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Palo Alto, CA-based Vmware has Appointed Martin Casado as Chief Technology Officer of Networking and Security
About the Company
VMware is the leader in cloud infrastructure, business mobility and virtualization software. A pioneer in the use of virtualization and policy-driven automation technologies, VMware simplifies IT complexity across the entire data center to the virtual workplace, empowering customers with solutions in the software-defined data center to hybrid cloud computing and the mobile workspace. With 2014 revenues of $6.04 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers, 75,000 partners, and 18,000+ employees in 120+ locations around the world. At the core of what we do are our employees who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community.
About the Person
Martin Casado joined VMware in August of 2012 with the acquisition of Nicira Networks, a company he co-founded. He currently serves as VMware’s Chief Technology Officer of Networking and Security. Casado co-founded software-defined networking and was recognized for that work by ACM with the Grace Murray Hopper award for the Outstanding Young Computer Professional of the Year for 2012-2013. While at Stanford, Martin co-founded Illuminics Systems, an IP analytics company, which was acquired by Quova Inc. in 2006. Prior to attending Stanford, Martin held a research position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he worked on network security in the information operations assurance center (IOAC). Casado received his Masters in Science and PhD from Stanford University in Computer Science where he remains a Consulting Assistant Professor. Casado received his Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University in Computer Science and Engineering.
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