Pat Gelsinger has been serving as CEO of VMware since September 2012 nearly doubling the size of the company during his tenure. He brings more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience.   Before joining VMware, Gelsinger led EMC's Information Infrastructure Products business as president and COO. A respected IT industry veteran, he was at Intel for 30 years becoming the company’s first CTO and driving the creation of key industry technologies including USB and Wi-Fi. He led Intel to be dominant supplier of the microprocessor – while in the significant role as the architect of the original 80486 processor.   Gelsinger earned a Master's degree from Stanford University in 1985, his Bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1983 (magna cum laude), and an Associate's degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1979, all in electrical engineering. In 2008 he was named a Fellow of the IEEE and that same year awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from William Jessup University. He holds seven patents in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture and communications. Pat Gelsinger has been serving as CEO of VMware since September 2012 nearly doubling the size of the company during his tenure. He brings more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience.   Before joining VMware, Gelsinger led EMC's Information Infrastructure Products business as president and COO. A respected IT industry veteran, he was at Intel for 30 years becoming the company’s first CTO and driving the creation of key industry technologies including USB and Wi-Fi. He led Intel to be dominant supplier of the microprocessor – while in the significant role as the architect of the original 80486 processor.   Gelsinger earned a Master's degree from Stanford University in 1985, his Bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1983 (magna cum laude), and an Associate's degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1979, all in electrical engineering. In 2008 he was named a Fellow of the IEEE and that same year awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from William Jessup University. He holds seven patents in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture and communications.

computer architecture and communications.