At NetApp, Warmenhoven Chairman and Georgens on the Board

NetApp has expanded its
board of directors. NetApp chief executive officer Dan Warmenhoven is
the company’s new chairman, assuming the position held by Don
Valentine since 1994. Valentine remains on the board in the newly
created position of lead independent director. In addition, NetApp
president and chief operating officer Tom Georgens joins the company’s
board of directors. Georgens will be the 11th member of the NetApp
board. Both Warmenhoven and Georgens will continue to hold their
current executive positions within the company. The new board changes
are effective immediately.

"I would like to express our appreciation to Don Valentine for his
14 years as chairman of the board of directors and the leadership he
provided during that period to help us grow from a small, private
company to an industry leader," said Dan Warmenhoven, NetApp chairman
and CEO. "Don has been a mentor to me and a tremendous resource for
the executive team. I am honored to succeed him as the new chairman
and am very pleased that Don will be continuing on the board in the
role of lead independent director. I am also excited to announce that
Tom Georgens has been elected by the board as a director of the
company. In his new role as president and chief operating officer, we
are eager to have Tom contribute at the board level. We are clearly
building for the future and strengthening our management ranks. This
is an exciting time for NetApp."

Warmenhoven Biography
Dan Warmenhoven is the chairman and chief executive officer of
NetApp, a leader in enterprise data management and open networked
storage solutions. Under Warmenhoven’s leadership, NetApp has grown to
become a multibillion-dollar company and is a recognized 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 is included in
both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 indexes and has been ranked as one of
FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in America. 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 received 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.
Warmenhoven holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical
engineering, with honors, from Princeton University.

Valentine Biography
Donald T. Valentine has been a director of the company and
chairman of the board of directors since September 1994. Valentine has
been a general partner of Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm,
since 1972. He is also the chairman of the board of diCarta, Inc. and
serves on the board of directors of Traiana.

Georgens Biography
Tom Georgens is the president and chief operating officer of
NetApp and has responsibility for all product operations and field
operations worldwide.
Georgens joined NetApp in October 2005 and served as the company’s
executive vice president of Product Operations from January 2007 until
February 2008. Previously he served as NetApp’s executive vice
president and general manager of Enterprise Storage Systems.
Before joining NetApp, Georgens spent nine years at Engenio, a
subsidiary of LSI Logic, the last two years as CEO. He also served in
various other positions, including president of LSI Logic Storage
Systems and executive vice president of LSI Logic. At Engenio, he
built the business into a successful OEM storage provider for
companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, StorageTek, Silicon Graphics,
and NCR.
Prior to Engenio, Georgens spent 11 years at EMC in a variety of
engineering and marketing positions.
Georgens holds a bachelor of science degree and a master of
engineering degree in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute as well as a master of business administration
degree from Babson College.

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