Education
University of Notre Dame. Stanford University.
president speaker business executive
University of Notre Dame. Stanford University.
He is the 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, when he was promoted to Vice Chairman.
Mendoza helped establish the culture that allowed NetApp to be ranked #1 in Fortune Magazine’s "100 Best Companies To Work Foreign" in 2009.
In 2012, in addition to again being named one of the Best Companies to work for in America, NetApp was named #3 Best Multinational company to work foreign In 2009, Mendoza and the NetApp Chief Executive Officer, Dan Warmenhoven, were the co-recipients of the Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce—the first time the award and been co-presented to two individuals.
Mendoza has served in an advisory capacity on the board of directors of NetScreen (acquired by Juniper Networks), Rhapsody Networks (acquired by Brocade Communications Systems), and formerly served on the board of Infoblox. In 2011 Mendoza was appointed to the ServiceSource board of directors.
As an NFL and University of Notre Dame football fan, Mendoza also serves on the Justin Tuck RUSH Foundation for Children"s Literacy.
Mendoza is a frequent speaker on corporate culture and leadership. He is a regular guest speaker at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University. In addition, he has presented to the cadets of United States Military Academy and the United States Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Mendoza is active with the Pat Tillman Speaker Foundation and Saint Baldricks Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research.
In 2011, NetApp"s participation generated more than United States$1 Million in donations for Saint Baldricks. Mendoza holds a Bachelor in Economics from Notre Dame, and is an alumnus of Stanford"s Executive Business Program.
He is a guest lecturer at both institutions. In September 2000, the Notre Dame renamed their business school the Mendoza College of Business, after an endowment from Tom and Kathy Mendoza.
Mendoza has also been the keynote speaker for Oracle Corporation, Veritas, and Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Mendoza is an active contributor to Forbes.com and is active on social media.
