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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 has been our Senior Vice President of our Recording Heads and Media Operations since 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 Conner
Peripherals, 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 a leading industrial research laboratory in the field of data storage technology. Prior to joining us, 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, Willis Group Holdings,
Limited and a number of private companies.
Mr. Coulter became a member of our board of directors in November 2000. Mr. Coulter is a principal of the Texas Pacific Group, a
private investment firm he co-founded in 1993. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Coulter was a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. From 1986 to 1988,
Mr. Coulter was also associated with SPO Partners, an investment firm that focuses on public market and private minority investments. Mr.
Coulter is a member of the board of directors of J. Crew Group, Lenovo Group Limited, Zhone Technologies, Inc. and a number of private
companies including New SAC.
Mr. Davidson became a member of our board of directors in November 2000. Mr. Davidson is a managing member of Silver Lake
Partners, a private equity investment firm he co-founded in 1999. From June 1990 to November 1998, Mr. Davidson was an investment banker
with Hambrecht & Quist LLC, most recently serving as a Managing Director and Head of Technology Investment Banking. He is also a
member of the board of directors of Flextronics International Ltd and a number of private companies including New SAC.
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