Overview

Gender

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Dennis Powell has been a director of VMware since November 2007. Powell served as an Executive Advisor at Cisco Systems, Inc., a provider of networking products and services, from February 2008 to September 2010.

Prior to that, Powell served as Cisco’s Chief Financial Officer from May 2003 to February 2008. In that position, Powell served as Cisco’s Executive Vice President from August 2007 and, previously, as its Senior Vice President since May 2003. From June 2002 to May 2003, Powell served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance.

Prior to that, from January 1997 to June 2002, he served as Cisco’s Vice President, Corporate Controller.

Prior to joining Cisco, Powell had a 26-year tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was engagement lead for several global clients, was a national SEC reviewer and had regional responsibilities for audit quality assurance in the United States.

Dennis Powell is also a director of Applied Materials, Inc., where he serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Investment Committee and Stockholder Rights Committee.

Dennis Powell is also a director of Intuit Inc., where he serves as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and is a member of the Acquisition Committee.