David Hitz — Founder and Executive Vice President at NetApp | Comparably
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David Hitz — Founder and Executive Vice President at NetApp

David Hitz — Founder and Executive Vice President at NetApp

Executive Bio

Mr. David Hitz Co-founded NetApp, Inc. (formerly Network Appliance, Inc.) in April 1992 and has been its Executive Vice President of Engineering since May 2000. Mr. Hitz served as Senior Vice President of Engineering of NetApp, Inc. since February 2000. Mr. Hitz has served as NetApp, Inc.'s Vice President since April 1992. Prior to 1992, Mr. Hitz was responsible for the future strategy and direction of Network Appliance. Mr. Hitz worked as a senior engineer at Auspex Systems, Inc., and held various engineering positions at MIPS Computer, focusing on file system and I/O subsystem design for the System V kernel development effort. Mr. Hitz worked as a cowboy, where he got valuable management experience by herding, branding and castrating cattle. Mr. Hitz holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Princeton University.

Executive Team Culture Ratings from NetApp Employees

TOP
25%
NetApp's Executive Team scores in the Top 25%
of similar sized companies on Comparably
Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?
Department - Customer Support 90/100
Experience - 1 to 3 Years 87/100
Department - Sales 82/100
Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?
Experience - 6 to 10 Years 41/100
Experience - 3 to 6 Years 49/100
Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 54/100

NetApp's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 204 ratings, NetApp's employees are satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a ā€œBā€ or 72/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Customer Support department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Engineering department.

NetApp's Executive Team ranks in the Top 50% of other companies in San Francisco and Top 25% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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