My Story with Varun Mehta - Create a Leader in Data Storage

About the Event

How do you create an innovative leader in the changing data storage market? With the industry's only flash-optimized storage architecture designed to leverage the best of flash performance and the price/capacity of high-capacity hard disk drives, providing unmatched data management functionality. Listen to Varun Mehta, Founder and VP of Engineering at Nimble Storage, tell his story about how he and his team used a unique, bottoms-up approach to reinvent storage for the next-generation datacenter, coupled with a deep commitment to customers support exemplified by their technologically groundbreaking and powerful support model. Nimble Storage was founded and is led by industry veterans responsible for innovative technologies and architectures around primary storage, backup storage, and data protection. Nimble Storage arrays are deployed worldwide in a wide range of applications and industry verticals. Join us to hear this inspiring talk from an amazingly successful entrepreneur, ask all your questions, learn from his successful experiences and connect with other aspiring entrepreneurs at the TiE office on June 12, 2014. About Varun Mehta Varun leads Nimble Storage’s product development and customer support teams, and spearheads the strategy of the company with the executive team. Varun was the founding CEO in 2008, leading the company through its first three rounds of funding and a record rate of customer acquisitions. Prior to Nimble, Varun served as the VP of Engineering at PeakStream Inc., a startup that was acquired by Google. Varun also served as VP of Engineering and was the twelfth employee at Data Domain, where he built the team that delivered the company's first products to market and sold 800+ units in its first two years of shipping. Varun spent over six years at NetApp, which he joined as its eleventh employee. He also held senior management positions at FastForward Networks, Panasas, and Sun Microsystems. Varun holds an MS in computer engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. TiE Host Naveen Bisht, Chair, My Story and Chair, Programs/Board Member, TiE Silicon Valley Schedule 6:00 PM - Registration, Dinner & Networking 7:00 PM - Program 8:15 PM - Q & A 9:00 PM- Adjourn