Atish Gude is senior vice president and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) leading NetApp’s Corporate Strategy Office and responsible for strategy development and implementation and corporate development. His office plays a crucial role in identifying and harnessing new trends and disruptive technologies to accelerate market momentum for NetApp. Before joining NetApp, Atish served as the senior vice president of corporate strategy at Verizon Communications. There he led development of the company’s corporate strategy as well as evaluation of technologies, trends, and competitive dynamics across strategic initiatives. Prior to that he held senior leadership roles in marketing, strategy, corporate development, and operations at Verisign, Clearwire Communications, and Sprint Nextel. Atish earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from Syracuse University.