Dan Warmenhoven

Chief Executive Officer, Network Appliance, Inc.

Dan Warmenhoven is the chief executive officer of Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in enterprise data management and open networked storage solutions. He joined NetApp in October 1994 and led the company's initial public offering in November 1995. Today, NetApp is a multi-billion dollar company with more than 5,000 employees worldwide. Mr. Warmenhoven won the prestigious National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2004 and was named by Business Week as one of its Top 25 Managers in 2001. Prior to NetApp, Mr. 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, and a 13-year veteran of IBM Corporation. Mr. Warmenhover holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, with honors, from Princeton University.