About Omnissa

Shankar Iyer is the ​​CEO of Omnissa, where he leads the company in delivering on its mission to make digital work better for everyone, from anywhere. 

Shankar has a track record of leading high-growth businesses across software and SaaS organizations in multiple segments. He has led business transformation from startups to billion-dollar companies, redefined product strategies, and executed operational and go-to-market initiatives. 

Shankar previously held leadership roles at VMware, including senior vice president and general manager of the End-user Computing business that became Omnissa. Under his leadership, the company earned numerous industry accolades including consistent recognition in Gartner Magic Quadrant and IDC MarketScape reports. 

He has held product and engineering roles at Citrix, Webex, and Gemstone, where his expertise spanned ​cloud applications, collaboration software and data management technologies.

Bharath Rangarajan is senior vice president of Products at Omnissa, where he oversees the company’s product strategy and technology alliances, and leads global teams responsible for product management, tech enablement, UX design, and data science. 

Bharath’s product expertise includes SaaS, cloud, and mobile technologies, and his experience spans both startups and large businesses.  

Prior to Omnissa, Bharath served as general manager and vice president of Products for VMware’s End-user Computing business. During his tenure, Bharath led product management for Workspace ONE and the Horizon product portfolios.  

Prior to VMware, he served in a variety of product leadership roles for leaders in cloud security, cloud networking, and mobile platforms, including Citrix and Webex, and he was vice president of product for both Lookout and Pertino. 

Renu Upadhyay is senior vice president of Marketing at Omnissa, leading global marketing strategy, demand generation, product and solution marketing and brand to establish Omnissa as the leading digital work platform company. 

Renu is an experienced technology marketer with a deep understanding of products, industry, and customers spanning mobile, wireless networking and collaboration solutions across large and mid-size organizations. 

Prior to Omnissa, she served as vice president of Marketing for VMware’s End-user Computing (EUC) business. In that role, she led marketing strategy and was responsible for customer messaging, demand, content marketing, sales and technical enablement, and product pricing strategy. She oversaw marketing programs and campaigns for EUC’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions including employee engagement programs. 

Prior to VMware, Renu held senior product marketing roles at leading companies including Good Technology, Cisco Systems and AT&T Wireless. 

Scott is senior vice president of Operations at Omnissa, where he oversees strategic planning and business operations. He leads the teams responsible for business cash operations, planning, legal, InfoSec and compliance, and corporate governance. 

Scott has experience growing top-line revenue and leading high-performing teams across multiple disciplines including general management, product marketing, operations and sales.  

Prior to Omnissa, he served as vice president of business operations and SaaS transformation for VMware’s End-user Computing business. During his tenure with VMware, he led the transition to subscription, launched the company’s desktop-as-a-service offering, standardized the delivery of SaaS offerings, and led the integration of several acquisitions.  

Prior to VMware, Scott held various strategy and operations roles with software and security companies, including chief operations officer of Socialcast and general manager of VeriSign’s Managed Security Services business.

Kyle Austin is senior vice president of Engineering at Omnissa, where he oversees the company’s technology strategy and leads the global engineering, technical operations, IT, and customer service teams. 

Kyle is a seasoned software executive with experience building transformative products. His expertise spans software engineering, cloud services, and customer-centric innovation at startups and large companies. 

Prior to Omnissa, Kyle served as senior vice president of engineering for VMware’s End-user Computing business.  

Prior to VMware, Kyle led product and engineering roles for leaders in security, identity, and access management. His previous roles include vice president of engineering at TriCipher, and principal architect at both Identrus and Digital Signature Trust. 

Deeply committed to advancing technology, Kyle holds 18 patents across diverse fields such as cybersecurity, cryptography, authentication, and device management.

Kevin Norlin is senior vice president of Sales at Omnissa and is responsible for leading the company’s global sales teams to help customers achieve great outcomes with Omnissa solutions.

Prior to joining Omnissa, Kevin was Chief Revenue Officer for Rocket Software and previously led global sales at both public and private equity owned companies, including MicroStrategy, Quest Software and Dell.

Kevin brings deep experience in both accelerating revenue growth and returning companies to growth, with a strong focus on sales structures that drive deeper customer engagement, accountability and transparency.

Dan Dulick is the vice president of Sales Engineering, Customer Success, and Professional Services at Omnissa, where he leads teams focused on helping customers discover, deploy, and sustain the value of Omnissa solutions.

Before joining Omnissa, Dan served as vice president of Sales Engineering in the VMware End-User Computing Division where he spearheaded some of the company’s largest and most complex global projects, drove successful deployments, and fostered strong customer relationships.

A seasoned technology executive, Dan’s career spans both vendor and customer perspectives, giving him a unique understanding of customer challenges and the dedicated support and guidance they require at each stage of their journey.

Steve Shimizu is chief financial officer at Omnissa, where he leads business analysis and strategic decision-making to drive profitable growth. Steve joins Omnissa with over 25 years of experience in finance and technology.  

Prior to Omnissa, he served as vice president of Finance for VMware’s Digital Workspace, Network and Security, and Secure Access Service Edge businesses, where he was instrumental in developing the organization’s SaaS-based decision-making model. 

Prior to VMware, Steve was segment CFO for Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software segment. He also served in finance roles at Hewlett-Packard and Ernst & Young.

Michael McCreary is senior vice president for Human Resources at Omnissa, where he leads a global team focused on delivering an exceptional employee experience. Michael oversees the company’s efforts to hire, manage, and reward the best talent in the enterprise software industry. 

Michael is an established HR leader with expertise in global talent management, creative organizational and talent solutions, providing actionable workforce insights, and delivering a digital employee experience to distributed teams. His passion for an inclusive culture across a diverse team ensures that everyone contributes to success. 

Prior to Omnissa, Michael served as the HR leader for VMware’s End-user Computing business, where he supported business transformation, talent management and organizational design. Prior to VMware, he supported global technology and consulting leaders including Intuit, Juniper, Deloitte and PwC. He has provided HR consulting services to over 30 technology companies around the world. 

Brooks Beard is general counsel at Omnissa. He drives the company’s legal strategy and – with his team – oversees the legal aspects of areas such as commercial and public sector sales, ethics and compliance, IP, cybersecurity, privacy, corporate governance, employment and litigation, as well as government relations and public policy.  

Prior to joining Omnissa, Brooks served as vice president and deputy general counsel at VMware.  

Prior to VMware, he was a partner in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster and he began his legal career in the Washington, DC office of Jones Day.