Julia is the Vice President of Innovation Programs at VMware. She is also Site Director for the VMware Cambridge, MA research lab. Julia has over 20 years of extensive experience managing technology teams in both mature and start-up organizations. Prior to VMware, Julia was the Vice President of Engineering at Akamai Technologies and has held technical management and consulting positions at several other organizations. Julia received her BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Business where she received her Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems.