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Executive Officers of the Registrant
Listed below are all of our executive officers, followed by a brief account of their business experience during the
past five years. Executive officers are normally appointed annually by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the direc-
tors immediately following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There are no family relationships among these offi-
cers nor any arrangements or understandings between any officer and any other person pursuant to which an officer
was selected.
Name Age Position
Stephen D. Milligan ........... 52 President and Chief Executive Officer
James J. Murphy ............. 56 President, WD Subsidiary
Michael D. Cordano ........... 51 President, HGST Subsidiary
Olivier M. Leonetti ............ 50 Chief Financial Officer
Mark P. Long ................ 48 Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Michael C. Ray ............... 47 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Mr. Milligan re-joined us in March 2012 to serve as our President following our acquisition of HGST and was
appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. Mr. Milligan has served on our Board of Directors since January
2013. He served as HGST’s President from March 2009 to December 2009 and as its President and Chief Executive
Officer from December 2009 until our acquisition of HGST in March 2012. From September 2007 to October 2009,
Mr. Milligan served as HGST’s Chief Financial Officer. From January 2004 to September 2007, Mr. Milligan served
as Western Digital’s Chief Financial Officer and from September 2002 to January 2004, Mr. Milligan served as West-
ern Digital’s Senior Vice President, Finance. From April 1997 to September 2002, Mr. Milligan held various financial
and accounting roles of increasing responsibility at Dell Inc. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Milligan was employed at
Price Waterhouse for 12 years. Mr. Milligan has served on the board of directors of Ross Stores, Inc. since January
2015.
Mr. Murphy was appointed as President of the WD subsidiary in November 2013. He previously served as our
Executive Vice President, Storage Products and Worldwide Sales from December 2012 to November 2013. Prior to
that, he served as our Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales from August 2010 to December 2012, as Senior Vice
President, Worldwide Sales and Sales Operations from 2007 to 2010, as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Oper-
ations from 2005 to 2007, and as Vice President, Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Murphy served in
various roles at Read-Rite Corporation, including as the Executive Vice President, Customer Business Units, prior to
our acquisition of Read-Rite Corporation’s assets in 2003.
Mr. Cordano joined us in March 2012 in connection with our acquisition of HGST. Mr. Cordano was appointed
President of our HGST subsidiary in July 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Cordano served as HGST’s Executive Vice Presi-
dent, Sales & Marketing, and President, Branded Business, from April 2009 to March 2012. From February 2005 to
April 2009, Mr. Cordano served as Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Fabrik, Inc., which was acquired by
HGST in April 2009. From 1994 to February 2005, Mr. Cordano served in various roles of increasing responsibility at
Maxtor Corporation, including as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing from April 2001
until February 2005, where he formed and managed the Branded Products Business Unit.
Mr. Leonetti was appointed as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September
2014. Mr. Leonetti served as Vice President, Finance — Global Commercial Organization, at Amgen, Inc., a global
pharmaceutical company, from April 2011 to September 2014, where he was responsible for implementing worldwide
product development and commercial strategies and driving global restructuring programs. From July 1997 to April
2011, Mr. Leonetti served in various senior finance capacities at Dell Inc., including most recently as Vice President,
Finance, Worldwide Consumer Division. Prior to that, Mr. Leonetti served in various worldwide finance capacities
with Lex Rac Service plc, Braun UK Ltd and Gillette Industries Limited.
Mr. Long was appointed as our Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, effective August 2015 and,
prior to that, served as Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, since February 2013. Prior to
that, from March 2012 to February 2013, he served in various consulting capacities for WDC. Prior to that, from July
2010 to March 2012, he served as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at HGST, which was
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