James Lau

James K. Lau is co-founder of NetApp, Inc. and served as its Executive Vice President until October 2015. Mr. Lau served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of NetApp, Inc., from May 2000 to November 22, 2010. Mr. Lau served as NetApp, Inc.'s Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Engineering since April 1992. Prior to that, he served as Director of Software Development at Auspex Systems, Inc. Prior to Auspex, he served as group manager of PC products at Bridge Communications, (now known as 3Com). Mr.Lau holds a B.S degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree in computer engineering from Stanford University.