About Francis Chow

Francis Chow is currently VP & GM, In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge at Red Hat. Previously, he spent five years at VMware and was VP, Operations, Business Development and Strategy of the Telco and Edge Cloud Business Unit. Prior to VMware, Chow spent about 20 years in the semiconductor industry in leadership roles spanning Engineering, Corporate Development, Marketing, and Sales, and was a VP/GM for a $1B P&L before venturing into the software world. Chow holds an MBA and an MSEE from the University of California at Berkeley and a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has seven US patents.