VMware Appoints ShekarAyyar and Sanjay Mirchandani to Corporate Senior Vice Presidents

VMware, Inc., today announced that it has appointed ShekarAyyar and Sanjay Mirchandani to serve as corporate senior vice presidents, effective immediately.  Both report to VMware’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Eschenbach.

Ayyar joined VMware in June 2007 and leads the company’s strategic and corporate development efforts. In this role, Ayyar is responsible for aligning strategy and long-term planning across VMware businesses as well as managing the company’s mergers and acquisitions, and strategic investments. With his new appointment, Ayyar will also lead the development of a Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) vertical market team within VMware.

Mirchandani joined VMware in October 2013 and leads the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, bringing more than 25 years of international business, IT and consultancy experience to the company. He is responsible for driving growth and developing strategic business plans and relationships across APJ.

“VMware is dedicated to agressively driving a comprehensive growth strategy,” Carl Eschenbach, president and chief operating officer, VMware.  “With Shekar’s strategic background that has enabled VMware to identify the right inorganic innovations that complement VMware’s organic growth, and Sanjay’s track record of delivering strong results in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, they are both uniquely qualified to help accelerate VMware’s growth into the future.”