Carrie Palin

Carrie Palin was appointed to the NetApp board in February 2021. Carrie joined Cisco Systems, Inc. in June 2021 as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Previously, she served as senior vice president and CMO of Splunk Inc from February 2019 to April 2021. As an ardent supporter of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Carrie served as executive sponsor of both the Pride and Neurodiversity employee resource groups at Splunk, as well as Women in Technology initiatives. Carrie was senior vice president and chief marketing officer at both SendGrid (acquired by Twilio) and Box, Inc. She also served as vice president of marketing for IBM’s Cloud Data Services division and held myriad marketing leadership roles during a 16-year career at Dell. Carrie earned a B.S. in communications from Texas Christian University.