Richard W. Boberg

Richard W. Boberg has served as our Executive Vice President, General Manager of Virtualization Solutions since the completion of our acquisition of IO Turbine, Inc. in August 2011. Mr. Boberg was one of the co-founders of IO Turbine. From IO Turbine’s inception in December 2009 until August 2011, Mr. Boberg served as the president and chief executive officer and a director of IO Turbine. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Boberg served as vice president of InnovationQ, a nonprofit organization that he co-founded, which focused on working with California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Mr. Boberg was the sixth employee at NetApp, Inc., a leading provider of storage and data management solutions, and during his 12 years with NetApp from 1993 to 2005, he held executive positions in marketing, corporate development, and engineering; directed product management, strategic marketing, mergers and acquisitions, several software engineering groups, and strategic alliances and business development. Mr. Boberg has also held engineering and engineering management positions at several other technology companies, including Intel Corporation. Mr. Boberg holds a B.S. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.