Dena Acevedo

Dena Acevedo is an accomplished legal professional serving as the Vice President of Corporate Legal at NetApp since January 2024. Prior to this role, Dena held multiple positions at Juniper Networks, including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, overseeing corporate governance and legal compliance. Dena's experience also includes significant tenure at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as Vice President, where responsibilities encompassed representing clients in mergers and acquisitions and drafting transaction documents. Dena's academic credentials include a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Webster University, and various degrees in intelligence operations, Arabic, history, government, and international relations. Dena's diverse background includes service as a Human Intelligence Collector in the U.S. Army.