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• to establish policies and procedures intended to promote environmental responsibility as an integral
part of our culture to deliver world-class products and services.
Additional Information
We file reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including
annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and proxy or
information statements. Those reports and statements and all amendments to those documents filed or furnished
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act (1) may be read and copied at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, (2) are available at the SEC’s internet site
(http://www.sec.gov), which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
issuers that file electronically with the SEC and (3) are available free of charge through our website as soon as
reasonably practicable after electronic filing with, or furnishing to, the SEC. Information regarding the operation
of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 202-551-8090. Our website address
is www.sandisk.com. Information on our website is not incorporated by reference nor otherwise included in this
report. Our principal executive offices are located at 601 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035, and our telephone
number is [phone]. SanDisk is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation, and is registered in the U.S. and
other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the
trademarks of their respective holder(s).
Employees
As of January 2, 2011, we had 3,469 full-time employees, including 1,540 in research and development, 459
in sales and marketing, 411 in general and administration, and 1,059 in operations. None of our employees is
represented by a collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced any work stoppage. We believe
that our employee relations are satisfactory.
Executive Officers
Our executive officers, who are elected by and serve at the discretion of our board of directors, are as
follows (all ages are as of February 15, 2011):
Name Age Position
Sanjay Mehrotra ...... 52 President and Chief Executive Officer
Judy Bruner .......... 52 Executive Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Yoram Cedar ......... 58 Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Jim Brelsford ......... 55 Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of IP Licensing
Sumit Sadana ........ 42 Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Sanjay Mehrotra cofounded SanDisk in 1988 and became President and Chief Executive Officer effective
January 2011. He was appointed to the SanDisk board of directors in July 2010. He has previously served as our
Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Engineering, Vice President of Product
Development, and Director of Memory Design and Product Engineering. Mr. Mehrotra has more than 30 years of
experience in the non-volatile semiconductor memory industry including engineering and management positions
at SanDisk, Integrated Device Technology, Inc., SEEQ Technology, Inc., Intel Corporation and Atmel
Corporation. Mr. Mehrotra earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from
the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds several patents and has published articles in the area of
non-volatile memory design and flash memory systems. Mr. Mehrotra currently serves on the board of directors
of Cavium Networks, the Engineering Advisory Board of the University of California, Berkeley and the Stanford
Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.
Judy Bruner has been our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Administration since
June 2004. She served as a member of our board of directors from July 2002 to July 2004. Ms. Bruner has more
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