George Kurian was born in Kottayam district, Kerala, he pursued engineering at IIT-Madras, but left six months later to join Princeton University. George joined the company in 2011, bringing his passion and relentless focus on execution to his leadership roles at NetApp. He was named CEO in June 2015. Prior to joining NetApp, George was vice president and general manager of the Application Networking and Switching Technology Group at Cisco Systems.
