Kit Colbert, VMware SVP and CTO, discusses 20 years of tech innovation and what’s ahead for generative AI

Today’s guest has had a front row seat for every technology platform shift for the past 20+ years. More important, he has played an important role in enabling several of them.

Kit Colbert joined tech stalwart VMware in September 2003 and currently serves as senior vice president and chief technology officer. He is responsible for ensuring VMware’s long term technology leadership through research and innovation programs. Kit manages the VMware Engineering Services team, advanced R&D initiatives, the Design/UX team and the company’s ESG commitments.

Kit was previously VMware’s Cloud CTO, General Manager of VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps business, CTO for VMware’s End-User Computing Business, and the lead architect for the vRealize Operations Suite. 

Kit is a recognized thought-leader on application modernization and multi-cloud trends and a frequent speaker. He holds a bachelor’s of science in computer science from Brown University.

Listen and learn…

1. How a Silicon Valley stalwart like VMware innovates from the inside
2. How VMware's founder-led culture continues to influence the company today
3. How VMware reinvented itself beyond desktop virtualization
4. Kit's recipe for innovation
5. Why crypto and AI hype are similar
6. Kit's perspective on how to regulate AI
7. VMware's generative AI strategy

References in this episode…

• Andi Mann from Sageable and Splunk on AI and the Future of Work
• Diane Greene and the history of VMware
• Kit's team's blog