---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-041348"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTAP"
cik: "0001002047"
company_name: "NetApp, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T16:10:22.785372+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NetApp CAO Robert Parks resigns effective Sept 15; CFO Berry assumes interim role

## Summary
- Robert Parks resigns as VP and Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 15, 2023.
- Parks departs for another opportunity; no dispute or disagreement with the company.
- CFO Michael J. Berry designated as interim principal accounting officer upon Parks' departure.
- No new compensatory arrangements for Berry in connection with interim role.
- Berry's biography unchanged from 10-K filed June 14, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-041348
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTAP
- cik: 0001002047
- company_name: NetApp, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023041348/0000950170-23-041348-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023041348/ntap-20230804.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-041348.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Parks resigned as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at NetApp, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Robert Parks informed NetApp, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intent to resign from his position as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 15, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023041348/0000950170-23-041348-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael J. Berry was appointed as Interim Principal Accounting Officer at NetApp, Inc..
  - Action: designated
  - Role: Interim Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Michael J. Berry, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been designated as the Company’s principal accounting officer on an interim basis, effective upon Mr. Parks’ departure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000095017023041348/0000950170-23-041348-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.