Grant Challenger

Global Director of Edge and IoT Solutions VMWare

Grant Challenger is the Global Director of IoT and Edge Solutions at VMware. His background includes a deep understanding of VMware’s entire portfolio with an emphasis on business outcomes. He has been with EMC and VMware for a combined 10 years. During this time, he has helped the company introduce vBlock/ Converged, vSAN and Hyper-converged solutions as well help launch and grow vSAN from pre-GA, to over 12,000 customers. 

 His experience with IoT includes starting a market leading software company called Axeda Systems (sold to PTC), where he was Vice President of Sales and Systems Engineering. His cross-industry experience spans across financial services, manufacturing (discreet and process), life sciences and healthcare devices, imaging and more.