Recommendations

From Leaders

Senior leadership testimonials emphasize strategic thinking, operational excellence, and the integration of AI into product strategies.

Carla Guzzetti
Chief Product Officer, Cloud Applications - Extreme Platform ONE @ Extreme Networks
One of the most talented and thoughtful UX leaders I've encountered.He's equally comfortable diving into complex product strategy and navigating intricate cross-functional dynamics... translating ambiguity into clear reality.He established design rigor and user-centered thinking as core to our product strategy... building the foundational UX that anchors our platform... scaling Extreme's design system, creating the foundational infrastructure that enabled consistent, efficient design across all our products.
Cristian Mircea
Chief Development Officer @ Extreme Networks
Rare design leader who operates equally well in the boardroom and the design studio... deeply understands that great UX is ultimately about moving the business forward.

Focus on operational excellence... built a better organization. Leaner processes, clearer accountability, faster execution. The kind of structural improvements that quietly make everything work better.
Prasad Pammidimukkala
Vice President of Product Management - Extreme Platform ONE @ Extreme Networks
Rare combination of strategic and creative thinker... someone who doesn't just solve the problem in front of him, but anticipates the ones around the corner.
Nora Guzman
Vice President, Global Alliances & Ecosystem @ Extreme Networks
Brings a rare combination of design intuition and strategic clarity... elevates conversations from "how should this look" to "what should this do for the business and for our users"... key pillar to building Extreme's design framework to transform our product development process.
Aman Singh
Vice President of Product Operations @ Extreme Networks
He is an expert at handling the room. Getting product, engineering, and design to actually agree on something is genuinely hard, and I've watched Roy step in, name the real tradeoff, and get everyone to leave owning the same decision.

He was already rethinking how his teams worked day to day and where AI actually fit in the design process. For him it was an operational question, not a buzzword.
Rekha Krishna
Senior Director, Product Management, Universal ZTNA and AI Cybersecurity @ Extreme Networks
Instrumental in shaping the experience of Extreme’s Platform ONE... defining and scaling a unified design system across both Networking and Security domains—something that is incredibly challenging.
Jason Hiebl
Senior Director, Customer Success and Services Product Management @ Extreme Networks
He consistently elevated both our product experience and how we delivered it... unique ability to connect UX strategy to real business outcomes.

His leadership in AI-driven experiences, DesignOps, and cross-functional alignment helped our teams move faster with greater clarity and purpose.
Ashutosh Badwe
Senior Director, Product Management, Extreme Exchange - Gen AI & Agentic AI Platform @ Extreme Networks
Passionate leader who has wholeheartedly embraced AI tools to design AI experiences.
Caroline Sinclair
Senior Director, Engineering Design Foundations @ Extreme Networks
Brilliant, but humble... able to synthesize large amounts of input and data to create a vision with buy-in across diverse groups of people.
Sanjeev Joshi
Senior Director, Systems Engineering @ Extreme Networks
Original thinker rooted in realism in Design and in execution... navigated this experiential journey as customer advocate for Engineering and seeded the whole thought process with the rest of the engineering teams.
Michael Lam
Senior Director, Solution and Product Experience Engineering @ Extreme Networks
Collaborates effectively across teams... ensuring alignment from concept through delivery... proactive approach and ability to navigate ambiguity.
Lagamanna Bawoor
Senior Manager, Design Engineering - Mobile, New ExtremeCloud IQ @ Extreme Networks
Great ability to turn complex, enterprise‑scale requirements into simple, intuitive user experiences, balancing big‑picture thinking with a very hands‑on approach.
Michael Frink
Director, Global Engineering @ Extreme Networks
Roy stood out as one of the most effective cross-functional partners I have worked with in my career.

He has a natural ability to surface the real tradeoffs, facilitate honest conversations, and ensure every stakeholder leaves with clarity and ownership. That kind of influence, without authority, is incredibly valuable in a matrixed organization.

Roy brings genuine strategic depth... connect UX strategy directly to business outcomes... His leadership in AI-driven experiences and DesignOps helped our teams move with greater speed and purpose.
Alwyn Joseph Braganza
Senior Manager, Product Design, Network Management, Security & AI @ Extreme Networks
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution... doesn’t just build strong enterprise-grade scalable product experiences—he builds high-performing teams.

