Arlen R. Shenkman

Arlen R. Shenkman is a global technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading high-growth businesses and transforming companies. He served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Citrix from September 2019 through March 2022, where he was responsible for the company’s financial and capital management strategies, ESG, budgeting and planning, accounting, tax and treasury, investor relations, strategic alliances and M&A.

Prior to that role, from January 2015 to May 2017, Mr. Shenkman served as Chief Financial Officer of SAP’s largest business unit, responsible for all finance functions in North America, including forecasting and planning, identifying efficiencies and ensuring the region’s overall financial health. He previously served as SAP’s Global Head of Corporate Development from January 2012 to January 2015 and was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

Mr. Shenkman has a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, an M.B.A. from the Fox School of Business at Temple University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University. He has also completed the London Business School’s Corporate Finance Program and is the Chair of the Operating Committee and member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of Commvault Systems Inc., a data protection and information management software company.