David Goeckeler is a seasoned executive and leader in the technology industry, currently serving as the CEO of Western Digital. With over 17 years of experience at Cisco, David had a successful track record of driving growth and innovation in the company. He was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Networking and Security Business Group where he managed the global technology business with over $32 billion in revenue. David led a global team of over 25,000 engineers and played a pivotal role in developing a networking and security strategy to steer the company towards future success. David has a computer science and mathematics degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, a computer science master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and the University of California at Berkeley. He is known for his deep technical knowledge, leadership acumen, and his contributions in defining Cisco’s threat-centric security strategy. David was awarded Frost and Sullivan’s Excellence Award in Engineering Operations in 2012.