Posted on December 10, 2020 by Nick Farrell - News Cloudy Nutanix has appointed Rajiv Ramaswami (pictured) as President and Chief Executive Officer to succeed co-founder Dheeraj Pandey, who previously announced his plans to retire as CEO of Nutanix. Ramaswami is a seasoned technology industry executive who has held senior executive roles at industry leaders including VMware, Broadcom, Cisco, and Nortel, after having begun his career at IBM. In his most recent role as Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services at VMware, Ramaswami co-managed VMware’s portfolio of products and services. During his tenure, Ramaswami led several important acquisitions and was playing a key role in transitioning VMware toward a subscription and SaaS model.