People in July/August 2022

Peter Wüst takes over management at NetApp Germany

Peter Wüst has been named the new vice president and general manager of NetApp's German presence. As a result, Wüst assumes executive responsibility for several hundred employees at eight locations, including the German headquarters in Kirchheim near Munich. Wüst will report directly to Giovanna Sangiorgi, senior vice president for EMEA and LATAM, who has also been newly appointed. With his innovation expertise, Wüst will continue to drive NetApp's successful transformation into a cloud- and data-centric software provider. As the leader of NetApp's most important and highest-volume market in Europe, Wüst will establish the company as a provider of multi-cloud solutions, hybrid cloud storage, and cloud data services, thus continuing to write the success story.

"NetApp is one of the technology leaders redefining cloud. Solutions in data management, cloud optimization, and multi-cloud, as well as integration with partners such as VMware, Nvidia, and public clouds, all serve this goal."says Peter Wüst. "We clearly see that customers are making data-centric decisions and providing new business models digitally. For this, they need partners who are fully committed to this transformation. I'm excited to open this chapter together with our team." According to Wüst, the focus will be on acquiring new customers by positioning new workloads and further expanding the rapidly growing cloud business.