Mendel Rosenblum (born 1962) is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and co-founder of VMware.
Mendel Rosenblum | |
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 Rosenblum at VMworld Europe 2008 | |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of Virginia |
| Spouse | Diane Greene |
Early life edit
Mendel Rosenblum was born in 1962.[citation needed] He attended the University of Virginia, where he received a degree in mathematics. While at UVA, he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
He graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley,[1] where he met his future wife and co-founder of VMware, Diane Greene.
Career edit
Rosenblum is a professor of computer science at Stanford University.[2] His research group developed SimOS.[3]
Rosenblum is a co-founder of VMware.[4] He served as its chief scientist until his resignation on September 10, 2008, shortly after his wife Diane Greene stepped down as the company's CEO.[4]
Since 2008, Rosenblum is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery[5] "for contributions to reinventing virtual machines",[6] and had previously received the ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award (2002).[7]
In 2009, he was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for fundamental contributions to computer operating systems and virtual machines.
References edit
- ^ "They May Not Wear Armani to Class, but Some Professors Are Filthy Rich". www.chronicle.com. 3 March 2000. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Stanford School of Engineering - Personnel Profile". Soe.stanford.edu. 1969-12-31. Archived from the original on 2005-03-17. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "VMware Leadership". Vmware.com. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ a b "VMware loses Mendel Rosenblum, co-founder and husband of fired CEO Diane Greene". Networkworld.com. 2008-09-10. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "ACM Fellows". Fellows.acm.org. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "ACM: Fellows Award / Mendel Rosenblum". Fellows.acm.org. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "Mark Weiser Award". SIGOPS. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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