Leadership and investment in entrepreneurial technology companies as well as leadership in large, global information technology companies. President and CEO of multiple companies, private and public. Government and national security experience in executive level positions. Author of a book on business leadership. Prolific volunteer leader of non-profit organizations.
My book describes leadership lessons learned during my career from the people who were my mentors. Book is currently available from Amazon, Kindle, Apple iTunes, Barnes & Noble and Nook. https://www.prweb.com/releases/ron_nashs_the_making_of_a_business_leader_is_an_intelligently_detailed_account_of_one_mans_career_and_how_he_developed_leadership_skills_during_his_career/prweb17907839.htm
Officer and Director level leadership in some of the largest global information technology companies as well as CEO experience leading a successful technology start-up firm.
Formerly, Senior Vice-President of VMware responsible for key corporate strategic partners and business operations with multiple hyperscaler cloud companies. Her almost fourteen year career at VMware ended in January 2024 after the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. Photo above is Susan with Sanjay Poonen, EVP, and Pat Gelsinger, CEO, of VMware.
We support organizations that have a proven record of improving the lives of people and who currently are or have the opportunity to become global leaders in their segments. We support organizations that inspire and achieve excellence while remaining open and giving opportunity to a diverse group of people. Scale matters and we favor organizations that can impact thousands of lives positively.
Members of the Administrative Board
Teachers for Confirmation Year Sunday School Classes
Youth Sunday School Teachers
Chair of Georgia Tech Advisory Board
Chair of Investments Committee for the Georgia Tech Foundation
Trustee of Georgia Tech Foundation
Board Member of Georgia Tech Europe
Chair of Tennenbaum Institute Board
Member of Advisory Board for School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Member of Alexander-Tharpe Board
Members of the Georgia Tech Arts Advisory Board
Member of the College of Lifetime Learning Advisory Board
Member of the Steering Committee for Campaign Georgia Tech Capital Campaign
Engineering Hall of Fame, College of Engineering at Georgia Tech
Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni at Georgia Tech
Distinguished Alumnus of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech
Member of the Executive Committee of the Development Board
Co-Founder and Chair of the Alumni Association
Chair of the Advisory Council for the Jindal School of Management
Member of Executive Committee of the Chancellor's Council of the University of Texas System
Co-Chair, Realize the Vision Capital Campaign
Co-Chair, New Dimensions Capital Campaign
Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas at Dallas
Distinguished Alumnus of the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Chair of the Development Committee
Chair of the Building & Grounds Committee
Member of the Board of Trustees
Chartered Organization Representative, Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop
Head Room Mother for Senior Year Class
Expert of Defense Management Institute
Expert Consultant of Potomac Institute of Policy Studies
Board Member of Defense Venture Capital Initiative
Board Member of The Old Guard Monument Foundation
Member of Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
Member of The Old Guard Association
Board Member of Dallas Zoological Society
Member of Turtle Creek Association
Member of the Dallas Assembly
Member of World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth
Member of Dallas Friday Group
Member of Fort Worth Boat Club
Member of Chandler's Landing Yacht Club
Celebration of Life Service for Susan C. Nash - at Highland Park United Methodist Church, February 23, 2026 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sTFvcKPGoANdS0udBMv7O6MwocLPfgEj/view?fbclid=IwY2xjawQMdjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJENTA1eUpxdTJBc0dYM24yc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkZ76asnqiz-QfbHLzrPBfqKHJPtcAX282EOiq62dCdvPugkqHkPfkmnmp4L_aem_VUja6yiIaxIjjKMdNIMZiQ.
Obituary of Susan C. Nash - in San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 2026 - https://www.mercurynews.com/obituaries/susan-nash-dallas-tx/.
Obituary of Susan C. Nash - in Dallas Morning News, February 1, 2026 - https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/susan-cadenhead-nash-obituary?id=60684263.
Obituary of Susan C. Nash - in Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home Listing, January 31, 2026 - https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/susan-nash-12726393.
