Shekar Ayyar

Currently, Shekar G.
Ayyar serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Arrcus, Inc. since 2021, Chief Executive Officer & Director at AdMY Technology Group, Inc. since 2021, Independent Director at Altair Engineering, Inc. since 2021, Director at Room To Read, Independent Director at ViaSat, Inc. starting 2026, Director at Vmware Foundation, and Venture Partner at Regalis Solutions LLC since 2021.
Formerly, Dr. Ayyar was Director-Business Development at Lucent Technologies, Inc. from 1998 to 2000, Director at Puppet, Inc., Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1996 to 1998, SVP-Strategy & Corporate Development at VMware LLC from 2007 to 2014, Assistant Professor at Lafayette College, Senior Vice President-Business Development at Instantis, Inc. from 2000 to 2004, and Senior Vice President-Product Management at Bindview Corp.
and BindView Development Corp.
from 2004 to 2006.
Education includes a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University conferred in 1991, an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1985, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.