| George Kurian |
George Kurian is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Director at NetApp, Inc. He is also a Director at Cigna Holding Co., an Independent Director at National Aluminium Co. Ltd., and an Independent Director at The Cigna Group. Previously, Mr. Kurian held the position of Vice President & GM-Application Networking Group at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2009 to 2011. He also worked as a Product Manager at Oracle Corp. from 1990 to 1995, Vice President-Product Management & Strategy at Akamai Technologies, Inc. from 1999 to 2002, and as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Kurian holds an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. |
| Paul O’Brien |
Paul O’Brien currently works at MariaDB Plc, as Chief Executive Officer from 2024 and NetApp, Inc., as Vice President-Operations. Mr. O’Brien also formerly worked at Prism Venture Partners, as Partner and Gen Digital Inc., as Vice President-Business Intelligence & Operations from 2015 to 2020. Mr. O’Brien received his undergraduate degree from Merrimack College. |
| Debra McCowan |
Founder of Accelerance, Inc., Debra McCowan presently is Chief Human Resources Officer & Executive VP at NetApp, Inc. She is also on the board of HealthEquity, Inc.
In the past Ms. McCowan held the position of Partner at Accelerance, Inc., Chief Human Resources Officer & EVP at Equinix, Inc., Principal at Telstra Corp. Ltd., Vice President-Human Resources of Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp. and Vice President-Worldwide Human Resources at Avago Technologies Ltd.
Ms. McCowan received an undergraduate degree from LaTrobe University and a graduate degree from the University of Melbourne. |
| Bill Berg |
Bill Berg has worked as a Senior Vice President of Operations at NetApp, Inc. since 2015. |
| Daniel De Lorenzo |
Daniel De Lorenzo currently works at NetApp, Inc., as Chief Accounting Officer, VP & Controller from 2024. Mr. De Lorenzo received his undergraduate degree from California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo). |
| Biren Fondekar |
Biren Fondekar is currently the Chief Transformation Officer at NetApp, Inc. He graduated from Utah State University with a graduate degree and from National Institute of Technology, Warangal with an undergraduate degree. |
| Rick Scurfield |
Rick Scurfield currently works at NetApp, Inc., as Chief Commercial Officer from 2021. |
| Elizabeth OCallahan |
Elizabeth OCallahan is currently working as the Secretary, Chief Legal Officer & EVP at NetApp, Inc. She started this position in 2022. In terms of education, Ms. OCallahan has a graduate degree from Santa Clara University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California Los Angeles Graduate School. |
| Harvinder Bhela |
Harvinder Bhela is a professional who has worked as the Vice President of Microsoft Corp. from 1997 to 2022. Currently, he is the Chief Product Officer & Executive Vice President at NetApp, Inc. Mr. Bhela has a graduate degree from the University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree from the University of Mumbai. |
| Alessandra Yockelson |
Alessandra Yockelson is currently the Director at iCIMS, Inc., the Director at iCIMS Holding Corp., and the Chief Human Resources Officer at NetApp, Inc. Previously, she served as the President-Brazil at Avon Foundation For Women from 2013 to 2016 and as the Chief Talent Officer & SVP-Human Resources at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. from 2018 to 2021. She also held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer at Pure Storage, Inc. Dr. Yockelson holds an MBA and a doctorate from Getulio Vargas Foundation, a graduate degree from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, and an undergraduate degree from Universidade Paulista. |
| Michael J. Berry |
Michael J. Berry's current job(s) include being an Independent Director at Rapid7, Inc. since 2012, a Director at Certinia, Inc. since 2017, and the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at NetApp, Inc. since 2020. Mr. Berry's former job(s) include being a Manager-Finance & Administration at Northwest Airlines LLC, the SVP-Solutions Management, Development & Operations at The Reynolds & Reynolds Co. from 2003 to 2005, the Chief Financial Officer, EVP-Finance & Accounting at i2 Technologies, Inc. from 2005 to 2010, the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Intel Security Group, the President at Applimation, Inc., the Senior VP, Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Mandiant, Inc. from 2016 to 2017, the Vice President & General Manager-Americas Region at Travelers Express Co., Inc. from 1993 to 2001, the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at SolarWinds North America, Inc. from 2011 to 2013, the Chief Financial Officer at i from 2013 to 2014, the EVP, General Manager-Retail & Customer Support at Comdata TN, Inc. in 2003, the Chief Financial Officer at Informatica Corp. from 2014 to 2015, the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at McAfee LLC from 2017 to 2020, and the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at McAfee Corp.Mr. Berry's education history includes an undergraduate degree from Augsburg College and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas. |
| Thomas Michael Nevens |
Thomas Michael Nevens is currently the Independent Chairman at NetApp, Inc. and the Independent Director at Ciena Corp. He is also a Director at Azingo, Inc. and holds director positions at Zer01zer0, TalonX, the University of Notre Dame, and the San Jose Museum of Art. In the past, Nevens served as the Lead Independent Director at Altera Corp. from 2009 to 2015. He was also a Director at Borland Software Corp. from 2004 to 2009. Nevens held director positions at BroadVision, Inc., Memec Ltd., ActiveVideo Networks, Inc., and Exeros, Inc. He was a Director and Partner-Global Technology Practice at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1980 to 2002. Nevens served as a Director at Model N, Inc. from 2007 to 2011 and at Trimble Consulting Group, Inc. from 2011 to 2013. He was also a Senior Adviser at Permira Advisers LLC. Nevens received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1971 and his graduate degree from the Krannert School of Management in 1973. |
| César Cernuda Rego |
César Cernuda Rego is an Independent Non-Executive Director at Gestamp Automoción SA, an Executive Director at Microsoft International BV, a Director at The Trust for The Americas, and the President of NetApp, Inc. He previously served as Vice Chairman, VP-Sales, Marketing & Services at Microsoft Corp., Director at Council of the Americas, Inc., and Director at The Americas Society. Cernuda Rego received an undergraduate degree from ESIC Business & Marketing School. |