"This might be a solution to the D.C. problem" - in the Dallas Morning News, September 1, 2025 - https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/09/01/trumps-police-problem-with-washington-has-a-solution-its-in-the-history/
" Fueled by achievement, growth, and success, our young school is just getting started." - by the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, July 29, 2025 - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7356002697029840897/?midToken=AQFdod1qkR3jYA&midSig=0EbgJPIGVY1bU1&trk=eml-email_notification_single_mentioned_you_in_this_01-hero_notification_cta-0-1ep~cta&trkEmail=eml-email_notification_single_mentioned_you_in_this_01-hero_notification_cta-0-1ep~cta-null-1owx~mdouj05s~my-null-null&eid=1owx-mdouj05s-my
"College's Alumni Awards Honor Engineers Making an Impact" in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, Atlanta, March 10, 2025 - https://coe.gatech.edu/.../colleges-alumni-awards-honor...
"Jindal School Marks Growing Place of Business at Groundbreaking" in The University of Texas at Dallas, October 18, 2024 - https://news.utdallas.edu/campus-community/jindal-school-3-groundbreaking-2024/
“We still need the filibuster” in the Dallas Morning News, September 17, 2024 - https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/2024/09/17/we-still-need-the-filibuster/
“New Program at the Jindal School Develops Future Industry Leaders” in The University of Texas at Dallas, May 29, 2024 - https://jindal.utdallas.edu/news/new-program-at-the-jindal-school-develops-future-industry-leaders/
"Congratulations, 2024 OWLIE Winners! A Decade of OWLIEs" in Management, Spring 2024 Edition - https://managementmagazine.utdallas.edu/congratulations-2024-owlie-winners/
"Nash Leader's Program" at the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, 2023 - https://jindal.utdallas.edu/honors-programs/nash-leaders-program/
"UT Dallas Celebrates Record Philanthropic Success", in The University of Texas at Dallas, September 23, 2023 - https://development.utdallas.edu/ut-dallas-celebrates-record-philanthropic-success/
"The University of Texas at Dallas - Providing excellent innovative education and research" in the Dallas Morning News, September 21, 2023 - https://www.dallasnews.com/fwddfw/2023/09/21/utd/
"Leadership Development Seminar: Featuring Ron Nash" in Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Systems, March 9, 2023 - https://chhs.gatech.edu/hg/item/666222
"Kyndryl and VMware expand partnership to accelerate customers' app modernization and cloud initiatives" in Intelligent CIO, November 22, 2021 - https://www.intelligentcio.com/me/2021/11/22/kyndryl-and-vmware-expand-partnership-to-accelerate-customers-app-modernisation-and-cloud-initiatives/
"Thought Leader - Ron Nash on The Making of a Business Leader" by Sage Thought Leadership Podcast, October 5, 2021 - https://sagethoughtleadership.com/nash
“Lessons in Leadership” in Management, Autumn Edition, 2021 - https://managementmagazine.utdallas.edu/lessons-in-leadership/
“Investing in UT Dallas will accelerate growth in North Texas” in the Dallas Morning News, October 25, 2021 - https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/10/25/investing-in-ut-dallas-will-accelerate-growth-in-n-texas/
"David v. Goliath - The Underdog that Upended Wall Street" in the Harvard Business School Club of Dallas, June 8, 2021 - https://www.hbscdallas.org/s/1738/cc/21/page.aspx?sid=1738&gid=23&pgid=72106
"New Dimensions for Next Era: UT Dallas Launches $750 Million Fundraising Campaign" in University of Texas at Dallas, May 26, 2021 - https://news.utdallas.edu/philanthropy/new-dimensions-launch-2021/
The Making of a Business Leader by Christian Faith Publishing, May 6, 2021 - https://www.prweb.com/releases/ron-nash-s-the-making-of-a-business-leader-is-an-intelligently-detailed-account-of-one-man-s-career-and-how-he-developed-leadership-skills-during-his-career-883111235.html
“Faces of Impact” in the University of Texas at Dallas, May 1, 2021 - https://development.utdallas.edu/impact/faces/
"The Making of a Business Leader by Ron Nash" by Christian Faith Publishing, March 22, 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NysKmicmgg
"Class of 1970 50th Reunion - Tumultuous Times" in Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Fall 2020 - https://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/vol96_no3_low_res
