VP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT, Nutanix, Silicon Valley

Product leadership that ships billion-dollar outcomes

20+ years building enterprise software at Nutanix, VMware, NetApp, and Yahoo! I help organizations build high-performing PM teams, define product strategy, and bring 0→1 products to market.

20+

Years in enterprise PM

$1B+

Product lines built

5+

Industry-defining companies

40+

Essays published

Enterprise Software Strategy

Defining winning product visions in competitive infrastructure markets - from platform architecture to go-to-market.

PM Team Building & Leadership

Built and scaled high-performance PM organizations at Nutanix. 90th decile retention. Develops ICs into senior leaders.

Zero-to-One Products

Launching net-new products from idea to market, including startup MVPs and billion-dollar enterprise product lines.

Generative AI & Private Cloud

Hands-on acting GM of Nutanix's AI business. Built the private AI platform from 0 to 1 - strategy, partnerships, roadmap, and capital allocation.

Virtualization & Cloud

20 years in hypervisor, HCI, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud - from VMware vSphere to AHV to cloud-native container platforms.

M&A & Partnerships

Identified and championed D2iQ acquisition. Contributed to strategic relationships with NVIDIA, AMD, Dell, Cisco, and others.

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Selected essays: Practical insights on enterprise product management, career development, and leadership – from 20 years at the front line.

SPEAKING

Conferences & Keynotes

Bringing a practitioner’s perspective to enterprise product leadership, AI strategy, and breaking into technical PM. Speaking events include corporate keynotes, workshops, interviews, and podcasts.

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