Docker Hires VMware Exec for Key Engineering Role

Docker has hired Marianna Tessel to serve as senior vice president of engineering. Tessel will be responsible for rapidly growing the global engineering team, supporting and expanding the thriving partner ecosystem, and addressing the technology demands put forth by Docker’s customers and partners.

She joins Docker from her former position as a long time vice president of engineering at VMware, where she was responsible for technology collaborations in all areas of VMware technologies, including computer, storage, networking and cloud. Tessel was also responsible for developing various VMware vSphere subsystems and pioneered multiple efforts while at VMware including vSphere integration to OpenStack and an engineered solution practice.

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