Creating Dreams for the Next Generation: Yvonne Wassenaar, CEO of Puppet

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we are joined by another fascinating guest — Yvonne Wassenaar!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the last 30 years, Yvonne has advised leaders on scaling, diversifying, and transforming their businesses globally. Currently, she is the CEO of Puppet; an infrastructure automation company that is eliminating soul-crushing work and empowering fearless and open innovation! Yvonne is also on the Board of Directors for Anaplan, Forrester (FORR), and Harvey Mudd College. Previously, she served as a Board Director for Airware, MuleSoft, Bitium, and the Athena Alliance. Some of her past executive roles include being the COO and CEO of Airware, CIO of New Relic, Office of the CXO at VMWare, and a Partner at Accenture where she began her career as a Software Engineer.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Above all else, Yvonne champions modern technologies for driving a safer, more efficient, and innovative planet. In today’s conversation, Yvonne shares her passion for modern technology (and the diversity we need to be seeing in the leadership roles behind it), lessons she learned over the course of the COVID pandemic, advice and insights around taking risks and nurturing your network, and all about her incredible career journey.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[:50] About today’s episode with Yvonne Wassenaar.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:48] Welcoming Yvonne to the podcast.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[2:00] Yvonne shares about her career journey and what led her to where she is today.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[9:27] Yvonne shares about the challenging career transition of going from professional services to being an operator.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[16:42] All about Puppet, the company that Yvonne is the CEO of.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[20:44] What Yvonne learned about herself