Jayshree Ullal

Ullal was born on March 27, 1961, in London into a Hindu family of Indian origin.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/Jayshree-Ullal-Queen-of-the-wired-world/article20810799.ece|title=Jayshree Ullal: Queen of the wired world|author=|date=26 December 2013|website=thehindubusinessline.com|access-date=8 March 2018}} She grew up in New Delhi, India, and was schooled at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi.{{cite news |title=Meet Jayshree Ullal, Indian-American CEO among richest self-made women in US |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/meet-jayshree-ullal-indian-american-ceo-among-richest-self-made-women-in-us-11657079065082.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=Mint |date=July 6, 2022}}

She attended San Francisco State University,{{cite web |url=http://magazine.sfsu.edu/archive/fall_06/alumni2 |title=SFSU Magazine Fall 2006 Alumni and Friends, Jayshree Ullal of Cisco Systems |publisher=Sfsu.edu |date=2007-01-02 |access-date=2012-05-10 |archive-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019213210/http://magazine.sfsu.edu/archive/fall_06/alumni2 |url-status=dead }} where she graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1981.{{cite web |title=Jayshree Ullal |url=https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/alumni/made-in-the-csu/san-francisco/Pages/Jayshree-Ullal.aspx |website=The California State University |access-date=June 22, 2023}} She went on to Santa Clara University where she received an M.S. in Engineering Management and Leadership in 1986.{{cite web |title=Jayshree Ullal |url=https://www.scu.edu/engineering/stories/award-winners/jayshree-ullal.html |website=Santa Clara University |access-date=22 June 2023 |date=August 17, 2015}}

Ullal began her career as a senior strategic development engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor and later joined Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),{{cite book |title=Electronics, Volume 60, Issues 1–13 |date=1987 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |page=89 |quote=... says Jayshree Ullal, senior strategic development engineer at AMD.}} where she designed high-speed memory chips for IBM and Hitachi.{{cite news |author1=Swarnendu |title=A Self-Made Business Woman, Jayshree Ullal |url=https://www.seema.com/a-self-made-business-woman-jayshree-ullal/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=SEEMA |date=September 12, 2021}} In 1988 she joined Ungermann-Bass, 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.{{cite news |title=People & Positions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21 |work=Network World |date=March 23, 1992}} She helped pioneer 100-Mbit/s Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI) products{{cite news |title=Top Women in Storage |url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/top-women-storage/page/0/13 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=Network Computing |date=September 26, 2007 |page=14}} and worked on first-generation Ethernet switching.{{cite news |last1=Matham |first1=Adarsh |title=Tech Guru: Jayashree Ullal |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/tech/2013/sep/08/tech-guru-jayashree-ullal-514499.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |work=The New Indian Express |date=September 8, 2013}}

In September 1993, Cisco Systems acquired Crescendo Communications, marking Cisco's first acquisition and first foray into the switching market.{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/09/24/Cisco-Systems-closes-97-million-acquisition-of-Crescendo-Communications/2233748843200/|title=Cisco Systems closes $97 million acquisition of Crescendo Communications|work=UPI|access-date=November 27, 2018|date=September 24, 1993}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Hickey |first1=Andrew R. |title=Senior Cisco Executive Departs |url=https://www.crn.com/news/networking/207602767/senior-cisco-executive-departs.htm |access-date=June 24, 2023 |work=CRN |date=May 12, 2008}} As vice president and general manager of LAN switching in the Enterprise group,{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} Ullal initiated strategic initiatives such as unified communications, IP telephony, content networking and policy networking. She oversaw some 20 mergers and acquisitions for Cisco in the enterprise sector.{{cite web|url=https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office/acquisitions/acquisitions-list-years.html|title=Acquisitions by Year|date=June 2023}}

By 2005 she became Senior Vice President of the Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group.{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Stephen |title=Cisco executives retire, insiders moved up |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2810034/cisco-executives-retire--insiders-moved-up.html |access-date=June 24, 2023 |work=Computerworld |date=July 8, 2005}} 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.{{cite web |title=Jayshree Ullal |url=https://investors.arista.com/Corporate-Governance/Committee-Composition/Person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=c810a4b8-53d2-4feb-b33e-5c8d40a433ac |website=Arista |access-date=June 24, 2023}} Ullal's career at Cisco spanned more than 15 years.

