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Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Western Digital Completes Planned Company Separation
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 24, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC) announced today the successful completion of the planned separation of the company's Flash business. Earlier this month, Western Digital held its Investor Day event where the company shared its vision, strategy and plan to enable its customers to unleash the power and value of data. Looking ahead, Western Digital Chief Executive Officer Irving Tan shares how the future of HDDs begins now here in his latest blog post. The Western Digital executive leadership team includes: Irving Tan, Chief Executive Officer Wissam Jabre, Chief Financial Officer (until Feb. 28, 2025) Don Bennett, Interim Chief Financial Officer (effective Feb. 28, 2025) Scott Davis, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Vidya Gubbi, Chief of Global Operations Katie Watson, Chief Human Resources Officer Cynthia Tregillis, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information Officer Shantnu Sharma, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer To be Hired: Chief Product Officer The Western Digital Board of Directors consists of: Martin Cole, newly appointed Board Chair Matthew Massengill, outgoing Board Chair Kimberly Alexy Tunç Doluca Bruce Kiddoo (newly appointed director) Roxanne Oulman (newly appointed director) Stephanie Streeter Irving Tan For more on our Western Digital Board of Directors and executive leadership team, please visit For additional information on the separation, please visit the Financial Information, SEC Filings page on our Investor Relations website, For information regarding the separated Flash business, please visit About Western Digital Western Digital empowers the systems and people who rely on data. Consistently delivering massive capacity, high quality and low TCO, Western Digital is trusted by hyperscale cloud providers, enterprise data centers, content professionals and consumers around the world. Core to its values, the company recognizes the urgency to combat climate change and is on a mission to design storage technologies that not only meet today's data demands but also contribute to a more climate-conscious future. Follow Western Digital on LinkedIn and learn more at © 2025 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital design, and the Western Digital logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. View source version on Contacts Western Digital Investor Relationsinvestor@ Western Digital Media
Associated Press
28-01-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Wissam Jabre Joins NetApp as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 28, 2025-- Today, NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, announced the appointment of Wissam Jabre as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 10, 2025. Jabre brings over 20 years of experience leading finance organizations and a strong track record of value creation and disciplined operational management. Jabre's appointment follows the previously announced planned retirement of Mike Berry, who served as NetApp's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the last five years. 'We are thrilled to welcome Wissam to our leadership team,' said George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer. 'His decades of financial experience will be invaluable as we continue to execute on our visionary approach for a data-driven future. As a seasoned CFO and proven leader in building high-performance finance teams, Wissam will play a pivotal role working across the business to drive sustained growth and long-term value for our stakeholders.' 'I'm excited to join this incredible team as NetApp builds on its momentum and captures market share with its leading intelligent data infrastructure platform,' said Wissam Jabre, incoming Chief Financial Officer. 'There is tremendous opportunity ahead to enhance value for our shareholders. I look forward to partnering with the leadership team and leading the finance organization as we build on the Company's efforts to drive growth and profitability, as well as deliver results for our stakeholders.' Jabre brings extensive experience leading finance organizations for businesses that move at the speed of customer requirements. He has most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Western Digital Corporation, where he led the global finance organization, including accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury, internal audit, and investor relations. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dialog Semiconductor from 2016 until it was acquired by Renesas Electronics in 2021. Prior to that, he held senior finance roles at Advanced Micro Devices, Freescale Semiconductor, and Motorola. Jabre began his career with Schlumberger, where he held engineering and finance roles. He also sits on the board of MKS Instruments, Inc. where he is an audit committee member. Jabre holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut. About NetApp NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data services, and CloudOps solutions to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry's best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world's biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our CloudOps solutions provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. CONTACT: Media Contact Kenya Hayes NetApp [email protected] Contact Kris Newton NetApp [email protected] SOURCE: NetApp Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 01/28/2025 04:45 PM/DISC: 01/28/2025 04:47 PM
