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Table of Contents
Mr. Hudson , our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, joined us in January 2000 as a Senior Vice
President and was promoted to Executive Vice President in November 2002. 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. Weyandt joined us in 1989 with our acquisition of Imprimis Technology. Since October 2003, Mr. Weyandt has served as our
Executive Vice President, Product and Process Development for enterprise, desktop and mobile computing 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, 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 served as chairman of IDEMA (International
Disc Drives and Equipment Manufacturer Association) Asia Pacific Management Committee until April 2004.
Mr. Glembocki was promoted to Senior Vice President of our Recording Heads and 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.
Dr. Kryder , our Chief Technical Officer as of June 27, 2003, joined us in 1998 as Senior Vice President, Research and Technology, and
built Seagate Research into the leading industrial research laboratory in the field of data storage technology. Prior to coming to Seagate, he was
the Stephen J. Jatras university professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the Data Storage Systems Center at
Carnegie Mellon University, which he joined in 1978. Dr. Kryder holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford
University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the California Institute of Technology. He has authored over 300
publications and holds 21 patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has twice been selected as Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE
Magnetics Society and has been awarded the IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award, the IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage
Award and the IEEE Millennium Medal.
Senator Bradley became a member of our board of directors in July 2003. Senator Bradley is a Managing Director of Allen & Company
LLC. Senator Bradley served as chief outside advisor to McKinsey & Company’s non-profit practice from 2001 to 2004. From 1997 to 1999,
he was a Senior Advisor and Vice Chairman to the International Council of J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. During that time, he also served as an
essayist for CBS evening news and a visiting professor at Stanford University, Notre Dame University and the University of Maryland. Senator
Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997, representing the State of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President of the United States. He is also a member of the boards of directors of Starbucks Corporation and Willis Group
Holdings, Limited.
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