diff --git a/etc/default_data.json b/etc/default_data.json
index ed56bdfb6..1c85e1159 100644
--- a/etc/default_data.json
+++ b/etc/default_data.json
@@ -19430,6 +19430,17 @@
                 "k8s-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "launchpad_id": "kumar-tadepalli",
+            "companies": [
+                {
+                    "company_name": "NetApp",
+                    "end_date": null
+                }
+            ],
+            "user_name": "kumart",
+            "emails": ["kumart.lead@gmail.com", "kumart@netapp.com"]
+        },
         {
             "launchpad_id": "kunliu",
             "companies": [