Tom Mendoza | |
|---|---|
 Mendoza, 2012 | |
| Born | November 21, 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Notre Dame |
| Occupation(s) | Former President and Vice Chairman NetApp |
| Board member of | Varonis Systems, VAST Data, mParticle |
Tom Mendoza (born November 21, 1950) is an American business executive and public speaker. He is the former President and Vice Chairman of NetApp.
Mendoza joined NetApp in 1994 as Vice President of North America sales. He served as its President from 2000 until 2008, [1] when he became Vice Chairman.
Mendoza helped establish the culture that allowed NetApp to be ranked #1 in Fortune Magazine’s "100 Best Companies To Work For" in 2009. [2] as well as being a co-recipient with NetApp CEO, Dan Warmenhovenof, of the Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce —the first time the award had been co-presented to two individuals. [3]
Mendoza retired from NetApp in 2019 [4] and currently serves on the Boards of Varonis Systems, VAST Data, mParticle. He previously served on the Boards of UiPath, ServiceSource, Infoblox, NetScreen (acquired by Juniper Networks), and Rhapsody Networks (acquired by Brocade).
Mendoza frequently speaks on corporate culture and leadership to a wide variety of audiences which have included as Stanford University, where he has been a guest lecturer since 1997, Notre Dame, Harvard and the United States Military Academy as well as to the United States Marine Corps, keynotes at Oracle World and numerous other industry events.
Charities that Mr. Mendoza has been significantly involved with include the Pat Tillman Foundation, [5] St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the Navy SEAL Foundation and Justin Tuck’s RUSH Foundation for Children’s literacy. Mr. Mendoza also served on the Justin Tuck RUSH Foundation for Children's Literacy.
Mendoza holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame and is an alumnus of the Stanford Executive Program (SEP). In September 2000, the University named their business school the Mendoza College of Business after a 35 million dollar endowment gift from Tom and his wife Kathy. [6]
The Mendoza College of Business is the business school at the University of Notre Dame, a private university in Notre Dame, Indiana. Founded in 1921, it offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is ranked among the top 30 business schools in the United States for graduate and MBA programs by Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, and U.S. News & World Report. Apart from its main campus, it also offers an executive MBA, master’s in finance, and master’s in business analytics in Chicago. It has a network of over 40,000 undergraduate and graduate alumni. The school was renamed in 2000 following a donation to the school by Tom Mendoza.
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