| Carrie Palin |
Carrie Palin is currently the Director at EnterpriseDB Corp., Independent Director at NetApp, Inc., and Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at Cisco Systems, Inc. She previously held positions as VP-Marketing, Cloud Data Services & Analytics at International Business Machines Corp., Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at Box, Inc., Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President at SendGrid, Inc., and Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President at Splunk, Inc. Palin received an undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University. |
| Kathryn M. Hill |
Kathryn M. Hill is currently an Independent Director at Moody's Corp., Celanese Corp., NetApp, Inc., and a Trustee at the Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology. Previously, she held the position of Senior VP-Development Strategy & Operations at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 2009 to 2011. She also served as Senior Vice President at Wi-Fi Alliance and Vice President at ASCEND, Inc. Ms. Hill completed her undergraduate degree at Rochester Institute of Technology. |
| Deborah L. Kerr |
Deborah L. Kerr is currently the Managing Director & Co-Head of ISG at Warburg Pincus LLC, a Non-Executive Director at Vodafone Group Plc, an Independent Non-Executive Director at NetApp, Inc., a Director at defi SOLUTIONS, Inc., and the Senior VP, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Sabre Holdings Corp. She previously served as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Chico's FAS, Inc., ExlService Holdings, Inc., International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, and DH Corp. She was also a Director at Mitchell International, Inc., Fair Isaac Corp., and HP, Inc. Additionally, she held positions at Peregrine Systems, Inc. and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ms. Kerr received a graduate degree from Azusa Pacific University and an undergraduate degree from California State University-Northridge. |
| George T. Shaheen |
George T. Shaheen is currently the Lead Independent Director at Green Dot Corp., the Independent Director at Marcus & Millichap, Inc., the Director at [24]7.ai, Inc., the Independent Director at NetApp, Inc., and the Director at PRA International LLC. In the past, Mr. Shaheen served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Siebel Systems, Inc., the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Webvan Group, Inc., the Chief Executive Officer & Global Managing Partner at Accenture LLP, the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Entity Labs, and the Director at Network Appliance, Inc. He also held positions as the Director at PRA Health Sciences, Inc., the Independent Director at Korn Ferry, the Director at Voxify, Inc., and the Director at NewScale, Inc., Theranos, Inc., think3, Inc., Univita Health, Inc., and Genstar Capital Management LLC. Additionally, he served as a Trustee at Bradley University and held roles as Governor-Information Technology at Forum Mondial de L'Economie and The World Economic Forum USA, Inc. He is also a Member-Advisory Board at Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Shaheen obtained his undergraduate degree in 1966 and his MBA in 1968 from Bradley University. |
| Deepak Ahuja |
Deepak Ahuja currently works at NetApp, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020, Zipline International, Inc., as Chief Business and Financial Officer from 2022, and Capricorn Investment Group LLC (Private Equity), as Senior Advisor from 2019. Mr. Ahuja also formerly worked at Mandiant, Inc., as Independent Director from 2015 to 2017, Trellix Corp., as Board Director from 2015 to 2017, Ford Motor Co., as Controller-Small Cars Product Development in 2008, Kennametal, Inc., as Engineer, Tesla, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2015, Tesla, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2017 to 2019, State Bank of India (London Branch), as Head-Consumer Banking & Wealth, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd., as Chief Financial Officer in 2006, Auto Alliance International, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2003, and Verily Life Sciences LLC, as Chief Financial Officer from 2020 to 2022. Mr. Ahuja received his graduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, graduate degree from Northwestern University, undergraduate degree from Banaras Hindu University, and graduate degree in 1985 from Banaras Hindu University. |
| Gerald D. Held |
Gerald D. Held founded Corio, Inc. in 1998, where he worked as Founding Board Member from 1998 to 1999, Microplace, Inc. in 2005, where he worked as Founding Director from 2005 to 2006, and Della & James, Inc. in 1998, where he worked as Founding Board Member from 1998 to 1999. Dr. Held also currently works at Held Consulting Group LLC, as Chief Executive Officer from 1999, The Tech Interactive, as Chairman from 2023, Madaket, Inc., as Chairman from 2016, and various other companies. Dr. Held also formerly worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, as Chief Executive Officer, Cantiga Systems, Inc., as Acting Chief Executive Officer in 2001, Bella Pictures, Inc., as Chairman from 2009 to 2011, and various other companies. Dr. Held received his graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, undergraduate degree from Purdue University, and doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. |
| Scott F. Schenkel |
Scott F. Schenkel is an Independent Director at Pinterest, Inc., NetApp, Inc., and Director at Forter, Inc. He was the former Chief Executive Officer at eBay, Inc. and held various Chief Financial Officer positions at GE Plastics Europe BV, GE Healthcare Clinical Systems SAS, GE Lighting Europe, and GE Medical Information Technologies. Schenkel received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and Pamplin College of Business. |
| Anders Gustafsson |
Mr. Anders Gustafsson is an Independent Director at NetApp, Inc., an Independent Director at International Paper Co. and an Executive Chairman at Zebra Technologies Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at NetApp, Inc., International Paper Co., Junior Achievement of Chicago and Shedd Aquarium Society. Mr. Gustafsson was previously employed as an Independent Director by Dycom Industries, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer by Spirent Communications, Inc., a Senior Executive VP-Global Business Operations by Tellabs, Inc., and a President by Tellabs International, Inc. He received his graduate degree from Chalmers University of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
