Carol Carpenter

Carol Carpenter is the Chief Marketing Officer of VMware and brings more than 25 years of technology sector experience. She is responsible for leading all aspects of VMware’s Global Marketing organization. Previously, Carol was Vice President of Product Marketing at Google Cloud, CEO of ElasticBox (acquired by CenturyLink) and held leadership and marketing roles in technology at Trend Micro, Keynote Systems, Apple, and more. Carol loves building and scaling new products and is particularly proud of the high-performance teams she's developed. She continues to mentor women and students via the HBS women entrepreneurship program, the Stanford alumni network, and Monte Jade. Carol holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.