Architect of VMware’s multi-cloud strategy backs VergeIO, the infrastructure software for a VMware exit today and the container and AI workloads that come next
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 02, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VergeIO, the developer of VergeOS, the private cloud operating system, today announced that Kit Colbert, former Chief Technology Officer of VMware, has invested in the company and joined its Board of Directors.
Colbert spent two decades at VMware. He joined in 2003 as technical lead for vMotion and Storage vMotion, then ran the Cloud-Native Apps business unit that became Tanzu and the Cloud Platform business unit. VMware named him Chief Technology Officer in September 2021, leading 2,400 engineers until Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition.
VergeOS is a private cloud operating system, or PCOS. A traditional virtualization stack runs a hypervisor from one vendor, a storage controller from a second, a software-defined network from a third, and a management plane…
