ABOUT CURIODYSSEY

Anu Datta is Vice President of Human Resources leading Executive Recruiting at VMware, Inc, a global cloud computing company based in Palo Alto, CA. Anu joined VMware in 2008 and spent his first six years building the executive search function responsible for recruiting senior executives to the leadership team. In 2014 Anu and his family went on assignment to Singapore where he led the Human Resources function for the Asia Pacific business for three years. Back in the Bay Area, he spent two years as HR Business Partner to the Global Sales and Services organization and one year leading the Global People Development function before returning to focus on executive talent.

Prior to VMware, Anu worked for a number of recruiting organizations in Europe and North America focused on placing C-level executives in technology firms.

Anu is an active volunteer in youth education supporting school fundraising and community events as well as coaching his kids’ local sports teams. Having visited CuriOdyssey a number of times when his children were younger, he was excited to be introduced to the vision and current mission at the Gala in 2019.

Anu hails from Blackburn, Lancashire, UK and graduated from the University of Warwick, UK with a BSc in Mathematics and Business Studies. He now lives in Emerald Hills, California with his wife Stephanie LeMar-Datta and their three daughters.