Peter Near (he/him)

Peter Near is Director of Systems Engineering at VMware Canada. His role includes hybrid cloud strategy with customers, technical sales strategy, and continued growth of core platforms across VMware. Peter has worked in the enterprise technology field for more than 15 years. During this time, he has held a number of leadership positions working as a services practice manager, product management director and other senior roles in the enterprise software and infrastructure areas. Peter has received a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and studied at IMD Business School in Switzerland. He has held senior positions with Procter & Gamble, OpenText and VMware. Peter is a valued speaker at VMware – presenting regularly to Canadian Executives, at VMware’s Conferences and other industry events.