NetApp Appoints Gus Shahin to Enable Accelerated Growth as Executive Vice President of Business Technology and Operations
September 03 2024 - 12:12PM
Business Wire
Shahin brings over 25 years of enterprise
experience to drive NetApp’s ability to scale in both business
technology and operations initiatives
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the original intelligent data
infrastructure company, today announced Gus Shahin as the company’s
Executive Vice President of Business Technology and Operations.
Reporting to CEO George Kurian, Shahin will lead critical business
operations providing a solid foundation for accelerating growth and
fostering cross-functional execution across four key company
pillars - Information Technology, Operations, Global Security, and
Enterprise Process Excellence.
Shahin joins NetApp from Flex, where he held varying leadership
roles over his 25-year tenure with the company, including Vice
President of Global Supply Chain Solutions and Chief Information
Officer and President of Business Process for the Global Business
Services team.
“I’m delighted to welcome Gus to NetApp in our newly created
role of Executive Vice President of Business Technology and
Operations,” said George Kurian, CEO at NetApp. “Gus’s distinct mix
of leadership experience at the intersection of technology and
operations makes him uniquely qualified to spearhead the scaling of
our digital transformation efforts, reimagining and simplifying our
processes as we embrace new business opportunities. With his
leadership, I am confident we will further enhance our operations
and fully realize our growth potential.”
Shahin holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and a Master of
Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western
Ontario and brings over 25 years of experience in driving corporate
IT strategy, leading digital transformation initiatives and
enhancing global business operations. Throughout his career Shahin
has held various leadership roles and has been responsible for
developing and deploying innovation solutions, customer and segment
IT support, and global implementations of core supply chain IT
systems, among others.
“It’s a privilege to join NetApp at such a pivotal point in the
technology industry, especially with the rapid advancement in AI
and digital technologies,” said Gus Shahin, Executive Vice
President of Business Technology and Operations at NetApp. “My
primary focus will be on preparing the enterprise for both
near-term and future growth by managing and transforming critical
areas and providing a solid foundation for sustainable progress. I
look forward to driving transformation and innovation to further
position NetApp as the intelligent data infrastructure
company.”
About NetApp
NetApp is the original intelligent data infrastructure company,
combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and
CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity
for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure,
harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry’s best data
management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively
embedded in the world’s biggest clouds, our data storage delivers
seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data
advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and
application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous
optimization of performance and efficiency through observability
and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with
NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your
business possibilities. Learn more at www.netapp.com or
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