Nutanix Welcomes Greg Lavender to Board of Directors
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, announced that
it has added Greg Lavender to its board of directors, effective September 17,
2025.
"Greg has a deep engineering background with experience from
both the vendor and customer perspective. He is a technology visionary who has
a strategic understanding of the tech stack, generative AI and other modern,
cloud native-based applications, as well as a practical knowledge of how to
best serve customers. He will undoubtedly prove invaluable as a member of our
Board," said Rajiv Ramaswami, President and CEO of Nutanix. "I'm
looking forward to working with him to help us achieve our vision of becoming
the de facto platform for running applications and AI and managing data anywhere."
Lavender has more
than 40 years of experience spanning software, cloud, artificial intelligence,
and enterprise infrastructure. Most recently, he served as the CTO at Intel
from June 2021 to June 2025, where he led the Software & Advanced
Technology group, Intel Labs, Intel Tiber AI Cloud, Intel IT and Information
Security. Prior to Intel, Lavender was Senior Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer at VMware, where he shaped the company's multicloud and
modern applications strategy. He has also held senior leadership roles at
Citigroup, Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems. Lavender began his career in
academia, serving as a professor of computer science, and holds a Ph.D. and
M.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Computer Science from
the University of Georgia.
Throughout his
career, Lavender has been recognized as a leader in building open,
developer-friendly ecosystems, advancing confidential computing, and
integrating hardware and software innovation to enable the next generation of
AI and cloud-native workloads. He brings extensive expertise in large-scale
systems, cybersecurity, and platform engineering to the Nutanix Board of
Directors. Lavender also currently serves on the board of Arista Networks, Inc.
"Nutanix is at
the forefront of enterprise technology innovation. They predicted that
companies would be using multiple clouds and multiple locations to run their
applications and data, and have built a software stack that is built to
accommodate this future," said Lavender. "I am looking forward to
working with Rajiv, the executive team, and the rest of the Board in helping
Nutanix serve its customers while helping to accelerate their growth."
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