Diane joined Pivotal 2 years ago as a product manager for GemFire, Pivotal's commercial distribution of Apache Geode, focusing on product strategy for the Apache Lucene integration and WAN replication, contributing geode-examples for each. Prior to Pivotal, Diane worked for a variety of high-tech companies in engineering and management positions, contributing to their transformation from waterfall to agile development practices. In her spare time Diane enjoys tennis, travel, and cooking.