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.{{cite press release|url=http://www.aristanetworks.com/en/news/pressrelease/48-pr-20081023-00|title=Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim CDO and Chairman|publisher=Arista Networks|date=23 October 2008|access-date=3 November 2012}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmm45emlh/7-jayshree-ullal-co-founder-and-ceo-artista-networks/|title=The 7 Most Powerful People In Tech You've Never Heard Of|work=Forbes|date=2 November 2011|access-date=3 December 2013}}

In June 2014, Ullal led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET.{{cite press release|url=http://www.arista.com/en/company/news/press-release/940-pr-20140606-01|title=Arista Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering|publisher=Arista Networks|date=5 June 2014|access-date=5 June 2014}}

Jayshree was named one of Barron's “World's Best CEOs” in 2018 {{cite news|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/worlds-best-ceos-30-leaders-with-talent-to-spare-1527300812|title=World's Best CEOs: 30 Leaders With Talent to Spare|publisher=Barron's|date=26 May 2018|access-date=26 May 2018}} and one of Fortune's “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2019/jayshree-ullal/|title=Businessperson of the Year 2019|publisher=Fortune|date=19 November 2019|access-date=19 November 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231120718/https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2019/jayshree-ullal/|url-status=dead}}

• May 2008 – 2010; Zscaler{{cite web|url=https://www.zscaler.com/press/jayshree-ullal-former-cisco-senior-executive-joins-zscaler-board |title=Jayshree Ullal, Former Cisco Senior Executive, joins Zscaler Board |publisher=zscaler.com |date= |access-date=2008-09-03}}
• Oct 2008–Present; Arista Networks{{cite web|url=https://www.arista.com/en/company/management-team#datatab411 |title=Management Team – Board of Directors |publisher=arista.com |date= 27 May 2020|access-date=2020-09-08}}
• June 2020 – Present; Snowflake Inc.{{cite web|url=https://www.snowflake.com/leadership-board/ |title=SNOWFLAKE LEADERSHIP – Board of Directors |publisher=snowflake.com |date= |access-date=2020-09-09}}

