Dan Warmenhoven is the chief executive officer of Network Appliance,
Inc., a leader in enterprise data management and open networked storage
solutions. Under Warmenhoven's leadership, Network Appliance has grown
to become a multi-billion dollar company and is now recognized as a
market leader in networked storage—a concept the company pioneered. Warmenhoven
joined NetApp in October 1994 and led the company's initial public
offering in November ...
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Dan Warmenhoven is the chief executive officer of Network Appliance,
Inc., a leader in enterprise data management and open networked storage
solutions. Under Warmenhoven's leadership, Network Appliance has grown
to become a multi-billion dollar company and is now recognized as a
market leader in networked storage—a concept the company pioneered.
Warmenhoven
joined NetApp in October 1994 and led the company's initial public
offering in November 1995. Today, NetApp has over 6,000 employees
worldwide, with distribution channels in over 120 countries. NetApp is
included in both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indices and has been
ranked as one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work for in
America for the past five years. In 2007, NetApp also ranked as one of
FORTUNE magazine's Most Admired Companies and was included on the "400
Best Big Companies in America" list by Forbes magazine.
Warmenhoven
will receive an honorary degree from Santa Clara University in June,
2007 for his dedication to global business and technology leadership.
In 2006, Warmenhoven was named one of the 50 Most Powerful People in
Networking by Network World. In 2004, he also won the prestigious
National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and in 2001
BusinessWeek named Warmenhoven as one of its Top 25 Managers for the
year.
Previously, Warmenhoven served as chairman, president, and
CEO of Network Equipment Technologies (N.E.T.), a telecommunications
manufacturer. He is a veteran of Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), where he
held senior management positions including General Manager of the
Information Networks Group. Prior to HP, Warmenhoven was a 13-year
veteran of IBM Corporation.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, with honors, from Princeton University.
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