Western Digital Announces Appointment of David Goeckeler as Chief Executive Officer
March 05 2020 - 4:14PM
Business Wire
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that David
Goeckeler has been appointed chief executive officer and a member
of the Western Digital Board of Directors (“the Board”), effective
March 9, 2020. Mr. Goeckeler currently serves as executive vice
president and general manager of Cisco’s $34 billion Networking and
Security Business. Mr. Goeckeler succeeds Steve Milligan, who
previously announced his intended retirement.
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Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today
announced that David Goeckeler has been appointed chief executive
officer and a member of the Western Digital Board of Directors,
effective March 9, 2020. (Photo: Business Wire)
“David is a transformative leader with an exceptional track
record of driving highly profitable, core businesses at scale while
innovating successful business strategies that expanded into new
markets and generated new revenue sources,” said Matthew
Massengill, chairman of the board. “With experience as a software
engineer as well as running large semiconductor development
projects, his breadth of technology expertise, business acumen and
history of building and operating world-class organizations make
him the right person to lead Western Digital in a world
increasingly driven by applications and data.”
“The industry is facing an exciting inflection point where
customers of every size, vertical and geography are deploying
business infrastructure that is software-driven, enabled by data
and powered by the cloud. This megatrend has only just now reached
an initial stage of adoption and will drive a massive wave of new
opportunity,” said Mr. Goeckeler. “In this IT landscape, the
explosive growth of connected devices will continue fueling an
ever-increasing demand for access to data. With large-scale hard
disk drive and semiconductor memory franchises, Western Digital is
strongly positioned to capitalize on this emerging opportunity and
push the boundaries of both software and physical hardware
innovation within an extremely important layer of the technology
stack.”
“Over the last decade, Western Digital has built a
highly-regarded platform that helps customers derive real value
from their data. I look forward to working together with the
outstanding leadership team and innovating alongside the talented
Western Digital employees around the world,” added Mr.
Goeckeler.
“On behalf of Western Digital employees worldwide, I am
delighted to welcome David to Western Digital. He joins our company
at an exciting and promising time, and I wish him great success as
he leads Western Digital in its next chapter,” said Mr.
Milligan.
As previously announced, Mr. Milligan will remain with the
Company in an advisory role until September 2020 to ensure a smooth
transition.
About David Goeckeler
David Goeckeler is currently the Executive Vice President and
General Manager of Cisco's Networking and Security Business with
responsibility for more than $34 billion of the company's global
technology franchise. He leads a global team of more than 25,000
engineers and oversees Cisco’s networking and security strategy and
market acceleration, including development operations for the
company’s expansive technology portfolio and strategic
acquisitions. A 19-year Cisco veteran, Mr. Goeckeler led the
definition and development of what is widely regarded as the best
product and technology portfolio in Cisco’s history.
Prior to his current role, Goeckeler was the leader of Cisco’s
Security Business and was instrumental in defining Cisco’s
threat-centric security strategy and transitioning the business to
a software and recurring revenue-based model, and returning the
business to share gaining growth. Under his leadership, the
Security Group also acquired and successfully integrated multiple
companies, solidifying Cisco’s place as the largest IT Security
vendor in the industry.
Mr. Goeckeler holds bachelor’s degrees in computer science and
mathematics from the University of Missouri at Columbia, a master’s
degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in business administration
from both Columbia University and the University of California at
Berkeley.
Mr. Goeckeler is widely recognized for his leadership and
operational excellence. In 2012, he received Frost and Sullivan’s
Excellence Award in Engineering Operations.
About Western Digital
Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. As a
leader in data infrastructure, the company is driving the
innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access and
transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. Everywhere data
lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal
devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities
of data. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western
Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk®, and WD® brands.
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SanDisk, and WD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western
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