According to crn, gelsinger and maritz swap companies, putting gelsinger in charge of vmware and maritz. Paul maritz, former microsoft exec, replaced as vmware ceo. Vmware boss pat gelsinger tackles life after dell buyout. Hons degree, also in computer science, from the university of cape town in 1977 career. Joe tucci, paul maritz and pat gelsinger will participate in a financial analyst. View paul maritz s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Vmworld opens with leadership, licensing and technology. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover paul. Ceo paul maritz maritz will stay on the board at the palo. It not clear if paul maritz s departure is volutary and its also uncertain what hes going to do next.
Then gelsinger switched over from emc to succeed maritz in 2012. Paul maritz will officially step down as vmwares ceo on friday in favor of incoming ceo pat gelsinger. Tweet share post not that there was a lot of doubt, but the pivotal initiative spinoff of vmwares vmw and emcs emc, has now officially spun off and will likely go public, according to emc ceo and chairman joe tucci, speaking at an investors event in new york paul maritz. Paul maritz will be succeeded in the post as chief executive officer of vmware, effective september 1, 2012, by pat gelsinger, currently president and chief operating officer, emc information infrastructure products. At vmworld 2012, vmware ceo paul maritz handed over the reins of his company to incoming ceo pat gelsinger. Industry analysts got it wrong on vmware ceo transition from.
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I have been tracking the story for months and there. How newlook vmware should attack the emerging cloud landscape. Former microsoft man paul maritz spent the last four years at vmware and and will be replaced by emc coo pat gelsinger. Paul maritz out as ceo pat gelsinger in ceo of vmware. Its uncertain what he will do but rumors have swirled all day about about.
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Patrick paul gelsinger or pat gelsinger is a technological engineer born in 1962. Paul talks to the numbers on virtualization based on gartner. Vmware appoints emcs pat gelsinger as ceo the boston globe. Since vmware announced that paul maritz would be succeeded by emcs coo pat gelsinger as ceo, the market has moaned that vmware is. Vmware and emc swap execs and look to data centers future. Pat gelsinger is not your usual silicon valley chief executive. Hes even written about it in a book called balancing your family, faith and work. Maritz leaves behind an ambitious vision of the future of it a vision in which cloud, big. Outgoing chief executive paul maritz symbolically passed the reins of vmware, an organization he has lead for the past four years, to incoming ceo pat gelsinger during the opening general session at the 9th annual vmworld conference in san francisco on monday. The story is now breaking that paul maritz is stepping down as ceo of vmware and pat gelsinger might be taking over for him. Maritz hands off vmware ceo reins, company drops vram licensing, introduces vcloud 5. Paul will remain a board member of vmware and will take on a new technology strategist role at emc.
Pat gelsinger, emc president and coo of information infrastructure products, has been appointed ceo of vmware, effective september 1st, and will also join the vmware board of directors. It named coo pat gelsinger as the new vmware ceo, replacing paul maritz who has moved into a new role as emcs chief strategist. Vmware announces changes in executive leadership and. Vmware taps gelsinger as ceo, maritz to emc as chief.
He was succeeded as ceo by pat gelsinger on september 1, 2012. Paul maritz was born and raised in rhodesia now zimbabwe. Like his forerunners, pat gelsinger is the right leader at the right time. Paul maritz out as vmware ceo and mentioned as candidate. Paul maritz is out as the ceo of vmware and will be replaced by emc coo pat gelsinger. Paul maritz was introduced and begins with a look back to when he did his first keynote at vmworld in 2008. Paul maritz, vmwares former ceo and now chief strategist at vmware parent emc, handed the reins of vmware to incoming ceo pat gelsinger during the opening general session at the 9th.
For years, he has achieved delicate balance in his own life between his faith, his work and his family. Paul maritz paul maritz was chosen to replace greene. Paul maritz steps down as ceo of vmware techmans world. With this wellwritten book, anyone can profit from his journey. Pat gelsinger is a key leader in one of the largest technology companies in the worldintel. Emcs pat gelsinger replaces paul maritz as vmware ceo. On september 1, 2012 our ceo paul maritz will be succeeded by pat gelsinger, who is currently president and chief operating officer at emc information infrastructure. Vmware ceo paul maritz named emcs chief strategist next.
His family later moved to south africa where he was schooled at highbury preparatory school and hilton college. Pat gelsinger, vmware ceo balancing faith, family, and. New vmware ceo might be looking to new cloudcentric strategy. Pt to discuss these executive changes and the opportunity. Pat gelsinger, who has been serving as emcs president and coo, will be taking the ceo spot at vmware and the top chair position at emc.