Drove the vision end-to-end, aligned diverse stakeholders and significantly elevated the overall product experience.
Jimmy Gabany
Senior Manager, Product Operations @ Extreme Networks
One of the most technically grounded design leaders I have encountered... understands the architecture of complex enterprise products and thinks through downstream implications of design decisions.
Mark O'​ Grady
Senior Manager, Product Operations @ Extreme Networks
Fantastic design leader that values collaboration, candor, and respect... massive advocate for user research and leveraging it to create change within the organization.
Sree Pattabiraman
Senior Manager, Product Operations @ Extreme Networks
Rare leader who combines strategy, vision, and compassion... instrumental in getting the development, user experience, user research, and documentation teams together.

From Individual Contribtors

Feedback from contributors emphasizes strong execution skills and collaborative leadership, highlighting expertise in UX and scalable design systems, and the ability to bridge product, engineering, and design.

Carolina Bessega
Distinguished Engineer, AI Innovation Lead @ Extreme Networks
Consistently brought a strategic and thoughtful perspective... ability to think beyond individual screens or features and frame the larger product experience.
Samir Savla
Distinguished Engineer, Extreme Platform ONE Lead @ Extreme Networks
Brought a renewed and deliberate focus on user experience as a first‑class platform concern... ensuring that complex capabilities were anchored in clear, consistent, and scalable workflows.
Anna M. Labry
Principal Content Architect, AI, Ontology & Information Governance @ Extreme Networks
Roy brings two qualities valuable for senior leadership: genuine enthusiasm for the work and the technical depth to operate well at and below the surface of a problem.

These were complex, high-stakes launches — translating AI, networking, and zero-trust security into coherent user experiences across a consolidated enterprise portfolio.

People followed his guidance.
His care for how customers experience the Extreme brand and how he valued his team came through in every conversation and every decision.
Sunil Kodiyan
Director, Product Management, Co-Pilot and Extreme Exchange - AI & ML @ Extreme Networks
Led the team that created the Platform ONE design system, providing a strong foundation for consistency and scale.
Puneet Sehgal - BEng, MBA, PMP®
Senior Program Manager - Strategy & Product Operations @ Extreme Networks
Exceptional UX leader who transforms complex product ideas into intuitive user-centric experiences... successfully aligned design strategy with our core product portfolio... championed the development of an effective and scalable design system.
Kurt Semba
Senior Product Manager, AI & ML @ Extreme Networks
Three things stood out to me: his rigor, the ambition of his design thinking, and the way he leads people... approaches problems from first principles.

Pushing for something fundamentally different: a coherent, OS-style web application... It was a significantly more ambitious model of usability and discoverability... and it reframed the conversation about where the product could go.
Zdenek Pala
Senior Product Manager, FinOps and Visualization @ Extreme Networks
Consistently applying perspective to elevate UX and product discussions... creates alignment across design, product, and engineering through calm, inclusive communication and clear direction.
Metka Dragos
Senior Product Manager, Monitoring and Wireless @ Extreme Networks
One of the strongest product design leaders I’ve collaborated with... deep understanding of how to design for complex, enterprise‑scale products... combines strategic vision with a practical, hands‑on approach.
Javier Solis
Senior Product Manager, Configuration@ Extreme Networks
Always able to align his resources for everyone to be successful as a unified team... truly cared for our customers, his team, and others around him.
Thomas Sophiea
Product Manager, GTM and Wireless Strategy @ Extreme Networks

Steven brought a rare combination of design leadership, product thinking, and operational execution... played a major role in shaping cohesive user experiences while driving consistency through scalable design systems and UX standards.

Ability to bridge the gap between UX, product management, engineering, and executive leadership... helping teams navigate ambiguity and driving alignment across organizations.
Soma Bhatnagar
Lead Data Scientist, User Experience Researcher @ Extreme Networks
Exceptional UX Design leader... rare balance of strategic thinking and hands-on collaboration, consistently aligning design vision with broader business goals.