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Ex-NetApp founders who just went stealth

10 founders who worked at NetApp started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Abhijeet Chavan

Co-Founder
Left
NetApp
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at NetApp2017-2019 · left Oct 2019
  • Senior Software Engineer at Diamanti2019-2023
Education
  • Institute of Actuaries of India
  • Institute and Faculty of ActuariesStudent Member
  • Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityBE

Amit Kerkar

Co-Founder
Left
NetApp
Senior Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Senior Engineer at NetApp2019-2022 · left May 2022
  • Senior Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies2015-2019
  • Senior Engineer at NetApp2003-2015
  • Engineer at CMC LTD2000-2003
Education
  • University of MumbaiBE

Mike Moldawsky

Founder
Left
NetApp
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at NetApp2016-2018 · left Jun 2018
  • Co-Founder & CEO at Spark2023-2025
  • Founder at Tweezers Quant2021-2023
  • Co-Founder at Diamond Dawn2021-2023
  • Senior Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies2018-2022
  • Special Forces at Israeli Air Force2009-2014
Education
  • Tel Aviv University

Andy McGlashan

Founder
Left
NetApp
Google Cloud Sales Leader, UK&I
Before that
Went stealthLaunched TEN70 Events
Work
  • Google Cloud Sales Leader, UK&I at NetApp2021-2023 · left May 2023
  • Enterprise Account Executive at Arctic Wolf2023-2026
  • Managing Director, EMEA at Panzura2014-2021
  • Enterprise Account Executive at HP Autonomy2011-2014
  • Enterprise Account Executive at EMC2012-2014
  • Regional Account Director, NUK&I at HP Autonomy2011-2012
  • Managing Director, D2Data at Sword Group2006-2011

Coral Cohen

Founder
Left
NetApp
Research and Development Group Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Research and Development Group Manager at NetApp2018-2025 · left May 2025
  • VP R&D at Alison.ai2025-2026
  • Engineering Team Lead at Ofek 324 Unit - IAF2011-2018
Education
  • IDC HerzliyaMS
  • The College of Management Academic StudiesBS

Daniel Pao

Founder
Left
NetApp
Member Of Technical Staff
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Member Of Technical Staff at NetApp2013-2014 · left Aug 2014
  • Chief Technology Officer at Aktos2022-2026
  • Senior Release Engineer at Flatiron Health2019-2022
  • Senior Full Stack Engineer at FareHarbor2017-2019
  • Infrastructure Engineer at Gigster2016-2017
  • Platform Engineer at TriNet Zenefits2014-2017
  • Web Developer at UCLA James West Alumni Center2012-2013
Education
  • UCLABS

Mike Wayne

Co-Founder
Left
NetApp
Enterprise Account Executive
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Enterprise Account Executive at NetApp2011-2012 · left Aug 2012
  • Vice President of Global Sales at BlinkOps2025-2026
  • Vice President, North America Enterprise at Certinia2023-2025
  • Chief Revenue Officer at Stairwell2021-2023
  • Head of Security Sales, Americas - Google Cloud Security at Google2017-2021
  • Head of Enterprise Sales, Americas - Chronicle Security at Google Cloud Security2018-2019
  • Head of Enterprise Sales, Security Moonshot - GoogleX at Google2012-2018
Education
  • Cal Poly San Luis ObispoBS
  • Duke University

Umesh Kumar

Co-Founder
Left
NetApp
Solutions Architect - Cloud
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Solutions Architect - Cloud at NetApp2019-2019 · left Sep 2019
  • Director of Engineering & Co-Founder at Cloudside (acquired by Searce)2021-2026
  • Lead Cloud Architect at Searce Inc2019-2021
  • Associate Cloud Architect at Searce Inc2018-2019
  • Cloud Engineer at Redington Limited2016-2018
Education
  • Bachelor of Technology

Rajiv Kanaujia

CTO & Co-Founder
Left
NetApp
Director, Head Of Operations (CloudCheckr Business Unit)
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Director, Head Of Operations (CloudCheckr Business Unit) at NetApp2021-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Director Engineering & Head of Operations (CloudCheckr Business Unit) at Flexera2025-2026
  • Board Advisor at EVE2022-2025
  • Vice President of Operations & CISO (CloudCheckr Business Unit) at CloudCheckr (acquired by NetApp)2019-2021
  • Senior Director, Cloud Operations at Barracuda2015-2019
  • VP, Managed Services and SAAS Operations (Acquired by Accel-KKR) at Ektron, Part of the new Episerver2014-2015
  • Head of Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Nokia (HERE) at Nokia2010-2014
Education
  • University of PhoenixMBA
  • Institute of Engineering and TechnologyBTech
  • St. Xavier's CollegeBS

Pavan Sondur

Co-founder and CEO
Left
NetApp
Sustaining Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2025
Work
  • Sustaining Engineer at NetApp2008-2009 · left May 2009
  • CEO and Co-founder at Netcore Unbxd2010-2025
  • Software Engineer at Gluster2009-2010
Education
  • Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), MysoreBE

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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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About this list

What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.