George Kurian vs Antonio Neri

George Kurian

CEO of NetApp

BIO: Mr. George Kurian has been the Chief Executive Officer of NetApp, Inc. since June 1, 2015 and as its President since May 20, 2016. Mr. Kurian served as an Executive Vice President of Product Operations at NetApp, Inc. since September 20, 2013. He served as Senior Vice President of the Data ONTAP Group at NetApp since December 2011. He oversaw the product roadmap and engineering execution of the Data ONTAP Operating System, the world's most widely deployed storage operating system and the associated On Command Storage Management product portfolio. He served as Senior Vice President of the Storage Solutions Group at NetApp where he oversaw the NetApp solutions portfolio and joint partner technology integration roadmaps. He joined NetApp in April 2011. Prior to joining NetApp, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Application Networking and Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems. In this role, he was responsible for Cisco products for the Modular Campus LAN Switching and WAN Application Delivery markets. He also led Cisco's successful development of products and solutions to enable Ethernet-based Converged Networks for Video, Voice and Data. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Kurian served as the Vice President for Product Management and Strategy at Akamai Technologies and led Software Engineering and Product Management teams at Oracle Corporation. Mr. Kurian has been a Director of NetApp, Inc. since June 1, 2015. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University.

Antonio Neri

CEO of HPE

BIO: Antonio Neri is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and is responsible for the development and delivery of enterprise technology solutions and services that make Hybrid IT simple and power the Intelligent Edge. During his nearly 23 years at the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Antonio has held numerous leadership positions. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of HPE’s Enterprise Group, which included the company’s Server, Networking, Storage and Technology Services business units. Antonio graduated from Escuela Nacional de Educación Técnica in Argentina and attended the Universidad Tecnólogica Nacional. He is also a Professor of Drawing and Painting.