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President of Heads & Media Manufacturing Operations at Conner Peripherals, Inc. Mr. Watkins serves as president of New SAC and is a
member of the boards of directors of Iolon, Inc. and New SAC. 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. Pope serves as executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer of New SAC.
Mr. Wickersham , our Chief Operating officer since April 2004, 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. 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, our Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Service, joined us as a result of our
acquisition of Imprimis in 1989. His career includes more than 20 year 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 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. Hudson serves as executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of New SAC.
Mr. Whitmore has been our Senior Vice President of Product and Process Development since October 2004. In this position, he is
responsible for managing worldwide product and process development for design centers located in Minnesota, Colorado and Singapore. His
experience includes nearly 20 years in the disc drive industry. Prior to his current position, he was Senior Vice President of Product
Development Engineering from 2002 to 2004 for Enterprise, Personal and Consumer Storage. In this position he managed all disc drive
products engineering organizations. During 1999 to 2002, as Vice President of Enterprise Storage Design Engineering, Mr.Whitmore’s
organization was responsible for the launch of multiple key products for us. After returning from his expatriate assignment in Singapore in
1997, where he was responsible for all Enterprise Storage products, he served as Vice President responsible for our Twin Cities Manufacturing
Operations.
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
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