George Harrington CFO, Virtual Instruments

Virtual Instruments Corp. announced that George W. Harrington has joined the company in the role of CFO.

 He is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting at the company.
 
"We’re excited to welcome George to the Virtual Instruments family," said John Thompson, CEO, Virtual Instruments. "Virtual Instruments is continuing its rapid pace of growth, and George’s extensive experience with industry-leading companies, including IBM, Symantec, and BMC, will complement our aggressive growth strategy."
 
"The Virtual Instruments team has done a phenomenal job expanding the company over the past three years and creating breakthrough solutions that accelerate the deployment of virtualisation technology for mission-critical applications," said George Harrington, CFO, Virtual Instruments. "With all of the advancements in virtualised environments and private cloud computing, this is an exciting time to be joining the leader in virtual infrastructure optimisation. I am thrilled to be part of a team that plays such a pivotal role in enterprise data centres."
 
Prior to joining Virtual Instruments, Harrington served as vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Symantec, where he led the accounting, financial planning, and customer operations back office functions. Prior to this role, he served as CFO for software solutions provider BMC Software, where he drove the successful completion of several key milestones, including a significantly improved cost structure. He has also served in a variety of senior financial roles for IBM, including vice president of finance for the IBM Software Group.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and an MBA from Brigham Young University.