Dennis Woodside (born 1969) has been president of Freshworks since September 2022. Before Freshworks, he served as president of Impossible Foods from March 2019 until August 2022. He previously was the chief operating officer of Dropbox from April 2014 until December 2018.[1] He served as an advisor to Dropbox from September through December 2018.
Dennis Woodside | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Stanford University |
| Known for | President of Impossible Foods |
Early life and education
editWoodside grew up in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.[2] He graduated from Cornell University in 1991, where he rowed and earned two varsity letters.[3] He then went to Stanford Law School, graduating in 1995.
Career
editAfter graduating from Stanford Law, he was selected for a clerkship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for Judge Dennis Jacobs.[3] After his clerkship, he worked at the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson from 1996 until 1998.[2]
In July 1998, Woodside joined the Los Angeles office of McKinsey & Company,[2] where he led strategy, technology, and media projects with Shona Brown, Michael Wolf, and Byron Auguste.
He left McKinsey in 2003 to join Google, where he led sales operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.[citation needed]
Woodside was the senior vice president of Google's America operations.[4]
In May 2012, Woodside succeeded Sanjay Jha[5] as CEO of Motorola Mobility, where he served until April 2014.[4]
On February 12, 2014 he joined cloud storage company Dropbox as COO.[2] This move came after Google announced the sale of Motorola Mobility to Lenovo in January 2014.[6]
Woodside served on the board of ServiceNow from April 2018 until August 2022. He also served on the board of the American Red Cross from 2016 to 2022.[7]
From 2019 to 2022, Woodside served as the president of Impossible Foods.[3]
In May 2024, Woodside replaced Girish Mathrubootham as the CEO of Freshworks.[8][9] He first joined Freshworks in 2022 as President, leading the company’s global business operations and strategy.[10]
Personal life
editWoodside is a triathlon enthusiast and 15-time Ironman Triathlon finisher, with personal best of 9:22 at the Arizona Ironman in 2016.[11] He got 2nd place in his age group, which qualified him for the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii in October 2017. Woodside met his wife when they attended Stanford Law School together. They have two children and two cats.[12] Woodside currently resides in Atherton, California.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Dropbox 8-K". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d School, Stanford Law (2020-12-14). "Dennis Woodside: Driving High-Tech Transformation at Impossible Foods". Stanford Law School. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ a b c "5 Facts About Dennis Woodside, The New CEO Of Freshworks". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ a b Motorola Media Center, Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- ^ "Dennis Woodside". The Times of India. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- ^ Rushe, Dominic (2014-01-30). "Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo in $2.9bn deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Freshworks announces former Dropbox exec Dennis Woodside as new CEO - Edge Middle East". 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "Who is Freshworks' new CEO Dennis Woodside?". The Economic Times. 2024-05-02. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "Freshworks names Dennis Woodside as CEO, shares tumble". Reuters. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Who is Dennis Woodside? Meet the new Freshworks CEO". moneycontrol.com. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "IRONMAN 70.3 Arizona | Anything Is Possible". Ironman. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ a b "Dennis Woodside '91 | The ILR School". www.ilr.cornell.edu. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
