NETAPP INC (NTAP)
Sector: Information Technology
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Sector: Information Technology
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Director information for NTAP
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| NTAP | Director | 78 | ["Chief Executive Officer: Held Consulting Group, LLC, data management consultancy (retired 2024)","20+ years advising technology companies from early-stage startups to large public companies","Executive Chairman: Vertica Systems, analytic database (2006–2010), acquired by Hewlett-Packard","Director and executive experience at Business Objects SA, Tandem Computers, Oracle Corporation, Openwave Systems, and SingleStore (formerly MemSQL)","Director: Informatica Corporation, data management (2008–2025)","Dr. Held is NetApp's longest-serving independent director","Brings unmatched depth in data management technology","Background founding, operating, and advising database and analytics companies"] | ["Corporate Governance and Nominating","Talent and Compensation"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Gerald Held, Ph.D. Director | Age: 78 Director Since: 2009 Professional Highlights Chief Executive Officer: Held Consulting Group, LLC, data management consultancy (retired 2024) 20+ years advising technology companies from early-stage startups to large public companies Executive Chairman: Vertica Systems, analytic database (2006 2010), acquired by Hewlett-Packard Director and executive experience at Business Objects SA, Tandem Computers, Oracle Corporation, Openwave Systems, and SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) Director : Informatica Corporation, data management (2008 2025) Independent Yes Committees Corporate Governance and Nominating Talent and Compensation Other Public Boards None Education Purdue (B.S., Electrical Eng.) Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.S., Systems Eng.) UC Berkeley (Ph.D., Computer Science) Experience and Qualifications Dr. Held is NetApp's longest-serving independent director and brings unmatched depth in data management technology the core of NetApp's business. His background founding, operating, and advising database and analytics companies enables the Board to rigorously evaluate NetApp's technology roadmap, cloud data services evolution, and AI workload infrastructure with a technically grounded perspective.