<p>Former VMware executive Jerry Chen has joined Greylock Partners as a partner.</p><p>Jerry Chen has jumped from the trenches of data infrastructure disruption to the tranches of funding as a new venture investor at Greylock Partners.</p><p>In 10 years at VMware Chen helped create key cloud and Big Data products that went from zero revenue to billions.</p><p>The following excerpted Q&A comes from a conversation Chen and I had after his new job was announced.</p><p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/01/new-greylock-vc-jerry-chen-is-poised.html?page=all">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://thevarguy.com/virtualization-applications-and-technologies/vmware-veteran-chen-takes-enterprise-app-venture-capita">VMware Veteran Chen Takes Enterprise App Venture Capital Post</a> (The VAR Guy)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d9nqU_WbGyNvMGMiRHp29grU6zrzM&ned=us">4 additional articles.</a></p>