Thomas Georgens has been the Company’s president and chief executive
officer since August 2009. From February 2008 to August 2009, Mr. Georgens served
as our president and chief operating officer and was responsible for all product
operations and field operations worldwide. Mr. Georgens has also been a member
of our Board of Directors since March 2008. Mr. Georgens joined NetApp in October
2005 as executive vice president and general manager of enterprise storage systems
and served as our executive vice president of product operations from January
2007 to February 2008. Before joining the Company, Mr. Georgens spent nine years
in various roles at LSI Corporation, an electronics design company, and its
subsidiaries, including chief executive officer of Engenio, president of LSI
Logic Storage Systems and executive vice president of LSI Logic. Prior to Engenio,
Mr. Georgens spent 11 years at EMC Corporation, a computer storage and data
management company, in a variety of engineering and marketing positions. Mr.
Georgens holds a BS degree and an M.E. degree in computer and systems engineering
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as an MBA degree from Babson College.
Nicholas R. Noviello was appointed executive vice president and chief financial
officer in January 2012, overseeing the company’s finance, customer leasing,
workplace resources, and investor relations functions. Mr. Noviello joined NetApp
in January 2008 as vice president, finance and controller. He was named senior
vice president finance and corporate controller in April 2008 and senior vice
president finance and global controller in November 2010. Before joining NetApp,
Mr. Noviello spent eight years at Honeywell International, where he was chief
financial officer of two global business units, managed investor relations,
and was a leader on the corporate mergers and acquisitions team. Prior to Honeywell,
Mr. Noviello led mergers and acquisitions for Monarch Dental Corporation for
two years and spent seven years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in mergers and acquisitions
transaction services, tax, and audit. Mr. Noviello holds a BS degree in business
administration from Boston University and an MS degree in taxation from Fairleigh
Dickinson University, and he is a certified public accountant.
Robert E. Salmon joined NetApp in January 1994 and was appointed executive
vice president, field operations in December 2005. Mr. Salmon has served as
the company’s executive vice president of worldwide sales since September
2004. From August 2003 to September 2004, Mr. Salmon served as our senior vice
president of worldwide sales, and from May 2000 to August 2003, Mr. Salmon served
as our vice president of North American sales. Prior to his tenure at NetApp,
Mr. Salmon spent nearly 10 years with Sun Microsystems, a supplier of network
computing systems, and Data General Corporation, a manufacturer of multiuser
computer systems. Mr. Salmon graduated from California State University, Chico
with a BS degree in computer science.
Manish Goel was appointed the executive vice president of product operations
in June 2009, overseeing all aspects of technology strategy and product engineering
across our product portfolio. Mr. Goel has held a variety of leadership roles
in corporate development, sales, and business unit general management since
he joined NetApp in 2002. Prior to NetApp, Mr. Goel led corporate and business
development activities for Cadence Design Systems, an electronic design automation
company, from February 1998 to May 1999, and Copper Mountain Networks, a developer
of digital subscriber line (DSL) products, from May 1999 to October 2001. Prior
to that, he spent four years as a strategy consultant for McKinsey and Co. and
six years in sales operations and software engineering roles. Mr. Goel holds
a BS degree in electrical engineering from IIT Chennai and an MBA degree in
finance from the Wharton School of Business.
Matthew K. Fawcett joined the company in September 2010 as senior vice president,
general counsel, and corporate secretary. Prior to joining NetApp, from 1999
to August 2010, Mr. Fawcett served in various legal positions at JDS Uniphase
Corporation, an optical components company, including as senior vice president,
general counsel, and corporate secretary. Prior to joining JDSU, Mr. Fawcett
was counsel at Fujitsu and worked in private practice at Morrison & Foerster
LLP. Mr. Fawcett holds a BA degree from the University of California at Berkeley
and a JD degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
