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Mr. Pope , our Executive Vice President of Finance since April 1999 and our Chief Financial Officer since February 1998, joined us as
Director of Budgets and Analysis in 1985 with our acquisition of Grenex, Inc. From January 1997 to April 1999, Mr. Pope was our Senior Vice
President of Finance. He has held a variety of positions in his 18-year executive experience with us, including as Director of Finance of the
Thailand operations, Vice President of Finance of the Asia Pacific operations, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Seagate Delaware,
Vice President and General Manager of Seagate Magnetics and, most recently, Senior Vice President of Finance of the Storage Products
Group.
Mr. Dexheimer joined us as a result of our acquisition of Imprimis in 1989. His career includes more than 18 years of experience in data
storage, holding various sales, sales management and marketing positions with us. Mr. Dexheimer held the position of Vice President,
Marketing and Product Line Management in the Removable Storage Solutions group from 1996 to July 1997. In July 1997, he was promoted to
Vice President and General Manager of Removable Storage Solutions until August 1998 when he was promoted to Senior Vice President,
Product Marketing and Product Line Management for Desktop disc drives. In August 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President,
Worldwide Sales and Marketing. He was promoted to Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Service in August
2000.
Mr. Hudson , our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, joined us in January 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr.
Hudson was a partner of the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP from August 1997 to December 1999 and, from October 1984 to July
1997, he was a partner of the law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP.
Mr. Porter
, our Executive Vice President, joined us on June 2, 1997 as Chief Technology Officer, Storage Products Group. In September
1997 he was promoted to Executive Vice President and he served as our Chief Technical Officer through June 27, 2003. Mr. Porter was Vice
President of Research and Development, Enterprise Storage Group at Western Digital from November 1994 to May 1997. From 1968 to 1994,
Mr. Porter held engineering, program management and executive positions at IBM.
Mr. Tennenbaum , our Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning, joined us in January 2001. Prior to
joining us, Mr. Tennenbaum worked as Vice President of Wellington Management Company, an investment management company, for nine
years. Prior to Wellington, Mr. Tennenbaum worked as a new business specialist in corporate finance at Salomon Brothers, an investment
banking firm.
Mr. Waite , our Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since 1998, joined us as our Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer in 1983. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 1984. Mr. Waite is a member of the boards of directors of Seagate
Technology HDD Holdings, XIOtech Corporation, Certance Holdings and Crystal Decisions, Inc.
Mr. Wickersham joined us on May 18, 1998 as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Materials. He assumed responsibilities for Worldwide
Product Line Management in August 1999. In May 2000, he was promoted to Executive Vice President. Mr. Wickersham was Vice President,
Worldwide Materials at Maxtor Corporation from 1996 to May 1998. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Wickersham was Director of Corporate
Materials at Exabyte Corporation. From 1978 to 1993, he held various management positions at IBM. Mr. Wickersham serves on the Board of
IDEMA (International Disc Drives and Equipment Manufacturer Association).
Mr. Weyandt joined us in 1989 with our acquisition of Imprimis Technology. Mr. Weyandt serves as Seagate Technology’s Executive
Vice President of Product and Process Development for enterprise, personal and notebook storage. Mr. Weyandt is also responsible for our
Motors, Advance Technology Integration and Factory of the Future groups. Mr. Weyandt has spent over 30 years in the disc drive industry
commencing with Control Data in 1969. His background includes assignments in manufacturing engineering, product quality, supplier quality,
design engineering and process development.
Mr. Chirico , our Senior Vice President and General Manager of Asia Operations, joined us in 1998 as Senior Vice President of
Worldwide Manufacturing Quality based in Singapore. In April 1999, he was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of
Recording Head Operations based in Minnesota. In September 2000, he was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice President and
General Manager of Asia Operations. Mr. Chirico is presently based in Singapore. Prior to joining us, Mr. Chirico spent 17 years with IBM
where he held a number of management positions within manufacturing operations. Mr. Chirico is currently chairman of IDEMA (International
Disc Drives and Equipment Manufacturer Association) Asia Pacific Management Committee.
Mr. Glembocki
was promoted to Senior Vice President of our Recording Heads and Recording Media Operations in October 2000. In this
position, Mr. Glembocki is responsible for overseeing all component research, product development, disc drive integration, production launch,
materials and volume production activities for the worldwide operations relating to heads and media, which are located in the United States,
Asia and Europe. Mr. Glembocki joined us in the February 1996 merger with Conner Peripherals. As Vice President of Engineering for our
Recording Media Group, Mr. Glembocki was responsible for our media research, product development, drive integration and production
launch. A key member of the team that founded the Conner Disk Division, Mr. Glembocki managed all of the engineering research and
development activities. During 1994 and 1995, Mr. Glembocki held the position of General Manager of the Conner Disk Division. Prior to
joining us, Mr. Glembocki held positions at Domain Technology and IBM.
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