Krish Prasad

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Senior Vice President and General Manager, VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom

Palo Alto, California, United States

Overview

Krish Prasad is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcoms VMware Cloud Foundation Division, with over 20 years of experience in enterprise software. He specializes in product strategy and technology innovation for cloud and on-premise solutions, holding an M. S. in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

He pioneered the development and launch of BMCs inaugural Cloud Management product line, establishing his early leadership in the cloud sector.

Personality Overview

Confident

Risk-Accepting

Impact-Oriented

They usually prefer to drive the conversation.  They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Topics They Care About

Private Cloud Modernization
He champions VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) as the premier platform for building secure, resilient, and cost-effective private clouds for enterprises.
Enterprise AI Adoption
He focuses on solving critical AI challenges like data privacy, infrastructure cost, and readiness for agentic AI workloads on a unified platform.
Unified Infrastructure
He advocates against creating separate IT silos, promoting a single platform for managing virtual machines, containers, and GPU-accelerated AI workloads.

Media Appearances

Krish Prasad on VCF 9.0, Private AI, and VMware’s Future Under Broadcom. Featured in Virtually Speaking Podcast

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VMware Acquisition Close: Q&A with Krish Prasad, SVP & GM, VMware Cloud Foundation Division, Broadcom. Featured in VMware

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StorageReview Podcast #38: Krish Prasad, VMware. Featured in StorageReview

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Work History

11-2023
Senior Vice President and General Manager, VMware Cloud Foundation Division at Broadcom
8-2018 - 11-2023
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Platform Business at VMware
9-2017 - 8-2018
Vice President and General Manager Cloud Platform Business at VMware
2-2015 - 9-2017
Vice President, VMware Cloud Management Products at VMware
10-2009 - 1-2015
Vice President of R&D - BMC Software at BMC Software

Education

Krish has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Krish

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Clearly address the competitive aspects
  • Get them to a point where they are ready to bat for your product internally
  • Look like someone who is on top of their game

DONT's

  • Don’t be very informal even if they are being so themselves
  • Don't be unorganized, be prepared for the pitch
  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Krish is

  • Confidence in the product’s value is critical, followed by relationship and a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Krish

  • They will not hesitate to say no if they do not develop conviction.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Krish move?

  • If they develop confidence in your product and you, then they can make fast decisions.
  • Can Krish take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they have the ability to take risky decisions.

You And Krish

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