Tom Mendoza
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Tom Mendoza is a business executive. He joined NetApp, Inc. in 1994 as its first sales executive. He served as its President from 2000 until 2008 until he was promoted to Vice Chairman. Mr. Mendoza has more than 31 years as a high technology executive and has served in an advisory capacity on the board of directors of Netscreen (acquired by Juniper), Rhapsody (acquired by Brocade) and currently serves on the board of Infoblox
. He holds a BA in Economics from Notre Dame
, and is an alumnus of Stanford University's
Executive Business Program and is a guest lecturer at both institutions. In September 2000, the University of Notre Dame renamed their business school the Mendoza College of Business
based upon an endowment from Tom and his wife, Kathy.
Tom Mendoza has been a key contributor to NetApp's rapid growth and helped establish the culture that allowed them to be ranked #1 in Fortune Magazine’s "100 Best Companies To Work For" for 2009.
Mr. Mendoza has also been the keynote speaker for such diverse companies as Oracle Corporation
, Veritas
, Fujitsu-Siemens, and the U.S. Marine Corps and often speaks about corporate culture and leadership for organizations all over the world.
Infoblox
Infoblox, Inc. is a privately held developer and provider of enterprise network infrastructure automation software and hardware that provide DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NCCM network services...
. He holds a BA in Economics from Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, and is an alumnus of Stanford University's
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
Executive Business Program and is a guest lecturer at both institutions. In September 2000, the University of Notre Dame renamed their business school the Mendoza College of Business
Mendoza College of Business
The Mendoza College of Business is one of the colleges at the University of Notre Dame, which is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States.- History :...
based upon an endowment from Tom and his wife, Kathy.
Tom Mendoza has been a key contributor to NetApp's rapid growth and helped establish the culture that allowed them to be ranked #1 in Fortune Magazine’s "100 Best Companies To Work For" for 2009.
Mr. Mendoza has also been the keynote speaker for such diverse companies as Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, Veritas
VERITAS Software
Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California...
, Fujitsu-Siemens, and the U.S. Marine Corps and often speaks about corporate culture and leadership for organizations all over the world.