THE TECHNOLOGY INTERVIEW
AMANDA BLEVINS , CTO , VMWARE
Technology Magazine sits down with Amanda Blevins , VP and CTO Americas at VMware , to discuss announcements at VMware Explore , partnerships and AI
Amanda Blevins is a Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for the Americas at VMware . She enables customers and partners to achieve their business objectives by co-creating a comprehensive technology strategy with executive leaders .
Blevins leads the Office of the CTO Global Field Programs that develops technical talent and provides programme members the opportunity to participate in Office of the CTO projects and initiatives .
AMANDA BLEVINS TITLE : VP , CTO AMERICAS COMPANY : VMWARE LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Joining VMware as a Senior
Systems Engineer in 2010 , today Blevins enables customers and partners to achieve their business objectives by co-creating a comprehensive technology strategy with executive leaders , focusing on cloud , edge , and emerging technologies .
Blevins has been in the IT field for more than 25 years , and has heldvarious infrastructure operations and architecture roles throughout her career .
As VMware ’ s first and only female Chief Technologist , she leverages her experience and network to drive awareness and equality for women and all underrepresented people in technology fields .
At the 2023 edition of VMware Explore in Las Vegas , Technology Magazine sat down with Blevins to discuss her career , her role and some of the exciting announcements in the world of technology and AI .
Q . TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR ROLE AT VMWARE ?
» “ Currently I ’ m the Americas CTO at VMware . So we have three Geo Field CTOs and our responsibility is to interact with customers and partners , talk about our vision strategy , how we can solve their business problems , and then work with the teams in R & D to influence product roadmap and innovation based on those trends and those conversations .
20 November 2023