BMC - Key Persons
Ali Siddiqui is chief product officer for BMC Software, Inc. In this role, he has end-to-end responsibility for the company's entire product portfolio, including the BMC Helix suite, Control-M, and its Automated Mainframe Intelligence (AMI) solutions.
Ali brings to BMC more than 30 years of industry experience managing, building, and growing successful software businesses. His roles have included serving as product general manager with full P&L responsibilities and managing business units with more than $2 billion in revenue.
Before joining BMC, he was the head of AI Ops and IT Ops for Broadcom's Enterprise Software division, and previously led the IT Ops division at CA Technologies. He has also held leadership roles at Cisco, Oracle and VMWare. Earlier in his career, he founded a business that provided real-time personalization for wireless carrier portals, and worked at several Silicon Valley startups, including being part of one which successfully went IPO.
Ali earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree from Stanford University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
Ayman Sayed was named president and chief executive officer of BMC Software, Inc., in October 2019.
Prior to joining BMC, Ayman was president and chief product officer of CA Technologies, a $4.25 billion Fortune 500 company, where he was responsible for the vision, strategy, and development of their portfolio of products and solutions. During his tenure, he led a significant transformation of CA into higher-growth businesses including infrastructure software management, security, automation, and DevOps.
Ayman previously served as senior vice president at Cisco Systems where he led the Network Operating System Technology Group, responsible for the software on which nearly every Cisco networking product runs. He helped Cisco pioneer the programmable networks arena and drove innovation broadly across networking software, which enabled the evolution of the intelligent network to support application awareness and the Internet of Things.
Ayman holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cairo University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
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- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Chief Accounting Officer
- Controller
- Member of the Strategic Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President
Cory Bleuer is senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer for BMC Software, Inc. He oversees the company's global accounting and financial reporting, revenue recognition, financial shared services, procurement, OEM finance and financial information services functions.
Prior to BMC, Cory served as vice president and controller of EMC Corporation's Captiva Software group. Earlier in his career, Cory held financial leadership roles with Fair Isaac Corporation and HNC Software and was an audit manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Cory serves as the executive sponsor of BMC's partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
Cory holds a bachelor's of business administration degree with an accounting concentration from Indiana University. He is a CPA and CGMA and a member of Financial Executives International.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Chief Customer Officer
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Customer Success and Chief Customer Officer
Eduarda Camacho is senior vice president and chief customer officer (CCO) of BMC Software, Inc. She is responsible for a cohesive and impactful Customer Success function that helps BMC customers on their journey to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise. She also serves as the chief customer advocate, or the voice of the customer, focused on developing and implementing a value-driven customer success program that champions our customers and keeps them at the center of all we do.
An accomplished customer success executive, Eduarda has over 24 years of leadership experience within Presales, Partner, Professional Services, and Customer Success organizations as an executive vice president with global responsibility.
Before joining BMC, she was executive vice president and CCO at PTC and led worldwide Customer Success, Professional Services, and the Cloud Services business. Prior to PTC, Eduarda worked at several industrial companies and as a freelance journalist.
As a true global citizen Eduarda brings diverse cultural experiences to the leadership team from living and working in EMEA, APAC, and North America. She is engaged with a number of organizations and industry associations that support the development and excellence of customer success teams and is an avid supporter of initiatives that elevate talent in the organization.
Eduarda graduated from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and has completed an Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School for leading Professional Services firms.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, People & Spaces
Eric Olmo is senior vice president for People and Spaces for BMC Software, Inc.
Eric joined BMC in 2004 and currently oversees the company's global human resources, real estate and facilities, community relations, security, and business continuity functions.
Prior to BMC, Eric served as a senior human resources leader for Gateway. Earlier in his career, Eric held analyst roles with the Federal Reserve Bank.
Eric holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and political science from Kansas University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration and a Juris Doctorate from Kansas University. He is a member of the Kansas Bar.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Z Optimization
- SVP and General Manager, Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation
John McKenny is senior vice president and general manager of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation for BMC Software, Inc. He has P&L responsibility for the company's suite of industry-leading Automated Mainframe Intelligence (AMI) solutions.
John joined BMC in 1995 as a member of the R&D team and has been promoted to various senior leadership positions during his tenure. He was a director of mainframe R&D, went on to be chief of staff for the company's chief operating officer, and has also led nearly every function in the Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation business, including strategy, R&D, product management, customer service and marketing.
Prior to joining BMC, John spent 15 years in various technical, management, and IT consulting roles in the transportation and insurance industries.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Independent Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Finance
- Senior Vice President
- Member of the Board Directors of Quantum Corporation
Marc Rothman is senior vice president and chief financial officer of BMC Software, Inc.
Marc is a seasoned finance executive with more than 25 years of experience leading large, global companies. Before joining BMC, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer at VeriFone Systems, a leader in global payment services and solutions.
Prior to VeriFone, Marc served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Motorola Mobility and led Motorola Mobility's spinoff from Motorola Solutions and its sale to Google in 2012. Marc also served in finance leadership roles at Motorola Solutions, General Instrument, and Audit Advisory Services at Deloitte.