"Entrepreneur and Tech Industry Veteran Helping to Steer UT Dallas' Future" in University of Texas at Dallas, April 3, 2020 - https://development.utdallas.edu/ron-nash-ms79/
"Optimizing the Flu Vaccine Supply Chain for Maximum Impact" in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Fall 2019 - https://www.isye.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-fall-alumni-magazine.pdf
"A Tribute: Ross Perot" in Tech Titans, August 30, 2019 - https://wordpressstorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/wp-media/wp-content/uploads/sites/617/2019/09/Tech-Titans-gala-19final-i.pdf
"The 12 Coolest Executives in Enterprise Data Storage" in Solutions Review, July 30, 2019 - https://solutionsreview.com/data-storage/the-coolest-chief-executives-in-enterprise-data-storage/
"Perot used his time at IBM and $1,000 to help change an industry - and DFW" in the Dallas Business Journal, July 12, 2019 - https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/07/12/ross-perot-sr.html
"Ross Perot: His Thought Leadership and Impact on Dallas' B2B Tech History" in Idea Grove, July 11, 2019 - https://www.ideagrove.com/blog/ross-perot-and-dallas-b2b-tech-history
"Donors gave Dallas mayoral candidates more than $1 million in less than a month" in the Dallas Morning News, May 31, 2019 - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/06/01/donors-gave-dallas-mayoral-candidates-more-than-1-million-in-less-than-a-month/
"ISyE's Yao Xi Appointed as Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor" in Georgia Institute of Technology, September 13, 2017 - https://www.isye.gatech.edu/news/isyes-yao-xie-appointed-harold-r-and-mary-anne-nash-early-career-professor
"Ron Nash - Grow or Die" in Jason Treu, Talent and Teamwork Programs, July 20, 2017 - https://jasontreu.com/2017/07/20/ron-nash/
"Step Inside the Homes of Turtle Creek Art Collectors" in the Dallas Morning News, April 1, 2016 - https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/lifestyle/2016/04/01/step-inside-the-homes-of-turtle-creek-art-collectors/
"GreyBeards talk with Pivot3 and NexGen Storage about their recent acquisition announcement" in GreyBeards on Systems, February 9, 2016 - https://greybeardsonstorage.com/category/scale-out-storage-2/page/9/
"Worthy lecture series, riveting start" in the Dallas Morning News, January 24, 2014 - https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2014/01/25/editorial-hits-and-misses/
"New Pivot3 CEO Shares His Plans for the Firm" in Security Sales & Integration, November 11, 2013 - https://www.securitysales.com/news/new-pivot3-ceo-ron-nash-shares-his-plans-for-the-firm/23239/
"Ron Nash named CEO of Pivot3" in ProQuest, November 7, 2013 - https://www.proquest.com/docview/1449504862?sourcetype=Trade%20Journals
"Ron Nash Named CEO of Pivot3" in Security Systems News, November 6, 2013 - https://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/ron-nash-named-ceo-pivot3
"UTD raises more than $100 million toward $200 million goal" in the Dallas Morning News, April 1, 2012 - https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2012/04/02/utd-raises-more-than-110-million-toward-200-million-goal/
"Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees" in UT Dallas Magazine, Winter 2012 - https://atec.utdallas.edu/magazine/files/Winter-2012.pdf
"Swann Named as Nash Professor" in Georgia Tech College of Engineering", June 22, 2011 - https://coe.gatech.edu/news/2011/06/swann-named-nash-professor
"Business Communications Program Expanded" in Management, Spring 2012 - https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.utdallas.edu/dist/8/1090/files/2021/04/v15sp12_management.pdf
“Old Guard Monument Foundation Sponsors Wreath Ceremony at Tomb of the Unknowns” in the Association of the U. S. Army, February 1, 2011 - https://www.ausa.org/articles/old-guard-foundation-sponsors-ceremony
"Lessons Learned - Nash children's philanthropy instilled by their parents" in Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, January/February 2011 - https://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/janfeb2011/26
"Chihuly Glass to Enhance Technology Square" in The Whistle, January 22, 2007 - https://repository.gatech.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/ecb76458-1287-48d9-b087-f5c7a9da8803/content