# David Donatelli

> David Donatelli, known professionally as Dave Donatelli, has been CEO of Riverbed Technology since July 2023. His career includes 22 years at EMC, leadership of HP’s Enterprise Group, Oracle infrastructure and cloud leadership, and service as MarkLogic’s lead independent director. At Riverbed he is advancing unified observability, acceleration and AI-supported IT operations.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Riverbed Technology
- **Organizations:** Riverbed Technology, EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Corporation, MarkLogic
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing, Boston College, MBA, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
- **Known for:** Led HP’s $30 billion Enterprise Group., Rose to president of EMC’s Storage Division during a 22-year EMC career., Held executive vice president roles in infrastructure and cloud at Oracle.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2009** — Spent 22 years at EMC in management, operations, sales and marketing; became president of its Storage Division.
- **2009** — Joined HP; initial restrictions excluded storage responsibilities for one year.
- **2012** — Became head of HP’s Enterprise Group in March.
- **2013** — Reassigned from HP Enterprise Group leadership to evaluating early-stage technology businesses.
- **2015** — Appointed Oracle executive vice president for converged infrastructure in June, reporting to Mark Hurd.
- **Before July 2023** — Served as Oracle Cloud Business Group executive vice president and MarkLogic lead independent director.
- **2023** — Named Riverbed CEO on July 11 as Vector Capital completed its acquisition.
- **2024** — Led Riverbed during its May launch of an AI-powered observability platform and unified agent.
- **2026** — Discussed prevention-first autonomous IT operations and the refreshed Riverbed platform.

## Achievements

- Led HP’s $30 billion Enterprise Group.
- Rose to president of EMC’s Storage Division during a 22-year EMC career.
- Held executive vice president roles in infrastructure and cloud at Oracle.
- Led Riverbed through platform launches in observability, automation and digital experience after becoming CEO in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Riverbed’s EMPOWEREDx programme centered on prevention and autonomous IT; its October survey examined enterprise ambitions and hesitation about unsupervised AI.
- **2026-06** — Discussed autonomous operations, AI governance, costs and digital employee experience with Mike Vizard on Techstrong TV.
- **2026-05** — Discussed Riverbed’s platform refresh and prevention-first operations with theCUBE.

## Links

- Website: https://www.riverbed.com/about/leadership/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-donatelli-29854825b/

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