Tom Mendoza

Tom Mendoza (born November 21, 1950) is an American business executive and public speaker. He is the former President and Vice Chairman of NetApp.

Tom Mendoza
Mendoza, 2012
Born (1950-11-21) November 21, 1950
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNotre Dame
OccupationFormer President and Vice Chairman NetApp
Board member ofUiPath, Varonis, ServiceSource, Arxan

Career

Mendoza joined NetApp in 1994 as Vice President of North America sales. He served as its President from 2000 until 2008,[1] when he became Vice Chairman.

Mendoza helped establish the culture that allowed NetApp to be ranked #1 in Fortune Magazine’s "100 Best Companies To Work For" in 2009.[2] as well as being a co-recipient with NetApp CEO, Dan Warmenhovenof, of the Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce —the first time the award had been co-presented to two individuals.[3]

Mendoza retired from NetApp in 2019[4] and currently serves on the Boards of VAST Data, UiPath, Varonis, ServiceSource, and Arxan. He previously served on the Boards of Infoblox, NetScreen (acquired by Juniper Networks), and Rhapsody Networks (acquired by Brocade). Mr. Mendoza also serves on the Justin Tuck RUSH Foundation for Children's Literacy.

Mendoza frequently speaks on corporate culture and leadership to a wide variety of audiences which have included major Universities such as Stanford University (where he has been a guest lecturer since 1997), Notre Dame, Harvard and United States Military Academy as well as to diverse groups such as the United States Marine Corps, keynotes at Oracle World and numerous other industry events.

Charities that Mr. Mendoza has been significantly involved with include the Pat Tillman Foundation,[5] St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the Navy SEAL Foundation and Justin Tuck’s RUSH Foundation for Children’s literacy.

Mendoza holds a BA from Notre Dame and is an alumnus of the Stanford Executive Program (SEP). In September 2000 Notre Dame named (was not named before) their business school the Mendoza College of Business after an endowment from Tom and Kathy Mendoza.[6]

References
  1. "Tom Mendoza". Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  2. "NetApp Best Company to Work For". Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  3. "2009 Morgan Stanley Leadership Award". Retrieved 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. Kovar, Joseph F. (February 12, 2020). "NetApp CFO Ron Pasek Set To Retire". CRN. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  5. "Tom Mendoza speaks at Tillman Leadership Summit". Retrieved 2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. "Mendoza Donation to Notre Dame". Retrieved 2000-04-13. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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