Virginia Tech® home

Greg Lavender

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager, Software and Advanced Technology Group, Intel Corporation
Greg Lavender

Education

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 1993
  • M.S. Computer Science, Virginia Tech, 1988
  • B.S. Computer Science, The University of Georgia, 1983

Employment

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager, Software and Advanced Technology Group, Intel Corporation

Former Professional Positions

  • Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, VMware, 2019-2021
  • Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cloud Architecture, VMware, 2018-2019
  • Managing Director, Global Chief Technology Officer for Cloud Architecture and Technology Engineering, Citi, 2012-2018
  • Board of Director, Xockets, Inc., 2011-2017
  • Vice President of Engineering, Network Operating Systems Technology Group, Cisco Systems, 2010-2012
  • Vice President of Engineering for Solaris Operating System, Sun Microsystem, 2009-2010
  • Senior Director of Engineering for Solaris Operating System, Sun Microsystem, 2008-2009
  • Visiting Professor, Sun Microsystem, 2004-2008
  • Senior Director, Sun Open Networking Environment, Sun Microsystem, 2000-2004
  • Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University, 2009
  • Associate Chairman, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004-2007

Honors and Awards

  • Member, Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech, Inducted in 2014
  • Stephen B. Olin Fellow, Randolph-Macon College, 2020
  • Visionary in Cloud Networking, Arista Networks, Inc., 2015
  • Networking Thought Leadership Award, Open Networking Users Group (ONUG), 2013
  • Member, Phi Beta Kappa, The University of Georgia, 1982