Cheon Bu-young, Former President of Korea Sun Microsystems, Takes Office as New President of VMware Korea

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Cheon Bu-young, Former President of Korea Sun Microsystems, Takes Office as New President of VMware Korea

Published2016.04.08 16:51

VMware Korea has announced the appointment of Cheon Bu-young (60), former president of Korea Sun Microsystems, as its new president. The newly appointed President Cheon Bu-young was selected for the VMware Korea presidency based on his outstanding sales capabilities and leadership in the IT industry.

The newly appointed President Cheon Bu-young is a veteran with over 30 years of experience at major global IT companies including Korea Oracle, Korea Sun Microsystems, and Korea HP. Through the recruitment of President Cheon, VMware plans to further solidify its leadership in the rapidly expanding virtualization and cloud market.

President Cheon graduated from the Department of Electronics Engineering at Kyung Hee University and worked at Samsung Electronics before joining Korea HP in 1984. At Korea HP, he was responsible for customer and channel sales operations. In 2002, he joined Korea Sun Microsystems as Executive Vice President overseeing customer sales, and served as president of Korea Sun Microsystems from 2008 to 2010. Subsequently, he worked at Korea Oracle as Senior Vice President of Hardware Sales.

Ron Goh, President and Chief Executive Officer of VMware SEAK, stated, "We are delighted to recruit President Cheon Bu-young, who has built diverse customer and channel sales capabilities at major global IT companies and has led organizations through outstanding management performance and leadership. We anticipate that President Cheon's extensive experience will drive VMware Korea's continued growth."

The newly appointed President Cheon Bu-young stated, "I am very pleased to lead VMware Korea's domestic business, which is pioneering the cloud infrastructure and business mobility market. Through customer-centric business and close collaboration with partners, we will be a reliable partner in helping customers achieve successful digital transformation."

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