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NetApp Strengthens its Multi-cloud, Storage, and Data Services Leadership, Appoints Harvinder Bhela to Newly Created Chief Product Officer Role
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced the appointment of Harvinder
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[{"type":"text","content":" SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, today announced the appointment of Harvinder (Harv) Bhela to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer to accelerate the ongoing transformation of the company into a multi-cloud, storage, and data services leader. Reporting directly to NetApp’s Chief Executive Officer George Kurian, Bhela will join NetApp in January 2022. Bhela’s appointment follows the June 2021 announcement of the retirement of Brad Anderson, General Manager of NetApp’s Hybrid Cloud Business at the end of FY22. Anthony Lye, Executive Vice President and General Manager of NetApp’s Cloud Management and Platform Services Business Unit, will continue to lead the company’s rapid growth and innovation in emerging technologies, furthering its leadership position in Cloud Operations (CloudOps), also reporting to George Kurian.\n\nBhela joins NetApp after nearly 25 years at Microsoft, where he held multiple executive leadership positions, overseeing the creation of several award-winning products that set industry standards and created multi-billion-dollar categories with billions of users. Most recently, he served as Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance and Management business, which he grew to more than $10 billion in annual revenue, making Microsoft the largest security company in the world.\n\n“Product leadership and breakthrough innovation are the foundation of NetApp’s business strategy and success. NetApp is at a critical point in the transformation of our company, with great momentum in our inexorable march to $1B in Cloud ARR. Under Anthony’s leadership we have successfully incubated a cloud storage and data services business and an emerging cloud operations business,” said Kurian. “Looking ahead, we have the opportunity to accelerate the expansion of our cloud storage and data services business, while continuing a focused approach to scaling our CloudOps business. I am excited to have Harv Bhela join NetApp’s leadership team, with his 25+ years of experience building industry-defining software categories and cloud services that are used by billions of users every day.”\n\nIntegrating the cloud storage, data services business and hybrid cloud business under Bhela’s leadership, NetApp will further accelerate the pi...