DIANE GREENE

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

Everything is changing now that we are in the cloud in terms of sharing our data, understanding our data using new techniques like machine learning.

I just do what I want to do. I look at what's interesting to me.

It's a good thing to remember that hiring will get easier as you scale - but you should also never drop your standards.

This whole cloud phenomenon is gaining steam pretty rapidly, and it's really become a strategic imperative for people.

If you know where you are going, you have this sixth sense about if everything you do along the way is lined up with that.

At VMware, we did the virtualization, which is now used extensively across the cloud. Virtualization layers - and containers - are what facilitated the cloud originally.

There's a lot that machine learning can't do that humans can do very, very well.

I have pretty set rules that I go home for dinner every night unless I am traveling.

At VMware, the engineers worked very closely with our customers, closely with the field, and it was exciting for everyone. So, one of things I did here at Google when I arrived was to combine sales, marketing, engineering, and product.

When you race a sailboat, the selection of your crew is just completely paramount. It's impossible to be an effective skipper if you don't have the right people working harmoniously in the right roles.

If you had a hobby, family, or wanted to do things besides work - you should join VMware. We didn't have nearly as long hours as Google given our customers worked normal business hours.

Google went in a consumer direction, and VMware was system infrastructure. But there are a lot of parallels and similarities.

When I first started VMware, I was very shy and self-conscious about speaking. I grew out of this by giving talks each week in front of the whole company; gradually, as we scaled, I had talked to more and more people, and this is how I conquered my fear of talking to people.

I have a lot of help to do chores so I can be with my family, and I never have any help over the weekends.

Now we're in an environment where women are increasingly having a huge impact and adding a lot of value to our industry. And women are celebrated if they raise their hand and say, 'Hey, you're missing my value. You're not recognizing what I'm doing.'

I'm pretty transparent and clear about things. The things I do and the way I act are no different than I would expect of others. Mostly it's about being very clear about what we are trying to do and communicating a lot and showing absolute consistency and integrity about what I say and do.

One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii.

We believe that cloud will be based on significant open-source components that are offered as services. People don't want to be locked into a single provider.

I'm super partner-oriented. That's how I built VMware.

Almost every customer that I talk to is talking about how they're using APIs, and what a step function they are for their business.

I only use a Chromebook now. I never thought I could do that, but I love it.

Kids are curious, and if you don't lose that, then everything is an adventure.

To sail successfully, you need to observe with great care. You need to identify what the wind and the water are telling you and then find a way to execute, to reach whatever goal you've set, be that simply making it home or winning a race.

Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.