• Nominated as one of the 20 powerful Women to Watch in 2001 by Newsweek{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/watch-out-150835 | title=Watch Out| website=Newsweek| date=January 7, 2001}}
• 2001 Innovator and Influencer Award by Information Week{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
• 2005 One of the 50 Most Powerful People in Networking by Network World{{cite web |title=The 50 most powerful people in networking, listed alphabetically |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2316950/the-50-most-powerful-people-in-networking--listed-alphabetically.html |website=Network World |access-date=June 24, 2023 |date=December 26, 2005}}
• One of the Top Women in Storage in 2007
• A Women of Influence award for Security CSOs in 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.csoonline.com/article/330113/women-of-influence-honorees |title=Women of Influence Honorees – CSO Online – Security and Risk |publisher=CSO Online |date=2008-04-08 |access-date=2012-05-10 |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406114641/http://www.csoonline.com/article/330113/women-of-influence-honorees |url-status=dead }}
• A Top Ten Executive in VMWorld 2011{{cite web|url=https://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/09/02/top-10-executives-from-vmworld/ |title=Top 10 Executives from VMworld |publisher=SiliconANGLE |date= 2 September 2011|access-date=2012-05-10}}
• One of the seven prominent Indian-origin women in the IT industry, according to The Economic Times{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/nri/seven-prominent-indian-origin-it-industry-women-in-us/jayshree-ullal/slideshow/20459478.cms|title=Jayshree Ullal – Seven prominent Indian-origin IT industry women in US |publisher=Economic Times |date=6 June 2013 |access-date=3 December 2013}}
• Recipient of the 2013 Santa Clara University School of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
• Ranked #2 in Top 25 Disrupters of 2014 list by CRN{{cite web |url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/300073634/the-top-25-disrupters-of-2014.htm/pgno/0/24 |title=The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2014 |publisher=CRN |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=22 September 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160657/http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/300073634/the-top-25-disrupters-of-2014.htm/pgno/0/24 |url-status=dead }}
• Ranked #3 in Top 25 Disrupters of 2015 list by CRN{{cite web |url=http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/300077632/the-top-25-disrupters-of-2015.htm/pgno/0/23 |title=The Top 25 Disrupters Of 2015 |publisher=CRN |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-date=August 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809022346/http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/300077632/the-top-25-disrupters-of-2015.htm/pgno/0/23 |url-status=dead }}
• Ranked #9 in the 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today list by Best Computer Science Degrees{{Cite web|title = The 30 Most Impressive Female Engineers Alive Today|url = https://www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com/most-impressive-female-engineers-alive-today/|website = www.bestcomputersciencedegrees.com|date=September 2015 |access-date = 2015-10-08}}
• EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Winner 2015{{Cite web|title = EYVoice: EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year Winners Reach For The Clouds|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/ey/2015/11/15/ey-us-entrepreneur-of-the-year-winners-reach-for-the-clouds/|archive-url = 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/|url-status = dead|archive-date = November 17, 2015|website = Forbes|access-date = 2015-11-30}}
• World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders 2018{{Cite web|title = World's Best CEOs: Growth Leaders|url = https://webreprints.djreprints.com/4358381247754.html|website = barrons.com|access-date = 2018-05-28}}
• 1 on Masala's MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America list{{Cite web|title = Meet the 8 MOST INFLUENTIAL Asian Women in America|url = https://www.masala.com/meet-the-8-most-influential-asian-women-in-america-275831.html|website = masala.com|access-date = 2019-02-04}}
• Named to Barron's “World's Best CEOs” list in 2018 and 2019.{{Cite web|title = Barron's "World's Best CEOs"|url = https://www.barrons.com/articles/jeff-bezos-warren-buffett-and-more-of-the-worlds-best-ceos-51560565404|website = barrons.com|access-date = 2019-06-17}}
• 18 on Fortune's Businessperson of the Year for 2019 list.{{Cite web|title = Jayshree Ullal|url = https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2019/jayshree-ullal/?hss_channel=lcp-80069|website = Fortune|access-date = 2019-12-02}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Honored with 8th annual Forbes’ America's Richest Self-Made Women in 2022.{{Cite web|title = America's richest self-made women on forbes list|url = https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/jayshree-ullal-the-indian-american-ceo-on-forbes-list-of-richest-self-made-women-8785241.html|website = MoneyControl| date=July 6, 2022 |access-date = 2022-09-06}}
• Member of Silicon Valley Business Journal's first Power 100 list for 2023.{{Cite web|title = HERE'S TO THE POWER PLAYERS, SVBJ names Power 100 for 2023|url = https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/02/03/silicon-valley-power-100-reveal.html|website = Silicon Valley Business Journal|access-date = 2023-02-03}}
• 2023 ET Global Indian award winner{{Cite news|title = ET Global Indian award: A passion for networking helped this 'Entrepreneur at Heart' make the switch|url = https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/et-global-indian-award-a-passion-for-networking-helped-this-entrepreneur-at-heart-make-the-switch/articleshow/98136488.cms|newspaper = The Economic Times| date=22 February 2023 |access-date = 2023-02-22}}
• 2024 Banyan Tree Award{{Cite news|title = Easterseals Central Illinois - Banyan Tree Award|url = https://www.easterseals.com/ci/get-involved/events/passage/banyan-tree-award.html|newspaper = Easterseals Illinois| date=7 August 2024 |access-date = 2025-01-16}}
• 2025 Silicon Valley Power 100{{Cite news|title = Silicon Valley Power 100: Meet the region's most influential leaders|url = https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/01/07/silicon-valley-2025-power-100.html|newspaper = Silicon Valley Business Journal| date=7 January 2025 |access-date = 2025-01-16}}

She is married to Vijay Ullal. They have two daughters and live in Saratoga, California.{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Jayshree Ullal |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jayshree-ullal/ |website=Forbes |access-date=1 July 2021}} Vijay Ullal, now a venture capitalist and investor, was president and chief operating officer of Fairchild Semiconductor from September 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120910005132/en/Fairchild-Semiconductor-Appoints-Vijay-Ullal-President-Chief|title=Fairchild Semiconductor Appoints Vijay Ullal President and Chief Operating Officer|author=|date=10 September 2012|website=businesswire.com|access-date=8 March 2018}} until November 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fairchild-operating-chief-to-depart-over-leadership-differences-1416248570|title=Fairchild Operating Chief to Depart Over Leadership Differences|first=Angela|last=Chen|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=17 November 2014|publisher=|access-date=8 March 2018|via=www.wsj.com}} She is also the sister of the late Saratoga City Councilwoman Susie Nagpal, who has a surviving son and daughter.{{Cite web|date=2010-05-13|title=Saratoga councilwoman Susie Nagpal dies of lung cancer|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/05/13/saratoga-councilwoman-susie-nagpal-dies-of-lung-cancer/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Jayshree Ullal|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jayshree-ullal/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Forbes|language=en}} Forbes estimates that Jayshree owns about 5% of Arista's stock, some of which is earmarked for her two children, niece and nephew.{{Cite web|title=Jayshree Ullal|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/jayshree-ullal/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Forbes|language=en}}

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