Brad Anderson to Lead NetApp Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit
January 17 2018 - 7:00AM
NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) today announced the appointment of Brad
Anderson as the senior vice president and general manager (GM) of
the NetApp Cloud Infrastructure business unit.
NetApp has a significant opportunity to help customers build
next-generation data centers with the scale, quality of service and
rapid time-to-value that modern applications and software
development paradigms require. Reporting to NetApp CEO George
Kurian, Anderson will be instrumental in driving the strategy and
the execution that are necessary to give customers a framework for
their cloud-architected data centers. These data centers can then
deliver cloud services for innovative applications in private and
service-provider models.
The NetApp Cloud Infrastructure business unit focuses on a
portfolio of offerings that help customers build cloud
infrastructure, including converged infrastructure (CI) solutions
like FlexPod®, hyper converged infrastructure (HCI), NetApp®
SolidFire® all-flash arrays, and NetApp StorageGRID® object-based
storage.
“Brad understands how to focus an organization to evolve rapidly
in response to a dynamic market and has a track record of turning
multiple emerging products into multimillion- and billion-dollar
businesses,” said Kurian. “He brings the leadership experience that
we need to both shape direction and lead the company-wide execution
that is necessary to further expand our Cloud Infrastructure
business.
“Bringing Brad on board is further proof of our commitment to
expanding our leadership talent and capabilities. It also
demonstrates to the industry our serious commitment to establishing
a leadership role in helping customers build their next-generation
data centers with our best-in-class converged infrastructure and
hyper converged infrastructure solutions,” continued Kurian.
“I am excited to join NetApp, a market-leading company that’s
well positioned to help customers accelerate their digital
transformation and unleash the power of their data,” said Anderson.
“NetApp’s unified portfolio of CI and HCI solutions addresses the
needs of diverse customers as they build cloud-architected data
centers for next-generation applications.”
About Brad AndersonFor the past 20 years,
Anderson has been a leader in the enterprise infrastructure market,
managing and growing businesses successfully. He was at HP Compaq
for nine years as the senior vice president and GM of Industry
Standard Servers, leading the $8 billion x86 server business. He
spent seven years as president and GM of Dell's $12 billion
Enterprise Solutions Group, leading servers, storage, networking
and software businesses. Most recently he was president and chief
operating officer of Gravitant, a cloud service brokerage platform
company. Anderson holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from
Texas A&M University and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.
About NetApp NetApp is the data authority
for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of hybrid cloud data
services that simplify management of applications and data across
cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital
transformation. Together with our partners, we empower global
organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand
customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation and optimize their
operations. For more information, visit www.netapp.com.
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