Marc is member of the board directors of Quantum Corporation and is chairman of Quantum's Audit Committee.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Service
- SVP and GM, Digital Service and Operations Management
Margaret Lee is senior vice president and general manager of Digital Service and Operations Management for BMC Software, Inc. She has P&L responsibility for the company's full suite of BMC Helix solutions for IT service management and IT operations management.
Before joining BMC, Margaret was the general manager for data services at Mapbox, a SaaS platform for mapping, location data, and navigation, supporting a variety of consumer and enterprise applications.
Previously, she led global product management, strategy, and customer success teams for CA Technologies' Continuous Delivery business unit, with products for testing, release, and deployment. At Splunk, Margaret started and led the product team for Splunk Cloud and Splunk's SaaS applications.
Earlier in her career, Margaret was part of the original development team that started and grew Oracle's Fusion Middleware product suite from an internal start-up to a $4 billion per year business. She also has experience as a development manager at a pre-IPO technology start-up that went public, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she focused on technology and financial services projects and clients.
Margaret earned a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in systems engineering and economics from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Business Administration from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Senior Vice President
- Advisory Board Member of Saïd Business School
Martyn Etherington was named senior vice president and chief marketing officer of BMC Software, Inc., in August 2022.
Before joining BMC, Martyn was the executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Teradata, Inc. He was responsible for strategic marketing, brand and reputation management, digital and social media, customer demand generation, influencer marketing, public relations, communications, and customer experiences. During his time at Teradata, he led the company through a brand, marketing, and cloud transformation.
In prior roles, Martyn was also the chief marketing officer for Cisco/Jasper where he was responsible for driving global marketing. He has also served in marketing leadership roles at Danaher and IBM.
Martyn is an industry-recognized marketing executive with an outstanding record of driving revenue, market share, and brand growth. He is a marketing transformer who builds world-class, global brands and teams. With a focus on sales alignment, he has consistently delivered tangible and measurable results that contribute to overall company growth. The Economist has recognized him as one of the Top 25 Social Business Leaders, Forbes has named him one of the Top 50 marketers, and The Internationalist has called him one of the top international marketers.
Martyn is an advisory board member of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Wharton Customer Analytics, and the Chief Marketing Officer Council.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Operations
- Financial Analyst for R & D
Michelle Carbone is the senior vice president of operations for BMC Software, Inc.
Michelle joined BMC as a financial analyst for R&D, progressed through several roles as a finance director supporting Professional Services, Marketing, and Sales, and was then promoted to vice president of sales operations for BMC's largest business unit. As head of this group, she transformed it into Strategic Revenue Operations, a modern function covering global sales operations, sales enablement, automation and analytics, and the revenue office, which encompasses renewals, best practices and the deal desk. While in these roles, she was a key contributor to the company's transition from public to private in 2013, and in the ownership transition to KKR in 2018.
Michelle is executive sponsor for BMC's Women in Technology and Business group, a grassroots initiative which promotes networking, growth, education, and community outreach. She is also an executive sponsor and personal supporter for BMC's participation in Susan G. Komen.
Michelle has a bachelor's degree in business administration and accounting from Houston Baptist University.
Patrick Tagtow - Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, SVP
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Corporate Secretary
- General Counsel
- Senior Vice President
Patrick Tagtow serves as BMC's general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer.
Prior to being named general counsel, Patrick served as BMC's vice president of litigation and compliance with responsibility over global litigation management, legal and regulatory enterprise risk management and BMC's compliance and ethics program.
He joined BMC in 1999 from the law firm of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. where he practiced commercial and employment litigation.
Patrick received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as a master's of business administration and doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Houston. He has been practicing law since 1993.
Paul Cant was named chief revenue officer for BMC Software, Inc., in April 2023, and has global responsibility for the BMC sales organization.
Paul is a 17-year BMC veteran, who most recently held the leadership role of geo vice president of international sales. His leadership over the past three years has resulted in unprecedented growth for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Russia, and Asia-Pacific regions.
His tenure at BMC includes various sales leadership roles that supported the company's expansion into new markets, the introduction of new products and solutions, and managing the evolution of sales operations across teams and regions. Paul joined the company through an acquisition 2008.
Ram Chakravarti is chief technology officer for BMC Software, Inc. In this role, he oversees the BMC Innovation Labs as well as the company's overall technology strategy, common architecture, corporate development, and shared services including user experience design, quality assurance, and cybersecurity.
Prior to joining BMC, Ram was a director at KKR Capstone focused on value creation in KKR's technology investments in private equity and growth equity.
Prior to working at KKR, Ram was an associate partner at McKinsey & Company, where he advised clients on large-scale, multi-year digital transformations, and established McKinsey's Digital Architecture Service Line in North America. Earlier in his career, Ram worked at Oracle, Ariba, tech startups and Merck in a variety of software engineering and architecture roles.
Ram holds master's degrees in decision sciences and organizational dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania and in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science. He has co-authored a book on R&D and IT portfolio management which is being used in graduate programs at the University of Pennsylvania and other schools in the US.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Senior Vice President
Scott Crowder is chief information officer for BMC Software, Inc. He is responsible for the company's Information Services and Technology group, which provides business applications, end user support, production and R&D cloud infrastructure, unified communications, information security and service governance.