HGST Company

Description

HGST, Inc. was a manufacturer of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services. Formerly a subsidiary of Hitachi, formed through its acquisition of IBM's disk drive business, it was acquired by Western Digital in 2012. Headquarters: San Jose, CA Founded: 2003 Number of employees: 45,000 Key people: Mike Cordano (President) Parent organization: Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Subsidiaries: Skyera, Inc., Fabrik Inc., Popular productsHGST Deskstar NAS HDD (519)HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HDD (705)HGST Ultrastar He10 HUH721010AL5200 Internal hard drive SAS 12Gb/s 256 MB 3.5" 1.00 5 years warranty 7200 rpm 9600000000.00 (145)HGST Ultrastar He8 HDD (47)HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 HUS726060ALE610 Internal hard drive SATA 6Gb/s 128 MB 3.5" x 1/3H 1.00 5 years warranty 7200 rpm 4800000000.00 (21)HGST Travelstar 5K320 HTS543216L9A300 Internal hard drive SATA 3Gb/s 8 MB 2.5" x 1/8H 1.00 5400 rpm 2400000000.00 (64) (function(){google.sc=google.sc||{};google.sc.init=function(b,e,n,f,p,q){if((b=document.getElementById(b))&&(0!=b.offsetWidth||0!=b.offsetHeight)){var h=b.querySelector("div"),k=h.querySelector("div"),c=0,g=h.scrollWidth-h.offsetWidth;if(0

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HGST Employees

Employee
Years
Job
Industry
ron feece ron feece Sacramento, California Area Details
ron feece's HGST Experience 1997 - 2014
Job Patent Attorney at ZilkaKotab PC
Industry Law Practice
Experience
Zilka-Kotab PC  January 2004 - Present
HGST   1997 - 2014
IBM  1999 - 2004
Hickman Stevens   1999 - 2001
Fulwider Patton LLP  1997 - 1999

Skills
Patents, Patent Prosecution, Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, IP, Trademarks, Legal Writing, Litigation, Technology Transfer, Licensing, Patent Applications, Nanotechnology, Prosecution

Education
Whittier Law School   1994 — 1997
Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

California State University-Sacramento   1984 — 1989
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

Rith Bin Rith Bin Anaheim, California Details
Rith Bin's HGST Experience December 2000 - Present
Job Facility at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Hgst   December 2000 - Present
sTec, Inc.   2000 - 2013

Skills
Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Go-to-market Strategy, Hardware

Education
Santa Ana College   1990 — 1993

Santa Ana High School   1986 — 1990

Galit Atiya Yaakobovitz Galit Atiya Yaakobovitz San Francisco Bay Area Details
Galit Atiya Yaakobovitz's HGST Experience January 2014 - May 2014
Job Controller, CPA, MBA
Industry Biotechnology
Experience
Compugen USA Inc   March 2014 - Present
HGST   January 2014 - May 2014
SanDisk  August 2009 - January 2013
SanDisk  March 2006 - August 2009
Sonol Energy Ltd.   December 2004 - March 2006
Seker Consulting Ltd.   April 2000 - December 2004
BDO Accounting Firm   May 1995 - April 2000

Skills
ERP, SAP, Analysis, Cross-functional Team..., Forecasting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Program Management, Financial Modeling, Revenue Recognition, Process Improvement, Hyperion Enterprise, Result Oriented, Vendor Management, Integration, CRM, Business Process..., Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, Finance

Education
Tel Aviv University
MBA, Business Administration - Information Systems

Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel
CPA Qualification

Tel Aviv University
B.A., Accounting and Statistics and Operations Research

Ness Technologies
SAP Israeli Localization

John Bryce
SAP FICO Module

Scott Joffe Scott Joffe Columbia, Missouri Area Details
Scott Joffe's HGST Experience 2007 - 2009
Job CPA | Controller | Financial Operations | ROI Analysis | MBA
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies  January 2003 - March 2013
HGST   2007 - 2009
HGST   2006 - 2007
HGST   2004 - 2006
HGST   2003 - 2004
IBM (merged with Hitachi to create HGST)   November 2001 - December 2002
IBM Credit Corporation  1997 - 1999

