Chief Growth OfficerSirish Raghuram
Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer
Having experienced virtualization, IaaS and cloud-native industry transitions first hand, Sirish believes that there is a new digital divide emerging with the advent of cloud computing – the cloud-native-divide. With the exception of a few elite technology companies, most enterprises are struggling to realize the benefits of cloud-native. Sirish is passionate about empowering enterprises to cross that divide so they can thrive and grow.
As Chief Growth Officer, Sirish focuses his efforts on growth engineering initiatives that help accelerate time-to-value for our customers. Previously, Sirish was Founding CEO at Platform9 and led the company from its inception through several team, product, revenue and fundraising milestones.
Prior to founding Platform9, Sirish was an early engineer at VMware who went on to technical and management roles. His work at VMware led to several products, features and patents.
Outside Platform9, Sirish follows cricket, makes his kids laugh, and builds his collection of fast lenses and unprocessed photos. His favorite books include the Harry Potter series, Crossing the Chasm, Blue Ocean Strategy and Innovator’s Dilemma.
Madhura Maskasky
Co-Founder, Chief Product OfficerMadhura Maskasky
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer
Madhura leads Product Management at Platform9. Before co-founding Platform9, Madhura spent 7 years at VMware Engineering, where she grew to be technical lead for several key products including vCloud Director, Update Manager and ConfigControl.
Madhura helped spearhead vSphere’s transformation into a policy driven product suite, working broadly across groups to pull together the vision. Madhura holds a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, specializing in databases and distributed systems.
When she isn’t sweating the details on product, Madhura can be found rock-climbing, swing dancing and exploring San Francisco.
Vishwa Kapadia
Chief People OfficerVishwa Kapadia
Chief People Officer
Vishwa spearheads people-centric programs that will build upon Platform9’s entrepreneurial culture, while supporting its rapid growth in the cloud-native market where retaining and recruiting top talent is key for success. She is focused on fostering a high performing work culture, to help people feel connected with the company and the brand.
Vishwa has 2 decades of HR experience, including leadership positions at multiple global technology companies like Intel, Dell, Infineon, and GE John F. Welch Technology Center. She has led various business practices, including talent management and HR business partnering, in addition to establishing several people and employee development programs. At Intel India, she was instrumental in institutionalising the Diversity and Inclusion charter.
In her last assignment, Vishwa was an HR leader at Maxim Integrated (a wholly owned subsidiary of Analog Devices Inc.) for its India and Singapore markets where she engaged with a matrix stakeholder group, across numerous international locations, spearheaded the translation of business objectives to people strategies, and implemented change management initiatives.
An avid supporter of social and environmental causes, she has also been an active participant on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committees throughout her career. She is also a member of the DELA Advisory board (DTUI.COM)
Rich Phillips
Vice President, SalesNicole Silva
Vice President, Marketing