Bob Muglia
Investor
Bob Muglia
Investor
Mercer Island, Washington
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2024 - Current
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2020
Board Member
2020
Executive Chairman
2020
CEO
2014 - 2019
Creating the world's greatest data warehouse. Designed for today, born in the cloud.
Executive Vice President; Software & Solutions Division
2011 - 2013
Drove cultural and organizational change to help transform Juniper from a hardware company into a systems and software company. Instituted much needed software engineering principles across Juniper. Provided focus to Juniper’s software efforts and eliminated unnecessary business units. Restructured the security business by replacing leadership, fixing software quality issues, and establishing thought leadership in datacenter security. Drove Juniper’s Software Defined Networking effort and launched our Contrail SDN Controller. Created the networking industry’s first coherent software licensing model.
President, Server & Tools Business
2005 - 2011
Effectively led an organization of 10,000 people. Built a highly cohesive leadership team that reliably delivered on-time, high-quality releases of Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and System Center products. Directed Microsoft’s transformation from product-centricity into a business services company with Office 365, Windows Azure, and Windows InTune services. Consistently delivered above-market growth every fiscal year, driving revenue from $9.7B in FY06 to $17.1B in FY11, with operating income climbing from $3.5B to $6.6B. Built long-term, win-win relationships across the company and with Microsoft customers and partners.
Senior Vice President; Windows Server
2003 - 2005
Created the customer-focused approach and team structure that made Windows Server the world’s leading server operating system with 76% share at the time I left Microsoft.
Senior Vice President; Enterprise Storage & Management
2002 - 2003
Formed a startup team to drive Microsoft’s entry into the storage business. Turned around the Systems Management business by delivering world-class products.
Group Vice President; Online Services & Mobile Devices
2001 - 2002
Facilitated Microsoft’s transition to consumer services and devices with responsibility for Hotmail, Messenger, and Passport. Started and ultimately shut-down the Hailstorm project. Drove Pocket PC and the initial release of Windows Phone.
Group Vice President; Applications & Tools
1998 - 2001
Led the team that delivered the Office 2000 suite of products. Acquired Visio Corporation. Resurrected Microsoft’s developer strategy by creating .NET and C# after Microsoft lost the Java lawsuit. Testified in Washington, D.C. at the Microsoft antitrust trial.
Senior Vice President; Server Applications
1997 - 1998
Established the first integrated Microsoft Server Applications business that brought together Exchange, SQL Server, Systems Management Server, SNA Server, and BackOffice.
Vice President; Developer Tools
1996 - 1997
Created the integrated developer team that first combined Visual Basic and C++ into Visual Studio. Initiated Microsoft's Internet developer focus with Visual InterDev.
Director; Vice President; Windows NT Program Management
1991 - 1996
Led the team that defined the specification for Windows NT. Managed the release process for Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and 4. Drove the specification and delivered the SDK for the Win32 API.
Group Program Manager; OS/2
1990 - 1991
Participated in Microsoft’s transition from OS/2 to Windows NT. Presented this strategy change at both the internal decision-making meeting and public announcement in 1991.
Group Program Manager; SQL Server, Exchange, SNA Server
1988 - 1990
Joined Microsoft as the first technical person on SQL Server and delivered its first release, OS/2 SQL Server. Started Exchange Server and SNA Server.
Development Manager
1981 - 1987
Led a team that developed software on Data General minicomputers and IBM PC’s to configure ROLM PBX systems.