Diane Greene

Diane Greene was a founder of VMware and the CEO from 1998 to 2008. Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion founded VMware in 1998.^[1]

Born in Rochester, New York, Greene received her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1976 from the University of Vermont,^[2] and earned a Master's Degree in Naval Architecture from MIT in 1978. In 1988 she earned a second Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.^[3] Rosenblum and Greene, who are married, first met while at Berkeley.^[4]

On July 8, 2008, Greene was unexpectedly fired as president and CEO by the VMware Board of Directors and replaced by Paul Maritz, a retired 14-year Microsoft veteran.^[5]

Since August 2006, Greene has been on the board of directors of Intuit.^[6]

References

1. ^ "VMware Leadership". http://www.vmware.com/company/leadership.html. 
2. ^ "The Wall Street Journal List - One of the Journal's 50". Vermont Quarterly, University of Vermont. 2008 (Summer). http://alumni.uvm.edu/vq/summer2008/journal.asp. 
3. ^ Lashinsky, Adam (2007-10-02). "Full speed ahead". Fortune Magazine. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/10/15/100536853/. Retrieved 2007-10-04. 
4. ^ "In 1988 she picked up a second master's, in computer science, at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met Rosenblum."Adam Lashinksky (2007-10-02). "50 Most Powerful Women in Business - Full speed ahead". CNN. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/10/15/100536853/index.htm. 
5. ^ Savitz, Eric (2008-07-08). "VMware ousts CEO Diane Greene; cuts '08 guidance". Barron’s. http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/07/08/vmware-ousts-ceo-diane-greene-cuts-08-guidance/. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 
6. ^ "Intuit board of directors". 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. http://www.webcitation.org/62rwONlbV. 

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