Today VMware announced changes to its executive management team:
- Carl Eschenbach has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and Co-President. Eschenbach previously served as VMware’s Co-President, Customer Operations.
- Raghu Raghuram has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure and Management. Raghuram previously served as VMware’s General Manager and Senior Vice President.
- Mark Peek, VMware’s Chief Financial Officer and Co-President, Business Operations, has decided to take a new opportunity as Chief Financial Officer of Workday, where he currently serves as a member of their Board of Directors. Peek will stay with VMware until June 1, 2012. VMware announced the start of a selection process for a new CFO.
VMware also announced that financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 are expected to broadly meet or slightly exceed the range of financial guidance it provided January 23, 2012.