Founder of VMware, Inc., Nuova Systems, Inc. and VMware Netherlands BV, Edouard Bugnion is an entrepreneur is on the board of Logitech International SA, Logitech, Inc., The Hermitage Foundation Uk and Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency and Professor & Vice President-Information Systems at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

In his past career he held the position of Chief Technology Officer at VMware, Inc. and CTO-Server Access & Virtualization Business at Cisco Systems, Inc. and Chief Technology Officer for Nuova Systems, Inc. (a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.).

He received a doctorate and a graduate degree from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.