Tom Georgens Board's Director, Autodesk

Autodesk Inc. announced the appointment of Tom Georgens, CEO, president and director of NetApp, Inc., to its board of directors, effective March 21, 2013.

"We are pleased to welcome Tom Georgens to the Autodesk board," said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. "Tom brings a wealth of experience and perspective in working with established technology companies that will serve the best interests of the company and our shareholders."

Georgens has served as CEO and president of NetApp since August 2009, and has been a member of its board of directors since March 2008. In other roles at NetApp, he served as EVP and GM of enterprise storage systems, EVP of product operations and COO. Before joining NetApp, he served at LSI Corporation and its subsidiaries, in various capacities, including as CEO of Engenio and EVP of LSI Logic. Prior to this, he spent 11 years at EMC Corporation in a variety of engineering and marketing roles.