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Table of Contents
Some of our current and former sites have a history of commercial and industrial operations, including the use of hazardous substances.
Groundwater and soil contamination resulting from historical operations has been identified at several of our current and former facilities and
we are addressing the cleanup of these sites in cooperation with the relevant government agencies.
While our ultimate costs in connection with these sites is difficult to predict with complete accuracy, based on our current estimates of
cleanup costs and our expected allocation of these costs, we do not expect costs in connection with these superfund sites and contaminated
sites
to be material.
Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of the persons who were serving as executive officers as of
September 8, 2006. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers.
Mr. William D. Watkins , our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors, joined us as Executive Vice President of our Recording
Media Group in February 1996, upon 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. In April 2004, Mr. Watkins
relinquished the title of Chief Operating Officer and he was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer effective July 3, 2004. On September 8,
2006, he relinquished the title of President. 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 became
President of Heads & Media Manufacturing Operations at Conner Peripherals, Inc.
Mr. David A. 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. On September 8, 2006, he was promoted to 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. Charles C. 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 21-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 our
predecessor, Seagate Technology, Inc., Vice President and General Manager of Seagate Magnetics and, most recently, Senior Vice President of
Finance of the Storage Products Group.
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Name
Age
Position
William D. Watkins
53
Chief Executive Officer and Director
David A. Wickersham
50
President and Chief Operating Officer
Charles C. Pope
51
Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Brian S. Dexheimer
43
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Service
William L. Hudson
54
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Robert Whitmore
44
Executive Vice President, Product and Process Development
James M. Chirico, Jr.
48
Executive Vice President, Global Disc Storage Operations
Michael J. Wingert
45
Executive Vice President, Maxtor Integration and Chief Technical Officer
Jaroslaw S. Glembocki
50
Senior Vice President, Heads and Media