VMware, the virtualization software vendor, has appointed Brad Anderson, former IBM Vice President of cloud and cognitive software in Australia and New Zealand, as its new A/NZ Managing Director and Vice President. 

Anderson, who has over 25 years of enterprise technology experience, will play a critical role in driving the team to enable customers to modernize their IT environments and take an agile approach to business challenges. 

Anderson held multiple leadership roles within IBM before moving to VMware. Anderson has also led business development and market expansion at Sophos and Kanbay (now part of Capgemini). 

“Brad has a proven ability to help customers of all sizes, across all industries accelerate their innovation agenda and navigate their journey to the cloud,” VMware Asia Pacific and Japan General Manager and Senior Vice President Duncan Hewett said. 

Anderson’s new appointment follows on from the appointment in February of former VMware A/NZ Vice President and Managing Director Alister Dias as the vendor’s new Vice President of software defined data center in Asia Pacific and Japan. 

 “With businesses adapting and accelerating their transformation strategies to suit our changing times, Brad’s deep expertise across emerging technologies, cloud, and security will be a huge asset in delivering greater value as a strategic advisor to our customers. I welcome him to the VMware team,” he added.

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