Diane Greene occupation computer scientist
Early life and education
Born in Annapolis, Maryland to an engineer and a teacher, Greene received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Vermont in 1976 and a master's degree in Naval Architecture from MIT in 1978.
In 1987, she attended and graduated with a master's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her future husband and co-founder of VMware, Mendel Rosenblum.Career
At age 19, Greene ran the first Windsurfing World Championship and won the national women's dinghy championship in 1976. Early in her career, Greene worked as a naval architect, where she designed ocean-going vessels and offshore structures. She also ran engineering for Windsurfing International. After getting her second master's degree in computer science, she transitioned to the tech industry and worked as an engineer and manager at Sybase, Tandem Computers, and Silicon Graphics. She also co-founded and was CEO of VXtreme, which was acquired by Microsoft and became the basis for Microsoft's movie player.
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