{"id":40524,"date":"2020-03-06T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=6544e17ec6ab22d924bb4a747e863fce"},"modified":"2020-03-06T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:00:46","slug":"western-digital-hires-ciscos-david-goeckeler-as-its-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/western-digital-hires-ciscos-david-goeckeler-as-its-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Digital hires Cisco\u2019s David Goeckeler as its new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hard disk manufacturer Western Digital has appointed David Goeckeler to serve as its new CEO after its former chief\u00a0Steve Milligan announced his intention to retire<\/a>\u00a0late last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goeckeler will leave networking giant Cisco to join the firm as its new leader, having served as executive vice president and general manager for its networking and security business. This division has been valued at $34 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of his last actions with Cisco was\u00a0overseeing the release of\u00a0smart troubleshooting functionality for monitoring applications<\/a>\u00a0in January, at the firm’s flagship Cisco Live event.<\/p>\n

Western Digital\u2019s former CEO announced he was retiring in October having been with the firm since 2002 and having occupied\u00a0a leadership role\u00a0since 2013. He also occupied senior roles with Hitachi from 2007, before\u00a0rejoining Western Digital in 2012<\/a>\u00a0when it acquired the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joining the firm from Monday 9 March, Goeckeler said the entire industry is now at an exciting inflection point.\u00a0<\/span>This, he added, involves all organisations deploying infrastructure that\u2019s software-driven, and powered by data and cloud computing, hinting at the possible direction he may take Western Digital in.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis megatrend has only just now reached an initial stage of adoption and will drive a massive wave of new opportunity,\u201d Goeckeler continued. \u201cIn this IT landscape, the explosive growth of connected devices will continue fueling an ever-increasing demand for access to data.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith large-scale hard disk drive and semiconductor memory franchises, Western Digital is strongly positioned to capitalize on this emerging opportunity and push the boundaries of both software and physical hardware innovation within an extremely important layer of the technology stack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Western Digital\u2019s board chairman, Matthew Massengill, added the new appointee boasted an exceptional track record of driving profit at scale while executing innovative business strategies to expand his division into new markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith experience as a software engineer as well as running large semiconductor development projects,\u201d he continued, \u201chis breadth of technology expertise, business acumen and history of building and operating world-class organizations make him the right person to lead Western Digital in a world increasingly driven by applications and data.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Milligan will continue to serve as an advisor to Western Digital until September this year, as originally planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Hard disk manufacturer Western Digital has appointed David Goeckeler to serve as its new CEO after its former chief\u00a0Steve Milligan announced his intention to retire\u00a0late last year.
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