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Mr. Luczo, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, joined us in October 1993 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. In
March 1995, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Operating Officer of Seagate Software
Holdings. In July 1997, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Seagate Software Holdings. In September 1997, Mr. Luczo
was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagate Delaware and, in July 1998, he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Luczo resigned from the office of President of Seagate Delaware in May 2000, and became a member of our board of directors in
November 2000. Mr. Luczo was elected Chairman of Seagate Technology in June 2002. Effective July 3, 2004, Mr. Luczo resigned from the
office of Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Watkins was elected to that office. Prior to joining us, Mr. Luczo was Senior Managing Director of
the Global Technology Group of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm, from February 1992 to October 1993. Mr. Luczo serves
as Chief Executive Officer of New SAC and is a member of the boards of directors of New SAC and E2open, Inc. and was elected Chairman of
Seagate Technology on June 19, 2002.
Mr. Watkins , our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, joined us as Executive Vice President of our Recording Media Group
in February 1996 with our merger with Conner Peripherals, Inc. In October 1997, Mr. Watkins took on additional responsibility as Executive
Vice President of the Disc Drive Operations and in August 1998, he was appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer, with
responsibility for our disc drive manufacturing, recording media and head operations and product development. In June 2000, he was appointed
to the position of President, and in November 2000, he became a member of our board of directors. Effective July 3, 2004, Mr. Watkins was
appointed to the office of Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining us, he was President and General Manager of the Disk Division at Conner
Peripherals, Inc., an information storage solutions company, from January 1990 until December 1992. In January 1993, Mr. Watkins was
promoted to Senior Vice President of Heads & Media Manufacturing Operations at Conner Peripherals, Inc. Mr. Watkins is a member of the
boards of directors of Iolon, Inc. and MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. He also serves on the Executive Advisory Council for IDEMA
(International Disc Drives and Equipment Manufacturer Association) and the Executive Advisory Board of Juran Center for Leadership in
Quality.
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 20-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. Wickersham joined us in May 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 and in April 2004, assumed the
responsibility of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining us, 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. Dexheimer joined us as a result of our acquisition of Imprimis in 1989. His career includes more than 20 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.
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