S. Dawn Smith — Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President and Secretary at VMware

Ms. S. Dawn Smith has been the Chief Legal Officer of VMware, Inc., since December 23, 2015 and has been its Senior Vice President and Secretary since September 28, 2009. Ms. Smith served as Chief Compliance Officer of VMware, Inc. from August 2010 to January 2017 and served as its General Counsel since September 28, 2009. She was a Partner of Morrison & Foerster, LLP since January 2008 and served of counsel and as an associate since 2005. She served as a Member of Morrison & Foerster's Corporate Finance Group. Ms. Smith's practice focuses on corporate and securities law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private financings, public offerings, securities compliance, public company reporting and corporate governance. She regularly advises public companies on compliance and disclosure issues under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, corporate governance matters, including those relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, SEC, NYSE and Nasdaq rules and regulations and state law. Her transactional experience includes representation of public and private companies in mergers and purchases and sales of assets, representation of emerging growth companies and venture capital firms in private financings and representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings. Before joined Morrison & Foerster LLP, she was an Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1996 to 2005. She is admitted to practice in California and is a member of the business law section of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. From 1986 to 1993, she served on active duty as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. She received her B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1986. In 1993, she received her M.B.A. degree from Providence College and in 1996, she received her J.D. degree from Stanford Law School.