July 1, 2024

The new standalone software company Omnissa is here!

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Shankar Iyer

Chief Executive Officer

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.

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Today marks an incredible milestone.

With the announcement that our acquisition by KKR is complete, Omnissa is born.

We are now an independent software company, with a unique combination of talent, technology and ecosystem assets exclusively focused on empowering transformative workspace experiences for customers and partners around the world.

With KKR’s backing, we now have the agility, the commitment and the investment to assume our position as the marquee software company defining and leading this $26 billion market opportunity.

This moment has been more than two years in the making and I am proud to be surrounded by a highly experienced management team who worked tirelessly to realize our shared vision.

Our 4,000 employees will be bound by a shared ownership structure that places us all on a journey to redefine our industry and the future of work.

This moment was made possible by our customers and partners. We do not take your loyalty lightly. Our existence is thanks to your deep investment in our technology and your intense desire to realize the vision of AI-driven autonomous workspaces. We intend to continue earning your trust by creating tremendous new value from our platform and simplifying how we work together.

Later this month we will host Omnissa Live, the first of a sequence of events to fully articulate our vision and strategy as a standalone company and explore the exciting opportunities we see ahead. Please plan to join us there. We know the last seven months caused uncertainty. Today with certainty, I can assure you we are poised to take you to new heights.

To our technology peers – those innovation leaders and category pioneers across operating systems, cloud environments, security systems, application platforms and devices – we are excited to work deeply with you and to build an ecosystem filled with flexibility and choice, for our customers and for yours.

It’s time to get to work.

Shankar Iyer, Omnissa CEO

The transaction will also include local closings in certain jurisdictions, which are expected to occur during the balance of 2024.