David Hitz

{{short description|American engineer}}

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|alma_mater = Swarthmore College
Deep Springs College
Princeton University

|nationality = American

|occupation = EVP of NetApp

|known_for = Co-founder of NetApp

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|website = {{URL|https://www.netapp.com/us/company/executive-bios.aspx#david_hitz|David Hitz}}

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David Hitz is an American engineer. In 1992, he, James Lau, and Michael Malcolm founded NetApp, where he became an executive vice president.

A graduate of Deep Springs College, Hitz earned a BSE from Princeton University and went on to work as an engineer at MIPS Computer Systems and as a senior engineer at Auspex Systems.

He is co-recipient (with James Lau) of the 2007 IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/johnpr.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231003924/http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/johnpr.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2007|date=2009-04-01|title=IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award Recipients|website=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) }}

In February 2019, Hitz announced his retirement as executive vice president of NetApp.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/netapp-co-founder-dave-hitz-to-retire|title=NetApp Co-Founder Dave Hitz To Retire|last=Kovar|first=Joseph F.|date=2019-02-14|website=CRN|access-date=2020-01-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/news/252457796/NetApp-founder-Dave-Hitz-steps-away-after-26-years|title=NetApp founder Dave Hitz steps away after 26 years|website=SearchStorage|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/02/14/how-to-get-a-self-castrated-bull-dave-hitz-retires-from-netapp/|title=How to get a self-castrated bull: Dave Hitz retires from NetApp|last=Mellor|first=Chris|date=2019-02-14|website=Blocks and Files|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-28}}