Skills
Cross-functional Team..., Process Improvement, Product Management, Program Management, Channel, Business Planning, Management, Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Product Marketing, Financial Analysis, Pricing, Budgets, Strategic Planning, Negotiation, Product Development, Product Launch, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Analysis, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Business Analysis, Cost Accounting, Manufacturing, Internal Controls, Supply Chain, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Accounting, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Project Planning, Strategy, Business Process..., Start-ups, Finance

Education
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business   1993 — 1995
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, General

University of Missouri-Columbia   1985 — 1989
Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting

Cary Bates Cary Bates Rochester, Minnesota Details
Cary Bates's HGST Experience May 2015 - Present
Job Principal Dev Engineer at HGST
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
HGST   May 2015 - Present
UNICOM Systems, Inc.   January 2015 - May 2015
IBM  August 1988 - January 2015
Mayo Clinic  December 1984 - August 1988
Radio Shack  1983 - 1984

Skills
C, C++, Java, Agile Methodologies, Software Engineering, Algorithms, Data Structures, Performance Tuning, Performance Analysis, Debuggers, DWARF, Dbx, Web Development, HTML, JavaScript, CGI, Compiler Construction, Yacc, Innovation Development, Test Automation, Innovator, Innovative Thinking, Linux, i5/OS, iSeries, Solaris Sparc, IBM AIX, x86 Assembly, Distributed Systems, Perl, IBM iSeries, Software Development, Eclipse, Unix

Education
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   1989 — 1992
Master of Science (MS), Information Technology, 3.92

Bemidji State University   1981 — 1984
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Math

Lorraine Myers Lorraine Myers San Francisco Bay Area Details
Lorraine Myers's HGST Experience March 2012 - Present
Job Immediate Past Club President at Adlibmasters
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
HGST   March 2012 - Present
Adlibmasters   July 2012 - June 2013
Hitachi GST  January 2004 - March 2012
Toastmasters  2008 - 2010
IBM  July 1985 - December 2003

Education
San Jose State University
Journalism

San Jose State University
Business Administration and Management, General

Harkamal Singh Harkamal Singh San Jose, California Details
Harkamal Singh's HGST Experience March 2012 - Present
Job Hardware Engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   March 2012 - Present
Hitachi Global System Technolgy   February 2003 - February 2012
IBM Global System Storage   September 1998 - January 2003

Skills
ARM AXI/AHB Design and..., RTL Design in Verilog..., Serial SPI Flash..., Perl script and TCL..., UVM Functional..., ASIC, NVMe

Education
San Jose State University   1994 — 1997
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Major GPA 3.8

Dennis Poon Dennis Poon San Francisco Bay Area Details
Dennis Poon's HGST Experience February 2013 - Present
Job Principal Engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   February 2013 - Present
Western Digital  August 1995 - September 2012
Ohio State University/Oxford University/Imperial College   January 1989 - August 1995

Skills
Thin film deposition, Materials..., Mechanical design and..., Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Data..., Optical system design, Computer languages..., Software Development, Vacuum equipment design..., Thin film metrology, Surface topology..., Thin Films, Tribology, Characterization

Education
Imperial College London   1985 — 1989
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), tribology

King's College London, U. of London   1979 — 1982
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

James Munninghoff James Munninghoff San Francisco Bay Area Details
James Munninghoff's HGST Experience 2012 - 2013
Job Principal Business Management and Technology Consultant
Industry Consumer Electronics
Experience
Consumer Electronics, Medical Devices and Green Energy Products   2009 - Present
Sonitus Medical Inc.  2013 - 2014
HGST   2012 - 2013
Thoratec  2009 - 2012
High Tide Associates   2009 - 2011
Toshiba  2005 - 2009
Panasonic  2004 - 2005
Maxtor  2001 - 2004
Quantum  2000 - 2001

Skills
Cross-functional Team..., Product Development, Enterprise Software, Business Strategy, CRM, Program Management, Engineering, Financial Modeling, Six Sigma, Product Management, Team Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Business Development, Integration, Entrepreneurial Finance, Product Design, Start-ups, Valuation, MBA, Sales Enablement, Consulting, Start-up Consulting, Team Management, Sales Enablement Tools, Problem Solving, Mechanical Analysis, Mechanical Testing, Lean Manufacturing, CRM Integration

