Pat Gelsinger

Pat Gelsinger joined VMware in September 2012, bringing more than 30 years of technology and leadership experience. Most recently, Pat led EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business as president and COO, overseeing engineering and operations for information storage, data computing, backup and recovery, RSA security and enterprise solutions as well as the office of the CTO. Prior to EMC, Pat spent 30 years in numerous technical, management, and executive roles at Intel, where he began his career. He led Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group, the company’s largest business unit responsible for enterprise products including the Xeon and Itanium processors, as senior vice president and co-general manager. He also led the Desktop Products Group responsible for desktop processors, chipsets, and motherboards for consumer and commercial customers. Pat was Intel’s first CTO, and as the head of Intel Labs he led many of the company’s research initiatives. He was also the architect of the original 80486 processor and a design engineer on the 80386 and 80286 processor design teams. Pat holds six patents in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture, and communications, is a well-known speaker on technology trends, and has received a variety of industry awards. He earned an associate’s degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1979, a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University in 1983 (magna cum laude) and a master’s degree from Stanford University in 1985, all in electrical engineering. In 2008, he was named an IEEE Fellow and awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from William Jessup University.