Mohit Aron

Mohit Aron
Born 1973 (age 43–44)
Pathankot, India
Residence Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Alma mater Rice University
Years active 1997–present
Title Founder & CEO of Cohesity
Co-Founder & CTO of Nutanix

Dr. Mohit Aron, (born 1973), is a businessman and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and CEO of Cohesity, Inc. and was previously the co-founder and CTO of Nutanix.

Early Life and Education

Aron graduated with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University[1] with a focus on distributed systems. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi India.[2]

Career

Aron has been attributed as the father of hyperconvergence[3] and has over 15 years of experience in building scalable, high-performance distribution systems.[4] Aron founded Cohesity in 2013[5] and co-founded Nutanix in 2009.[6] Prior to co-founding Nutanix, Aron was at Google as a lead developer on the Google File System engineering project.[7]

Aron was recognized by CRN as The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012[8] during his time at Nutanix. In July 2016, CRN recognized Cohesity on the list of 10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know[9] and listed as one of the Top 25 Disruptors of 2016 in August 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Entrepreneur Mohit Aron '98 Announces New Data Storage Startup". Rice University. June 17, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Executive Profile - Mohit Aron". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bob Brown (June 21, 2015). "Happy Father's Day, from the Father of Hyperconvergence". Network World. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bob Brown (June 17, 2015). "Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself". Network World. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Company Overview of Cohesity, Inc.". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kevin McLaughlin (June 29, 2016). "Storage Startup Cohesity Says It's Attracting Enterprises, Unveils Wave Of Features To Get More On Board". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ Garry Kranz (October 19, 2015). "Cohesity founder: Secondary data needs a new approach". TechTarget. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Jack McCarthy (March 16, 2012). "The Top 25 Innovators Of 2012". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ Rick Whiting (July 28, 2016). "10 Storage Emerging Vendors You Need To Know About". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ CRN Staff (August 2, 2016). "The Top 25 Disruptors Of 2016". CRN Magazine. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.