Opening Keynote: Explore Monetization at the Edge

Sanjay is the SVP and General Manager of the Service Provider & Edge Business Unit (SEBU) at VMware. SEBU is focused on modernizing the network and accelerating the monetization of services for service providers, while driving value for both service providers and enterprise customers through networking, security and compute services at the edge. Sanjay came to VMware following the acquisition of VeloCloud by VMware in December 2017. Prior to VMware, Sanjay was the CEO and co-founder of VeloCloud Networks and grew VeloCloud to be the leader in the fast-growing Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) space. Earlier, Sanjay ran publicly traded OnMobile Global, serving as its president and COO. Sanjay was at Citrix as vice president of the Application Networking business through the acquisition of Caymas Systems where he was president and CEO. In the past, Sanjay has served in executive roles at Webvan (VP of Engineering and Business Development) and at Hewlett-Packard where he ran the Internet Infrastructure Division as vice president and general manager prior to his departure in 1999. Sanjay holds an MS in the Management of Technology from Stanford University, an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Sanjay enjoys trail running, cycling, making gadgets, watching popular shows and movies (Game of Thrones, The Big Lebowski), and gardening with his family. Although he considers himself to be culinarily challenged, he is frequently seen snacking on dark chocolate and crisp croissants.