NetApp Strengthens North America Partner Leadership with Appointment of Kristine Wedum

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SAN JOSE, Calif. - October 13, 2025 - NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, today announced the appointment of Kristine Wedum as Vice President, US Partner Organization. Wedum will oversee the development and execution of NetApp's channel strategies and partner ecosystem in the United States. This strategic hire aligns with NetApp's larger growth strategy focused on strategic innovation and operational excellence, strengthening its competitive edge as the data infrastructure vendor of choice for AI workloads.

Wedum is a seasoned channel leader with over 15 years of experience driving partner-led growth and building high-performing teams. She joins NetApp from Pure Storage, where she most recently led Partner Sales for the Central US and Canada, redesigned global deal registration programs, and earned top accolades including numerous CRN Women of the Channel honors. Wedum has also previously held channel and sales leadership roles at Proofpoint, Tufin, and Brocade.

"Kristine Wedum brings a proven track record of success of the NetApp team," said Riccardo Di Blasio, Senior Vice President of North America Sales. "Her extensive experience and customer-focused mindset, combined with a deep knowledge of the partner ecosystem, make her the ideal leader to drive our North America partner business forward and deliver exceptional value to customers in the era of AI."

"I'm thrilled to join NetApp during this exciting transformation, redefining how customer approach data, cloud, and partnerships," said Kristine Wedum, Vice President, US Partner Organization. "The opportunity to accelerate our momentum, shape channel engagement, and unlock untapped potential in our partner community is compelling. I'm eager to collaborate with the team and leadership to deliver success across all segments and empower partners to capitalize on AI-driven innovations and investments."

NetApp is committed to attracting leaders who empower our teams to navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing industry so that company can deliver on the promise to put our customers at the center of everything we do.

About NetApp
NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data, operational and workload services to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry's best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world's biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our operational and workload services provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency for infrastructure and workloads through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at https://www.netapp.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

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