Shanis Windland is the VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at VMware. She was formerly the CFO at Heptio, a startup in the infrastructure space acquired by VMware in 2018. She has over 20 years of experience in fast growing technology companies. Prior to Heptio she served as the VP of Finance for Z2Live, Inc. a game studio acquired by King Games in early 2015. She has also spent time in Finance roles at Big Fish Games, Demand Media and Qpass, a division of Amdocs. She is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Central Washington University.