Mohit Aron

Mohit Aron (born 1973),^{[citation needed]} is an Indian-American computer scientist, businessman and entrepreneur.

Mohit Aron
Born	1973 (age 50–51) Pathankot, India
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Title	Founder & CEO of Cohesity Co-Founder & CTO of Nutanix

Early life and education

Aron was born about 1973 and grew up in Chandigarh.^[1] He graduated with a bachelor of technology in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1995.^[2]

Aron graduated with an MS in 1998 and a PhD in computer science from Rice University in 2001 with a focus on distributed computing.^[3] His advisor was Peter Druschel.^[4]

Career

In 2000 he joined a company called Zambeel.

He was a developer on the Google File System engineering project from 2003 to 2007.^[5]

From 2007 to 2009 he worked at Aster Data Systems.

Aron is a promoter of the term hyper-converged infrastructure.^[6][7]

Aron co-founded Nutanix in 2009.^[8]

Aron was recognized by CRN Magazine in 2012 as one of the Top 25 Innovators of 2012.^[9]

Aron founded Cohesity in 2013.^[10] In July and August 2016, CRN mentioned Cohesity.^[11][12]

See also

• List of IIT Delhi people
• List of George R. Brown School of Engineering alumni
• List of Internet entrepreneurs

References

1. Rich Karlgaard (December 10, 2020). "How Mohit Aron's Indian Hometown Inspired His Unicorn Company". Forbes. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
2. "In step with the times, IITs accept stocks as alumni donations". The Indian Express. November 5, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
3. "Entrepreneur Mohit Aron '98 Announces New Data Storage Startup". Rice University. June 17, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
4. Carlyn Chatfield (December 12, 2017). "Mohit Aron: Learning to Invent Knowledge". Rice University CS department. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
5. Garry Kranz (October 19, 2015). "Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach". TechTarget. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
6. Bob Brown (June 21, 2015). "Happy Father's Day, from the Father of Hyperconvergence". Network World. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
7. Bob Brown (June 17, 2015). "Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself". Network World. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
8. 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.
9. Jack McCarthy (March 16, 2012). "The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
10. "Company Overview of Cohesity, Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
11. Rick Whiting (July 28, 2016). "10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know About". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
12. CRN Staff (August 2, 2016). "The Top 25 Disruptors Of 2016". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.