NetApp names Tom Georgens as President and CEO

NEW DELHI: NetApp announced that it has appointed Tom Georgens as the company's President and CEO. The transition in leadership, which is effective immediately, is the result of a management succession process.

Georgens joined NetApp in October 2005 as Executive VP and GM-Enterprise Storage Systems and was named Executive VP-Product Operations in January 2007.

Said Georgens, “In just 15 years, NetApp has grown from a $14 million startup with 45 employees into a recognized market leader in networked storage and data management with $3.4 billion in annual revenues and approximately 8,000 employees around the world.”

“I am excited about leading NetApp forward at a time when the IT industry is at a critical inflection point that will create tremendous opportunities and inevitable challenges. We are committed to creating success for our customers and partners in this changing market environment,” he added.