James Watters

James Watters is a senior executive at Broadcom Inc., currently serving as the Head of the Research and Development (R&D) Team.23 He assumed this role in November 2023 following Broadcom's acquisition of VMware.3

Career History

Prior to his current position at Broadcom, James Watters held several notable roles:

• CTO of Modern Application Platforms at VMware
• Senior Vice President of Product and Strategy at Pivotal Software (a Dell Technologies subsidiary)
• Vice President and General Manager of the Pivotal Cloud Platform Business
• Vice President of Product and Ecosystem for Cloud Foundry
• Director of Ecosystem and Technical Business Development for Cloud Foundry at VMware2

Expertise and Contributions

James Watters is known for his expertise in cloud-native technologies and application platforms. At Broadcom, he continues to play a significant role in shaping the strategy for VMware Tanzu, which is now a division of Broadcom Software.1

Recent Appearances

In August 2024, James Watters appeared alongside Purnima Padmanabhan, GM of the Tanzu Division at Broadcom, in an interview with John Furrier of theCube. During this discussion, they talked about how the Tanzu Platform is helping businesses build and deploy applications more effectively.45

James Watters is actively involved in discussing industry challenges and strategies for high-performing teams to develop, operate, and optimize software across diverse environments.1

His LinkedIn username is jamesjwatters, as mentioned in the query.