History 2005: Mike Gustafson CEO, BlueArc

Mike Gustafson, who joined  BlueArc as president back in June 2004, from McData, has now also become CEO, a post held since 2002 by founder Gianluca Rattazzi, who remains chairman.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 208 on May 2005 from the former paper version of Computer Data  Storage Newsletter.

Note: Gustafson has been chairman and independent board director at Druva since April 2016, and previously served as CEO and chairman of Virident Systems, which was acquired by Western Digital Corporation, and where he became SVP and GM of the flash systems business unit.