Mr. Hayes is Managing Director at Insight Partners, a global software investment firm, a position he has held since January 2024. Prior to Insight Partners, Mr. Hayes was the Chief Operating Officer at VMware, a cloud computing and virtualization technology company, from October 2020 to January 2024. Before that, Mr. Hayes served as Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Operations for Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH), an IT consulting and services company, from January 2017 to October 2020. Mr. Hayes also previously spent four years at Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm, where he served in Chief of Staff to CEO and COO roles from July 2013 to January 2017. Prior to Bridgewater, he spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEALs, where he began his career as one of 19 graduates from a class of 120 and his last role was Commanding Officer, SEAL Team TWO, where he led a 2,000 person Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan. Before that, Mr. Hayes was selected as a White House Fellow and served two years as Director, Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council. Mr. Hayes also currently serves on the board of Immuta, a data governance company, and is the founding board member of the National Medal of Honor Museum. Mr. Hayes holds an M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School and received his B.A. from Holy Cross College. His military decorations include the Bronze Star for valor in combat in Iraq, a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan, and the Defense Superior Service Medal from the White House. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of " Never Enough" and " Mission Driven" . Mr. Hayes s qualifications to serve on the Board include his significant officer experience at large, public technology companies, his profound experience as a Commanding Officer of the U.S. Navy SEALs and military service as well as his general leadership and management skills.