GERALD HELD - Corporate Board Profile

NetApp, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2014-07-25	Gerald Held has been a member of the Board since December 2009. The members of the committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement are identified in the following table: Gerald Held Compensation Committee.
2015-07-27	GERALD HELD has been a member of the Board since December 2009. Since 1999, Mr. Held has been the Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Held was on the board of Business Objects SA. He was also a founding director for Microplace, Inc., a microfinance marketplace that was acquired by eBay, Inc. and Chairman of Bella Pictures, Inc., which was acquired by CPI Corp. Mr. Held currently serves on the board of Informatica Corporation, a public technology company, and also serves as chairman of the board of several private companies, including Tamr Inc., MemSQL Inc., and Software Development Technologies Corp. From 1976 to 1997, Mr. Held served in a variety of executive roles at Tandem Computers, Inc. and Oracle Corporation. Our Board selected Mr. Held to serve as a director because he has over 40 years of experience in developing, managing and advising technology organizations. He also has experience leading organizations through periods of growth, including growing a startup company into a public company generating several billion dollars in annual revenue. In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Held has a strong technical background, including an M.S. degree in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. degree in computer science specializing in relational database technology from University of California, Berkeley.
2016-08-02	GERALD HELD has been a member of the Board since December 2009. Since 1999, Dr. Held has been the Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From 2002 to 2008, Dr. Held was on the board of Business Objects SA. He was also a founding director for Microplace, Inc., a microfinance marketplace that was acquired by eBay, Inc. and Chairman of Bella Pictures, Inc., which was acquired by CPI Corp. Dr. Held serves on the board of Informatica Corporation, a formerly public technology company, which was taken private by the Permira Funds and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. He also serves as chairman of the board of several private companies, including Tamr Inc., MemSQL Inc., and Software Development Technologies Corp. From 1976 to 1997, Dr. Held served in a variety of executive roles at Tandem Computers, Inc. and Oracle Corporation.
2017-08-01	GERALD HELD has been a member of the Board since December 2009. Since 1999, Dr. Held has been the Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From 2002 to 2008, Dr. Held was on the board of Business Objects SA. He was also a founding director for Microplace, Inc., a microfinance marketplace that was acquired by eBay, Inc. and Chairman of Bella Pictures, Inc., which was acquired by CPI Corp. Dr. Held serves on the board of Informatica Corporation, a formerly public technology company, which was taken private by the Permira Funds and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. He also serves as chairman of the board of several private companies, including Tamr Inc., MemSQL Inc., and Madaket Inc. From 1976 to 1997, Dr. Held served in a variety of executive roles at Tandem Computers, Inc. and Oracle Corporation.
2018-08-01	GERALD HELD has been a member of our Board since December 2009. Since 1999, Dr. Held has been the Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From 2002 to 2008, Dr. Held was on the board of Business Objects SA. He was also a founding director of Microplace, Inc., a microfinance marketplace that was acquired by eBay, Inc. and Chairman of Bella Pictures, Inc., which was acquired by CPI Corp. Dr. Held serves on the board of Informatica Corporation, a formerly public technology company, which was taken private by the Permira Funds and Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. He also serves as chairman of the board of several private companies, including Tamr Inc. and Madaket Inc. From 1976 to 1997, Dr. Held served in a variety of executive roles at Tandem Computers, Inc. and Oracle Corporation.
2019-08-02	Dr. Held has been Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, since 1999. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. Dr. Held served in director and executive roles at a variety of technology companies, including Business Objects SA, Tandem Computers, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Microplace, Inc., and Bella Pictures, Inc. Dr. Held also serves on the board of several private companies, including Tamr Inc., Madaket Inc. and Informatica Corporation, a formerly public technology company.
2020-07-31	Dr. Held has been a director since 2009. He is 72 years old. Serves on the Compensation Committee. Total compensation for fiscal 2020 was $331,537.
2021-07-30	Dr. Held has been Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, since 1999. He served in director and executive roles at various technology companies. Committees: Compensation. Director Compensation Table: $329,173.
2022-07-28	Dr. Held has been Chief Executive Officer of Held Consulting, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, since 1999. From 2006 to 2010, he was the Executive Chairman of Vertica Systems, an analytic database company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. Dr. Held served in director and executive roles at a variety of technology companies, including Business Objects SA, Tandem Computers, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Microplace, Inc., and Bella Pictures, Inc.
2023-07-28	Dr. Held has spent over 20 years as a consultant to a wide variety of technology companies. ... Committees: Compensation. ... Director Compensation Table: Gerald Held total compensation $333,225.
2024-07-26	Dr. Held has spent over 20 years as a consultant to technology companies... Committees: Talent and Compensation... Director Compensation Table: $358,117 total compensation.