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10 VMware executives
These ten current and former VMware executives include its former CFO, a former president and a former chief operating officer for products and cloud services, along with executive and senior vice presidents who have run VMware's sales, finance, cloud platform and storage businesses. Readers can learn how VMware's leadership team made product, sales and finance decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chris Wolf
LinkedInExperience: Chief Research and Innovation Officer · VMware
Chief Research and Innovation Officer at VMware, a role dated from September 2021 with no end date, following Vice President, Advanced Technology Group, Office of the CTO at VMware (2019–2021). His headline reads Global Head of AI and Advanced Services, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom, and he says he leads the Private AI business for that division.
Jean-Pierre Brulard
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales · VMware
Former Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales at VMware (2020–2024). He also held Senior Vice President, EMEA (2015–2024) and Vice President & General Manager, Southern Europe, Middle East & Africa (2009–2015) at VMware, and he has been Chief Executive Officer of Temenos since May 2024.
John Gilmartin
LinkedInExperience: SVP and GM, Cloud Storage and Data · VMware
SVP and GM, Cloud Storage and Data at VMware since September 2021, a current role the highlight places at the Executive level and counts as 4 years and 11 months. He was also General Manager and Vice President, Integrated Systems at VMware (2013–2019), another Executive-level role.
Julie Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance · VMware
Former Senior Vice President - Corporate Finance at VMware (2022–2023), a Finance & Accounting role, and Vice President - Corporate Finance at VMware (2021–2022), both listed in Palo Alto, California. She has been Senior Vice President Finance at Workday since April 2023 and Board Member AC Chair at F5 since October 2024.
Krish Prasad
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Platform Business · VMware
Former Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Platform Business at VMware (2018–2023), and Senior Vice President and General Manager, VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom since November 2023. At VMware he was also Vice President and General Manager Cloud Platform Business (2017–2018) and Vice President, VMware Cloud Management Products (2015–2017).
Mark Starkey
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President of Sales · VMware
Senior Vice President of Sales at VMware since May 2024, where he says he leads sales for West US and Global accounts. He was VP of Sales at VMware (2012–2024), and the highlight places the current role in the Sales department at the President/Vice President level.
Paula Wall
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Finance · VMware
Former Senior Vice President Finance at VMware (2020–2022), leading go-to-market finance and operations support, including business partnering for sales, marketing, channel partners, professional services and customer success, and driving FP&A. She was also VP Finance - Customer Operations & Revenue Accounting (2016–2020) and VP Finance (2014–2016) at VMware, and has been Senior Vice President Finance at Nutanix since 2024.
Rajiv Ramaswami
LinkedInExperience: COO, Products and Cloud Services · VMware
Former COO, Products and Cloud Services at VMware (2016–2020), co-leading all the business units developing products, cloud services and cloud operations for VMware. He was also EVP GM, Networking & Security at VMware in 2016, and he has been President and CEO of Nutanix since December 2020.
Sumit Dhawan
LinkedInExperience: President · VMware
Former President of VMware (2020–2023), responsible for the company's P&L and go-to-market, including Sales, Customer Success & Renewals, Services, Channels, Strategic Alliances, Marketing and Communications. He was also Senior Vice President And General Manager at VMware (2013–2018), and he has been CEO of Proofpoint since November 2023.
Zane Rowe
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · VMware
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VMware (2016–2023), a C-level Finance & Accounting role, and VMware's Interim CEO from February to May 2021. He has been Chief Financial Officer at Workday since June 2023 and a Member Board of Directors at eBay since 2024.
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Match the person's function and era to your question, since VMware's strategy and structure differ across the periods these executives cover. Check whether each VMware role is current or ended, and pair corporate officers for company-wide questions with business-unit leaders for product-specific ones.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does VMware decide which products to bundle, reprice or retire?
- 02What does VMware's leadership look for in channel partners and strategic alliances?
- 03How should an enterprise customer plan its private cloud strategy around VMware's product roadmap?
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