President and CEO
Ayman Sayed
President and CEO
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.
Chief Revenue Officer
Paul Cant
Chief Revenue Officer
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.
Senior Vice President, Operations
Michelle Carbone
Senior Vice President, Operations
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.
Chief Technology Officer
Ram Chakravarti
Chief Technology Officer
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.
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Martyn Etherington
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
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.
Senior Vice President, Customer Success and Chief Customer Officer
Colin Murphy
Senior Vice President, Customer Success and Chief Customer Officer
Colin Murphy is senior vice president of customer success and chief customer officer (CCO) at BMC Software, Inc.
In this role, Colin is responsible for shaping the next phase of BMC Customer Success and helping customers on their Autonomous Digital Enterprise journey by leading a value-driven customer success operation. As chief customer officer, Colin champions our customers throughout BMC and works to ensure they are at the center of BMC operations.
Since joining BMC in 2020 as vice president and chief of staff to President and CEO Ayman Sayed, Colin has expanded his role and led key programs for the company in AI-driven customer engagement, adoption maturity definition and delivery, and revitalizing the customer support function. Most recently, Colin was responsible for evolving and leading a global organization of success management and support professionals responsible for driving BMC solution adoption and customer outcomes across BMC solutions.
Colin is a technology executive with over 20 years’ experience operating in a broad range of capacities—across corporate strategy and corporate development, management, product and engineering, business operations, and customer success. Prior to joining BMC, Colin was senior vice president of global customer success at New York-based Integral Ad Science (previously a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company). Additionally, he has held senior leadership positions at CA Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Unisys Corporation. Colin began his career at global management consulting firms, Oliver Wyman and Deloitte, serving Fortune 500 clients in North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific spanning multiple industry verticals such as enterprise software, industrials, financial services, retail, and private equity.
Colin holds master’s degrees in business administration and public affairs from the University of Texas at Austin and an undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University.
Senior Vice President, People & Spaces
Eric Olmo
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.
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Marc Rothman
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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.
Chief Product Officer
Ali Siddiqui
Chief Product Officer
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.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Patrick Tagtow
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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.
