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David Goeckeler

Founder at SanDisk

Milpitas, California, United States

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About

David Goeckeler is the Chief Executive Officer of Sandisk, a data storage company with operations in the United States and Asia and more than 10,000 employees worldwide. He previously served as CEO of Western Digital, where he oversaw its separation into two public companies, Western Digital and Sandisk, and earlier led Cisco's networking and security business as executive vice president and general manager, having begun his career at Bell Laboratories. Goeckeler chairs the board of the Semiconductor Industry Association and the U.S.-Japan Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the boards of ADP and the University of Illinois College of Engineering board of visitors.

Experience

  1. SandiskChief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentMilpitas, California, United States
  2. Western DigitalChief Executive Officer2020 — 2025San Jose, California, United States
  3. CiscoExecutive Vice President and General Manager, Networking and Security Business2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. CiscoSenior Vice President and General Manager, Networking and Security Business Group2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  5. CiscoSenior Vice President and General Manager, Security Business Group2014 — 2016San Jose, CA
  6. CiscoVice President, Product and Platform Engineering, Security Business Group2012 — 2014San Jose, CA

Skills & more

Cloud Computing86Unified Communications29Distributed Systems6Go-to-market Strategy72Data Center35Cisco Technologies53Product Management19Enterprise Software28Telecommunications14Wireless14SaaS30Cross-functional Team Leadership13
+11 moreVoIPIPVirtualizationRoutingManaged ServicesMobile DevicesSales EnablementProfessional ServicesStrategic PartnershipsNetwork ArchitectureEthernet

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Who is David Goeckeler?
David Goeckeler is the Chief Executive Officer of Sandisk, a data storage company with operations in the United States and Asia and more than 10,000 employees worldwide. He previously served as CEO of Western Digital, where he oversaw its separation into two public companies, Western Digital and Sandisk, and earlier led Cisco's networking and security business as executive vice president and general manager, having begun his career at Bell Laboratories. Goeckeler chairs the board of the Semiconductor Industry Association and the U.S.-Japan Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the boards of ADP and the University of Illinois College of Engineering board of visitors.
Where did David Goeckeler go to school?
David Goeckeler studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA, Business); Columbia Business School (MBA, Business); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (M.S., Computer Science).

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