Mohit Aron

Mohit Aron (born 1973), is a businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Cohesity, Inc. and was previously the co-founder and CTO of Nutanix.

Mohit Aron
Born1973 (age 47–48)
Pathankot, India
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Years active1998–present
TitleFounder & CEO of Cohesity
Co-Founder & CTO of Nutanix

Early life and education

Aron graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University[1] with a focus on distributed systems. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi India.[2]

Career

Aron has been attributed as the father of hyper-converged infrastructure[3] and has over 15 years of experience in building scalable, high-performance distribution systems.[4] Aron founded Cohesity in 2013[5] and co-founded Nutanix in 2009.[6] Prior to co-founding Nutanix, Aron was at Google as a lead developer on the Google File System engineering project.[7]

Aron was recognized by CRN as The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012[8] during his time at Nutanix. In July 2016, CRN recognized Cohesity on the list of 10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know[9] and listed as one of the Top 25 Disruptors of 2016 in August 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Entrepreneur Mohit Aron '98 Announces New Data Storage Startup". Rice University. June 17, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. "Executive Profile - Mohit Aron". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  3. Bob Brown (June 21, 2015). "Happy Father's Day, from the Father of Hyperconvergence". Network World. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. Bob Brown (June 17, 2015). "Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself". Network World. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. "Company Overview of Cohesity, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  6. Kevin McLaughlin (June 29, 2016). "Storage Startup Cohesity Says It's Attracting Enterprises, Unveils Wave Of Features To Get More On Board". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  7. Garry Kranz (October 19, 2015). "Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach". TechTarget. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  8. Jack McCarthy (March 16, 2012). "The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  9. Rick Whiting (July 28, 2016). "10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know About". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  10. CRN Staff (August 2, 2016). "The Top 25 Disruptors Of 2016". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
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