David Hitz

David Hitz is an American engineer. In 1992, he, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm founded NetApp, where he became an executive vice president.

David Hitz
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Swarthmore College Deep Springs College Princeton University
Occupation	EVP of NetApp
Known for	Co-founder of NetApp
Website	David Hitz

A graduate of Deep Springs College, Hitz earned a BSE from Princeton University and went on to work as an engineer at MIPS Computer Systems and as a senior engineer at Auspex Systems.

He is co-recipient (with James Lau) of the 2007 IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award.^[1]

In February 2019, Hitz announced his retirement as executive vice president of NetApp.^[2][3][4]

References

1. "IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award Recipients". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2009-04-01. Archived from the original on December 31, 2007.
2. Kovar, Joseph F. (2019-02-14). "NetApp Co-Founder Dave Hitz To Retire". CRN. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
3. "NetApp founder Dave Hitz steps away after 26 years". SearchStorage. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
4. Mellor, Chris (2019-02-14). "How to get a self-castrated bull: Dave Hitz retires from NetApp". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

External links

• Dave Hitz' blog