Education
University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management   2010 — 2012
MBA, Finance, Entrepreneurship

Peking University, Guanghua School of Management   2012 — 2012
Executive Education

Santa Clara University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Rich Kroeker Rich Kroeker San Jose, California Details
Rich Kroeker's HGST Experience 2012 - Present
Job STSM at Hitachi GST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   2012 - Present

Education
University of California, Santa Barbara   1975 — 1980

Glenn Blackler, PMP Glenn Blackler, PMP Santa Cruz, California Details
Glenn Blackler, PMP's HGST Experience February 2012 - December 2012
Job Enterprise Systems Team Lead at UC Santa Cruz
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
UC Santa Cruz  October 2013 - Present
Vircon  March 2011 - October 2013
HGST   February 2012 - December 2012
WorkWyze   March 2010 - March 2011
CPP, Inc.   January 2000 - March 2010
Computer Curriculum Corporation  January 1993 - January 2000

Skills
ASP.NET, Oracle, python, MS Project, SQL Server, Lawson, Google App Engine, Scrum, Web Project Management, ERP/CRM, Waterfall, Budget Management, Team Leadership, PL/SQL, Strategic Planning, Dojo, HTML + CSS, C#, Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, Change Management, Documentation, Database Administration, Data Analysis, jQuery, Mentoring, Vendor Relations, Agile Project Management, Outlook, PowerPoint, SQL, User Interface, Web Development, Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Project Plans, C, E-commerce, educational software, Windows, Technical Presentations, Group Presentations, IT Governance, Personnel Assessment, Database Design, Business Analysis, Report Writing, Financial Reporting

Education
University of California, Berkeley   1990 — 1993
BA

Anshuman Ratnani Anshuman Ratnani San Francisco Bay Area Details
Anshuman Ratnani's HGST Experience November 2014 - July 2015
Job Principal Product Manager at HGST
Industry Computer Software
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  July 2015 - Present
HGST   November 2014 - July 2015
Nutanix  December 2013 - November 2014
Panasas  August 2012 - December 2013
Panasas  May 2011 - December 2013
NetApp  April 2010 - May 2011
NetApp  March 2008 - April 2011
Patni Computer Systems  July 2004 - March 2008
Patni Computer Systems  1999 - July 2004

Skills
Project Management, Customer Service, Product Development, SDLC, iSCSI, Quality Assurance, Program Management, Storage, Cloud Computing, Storage Area Networks, Integration, Product Management, TCP/IP, Enterprise Software, NAS, Virtualization, Software Development, Perl, High Availability, SAN, Software Project..., Storage Virtualization, Distributed Systems, Shell Scripting, Cross-functional Team..., Testing, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Storage, Solution Architecture, Cluster, Software Design, Networking, NetApp, Scalability, Operating Systems, High Performance..., RAID, Solution Selling, Go-to-market Strategy, Data Center, Management, Fibre Channel, File Systems, Product Marketing, Unix, Linux, C

Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay   1995 — 1999
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering

Amir Hossein GholamiPour Amir Hossein GholamiPour Irvine, California Details
Amir Hossein GholamiPour's HGST Experience September 2013 - Present
Job Principal Design Engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Software
Experience
HGST   September 2013 - Present
STEC, Inc.   January 2010 - September 2013
University of California, Irvine  July 2008 - October 2011
Texas A&M University  January 2010 - June 2010
IMEC  July 2007 - October 2007

Skills
Verilog, FPGA, ModelSim, Simulations, Digital Signal..., VHDL, SoC, PCB design, Device Drivers, Xilinx, Algorithms, Python, Software Engineering, SystemC, Software Development, Java, Signal Processing

Education
University of California, Irvine   2008 — 2011
PhD, Computer Science

University of California, Irvine   2005 — 2008
M.Sc., Computer Science

James J.R. Long James J.R. Long Colorado Springs, Colorado Details
James J.R. Long's HGST Experience March 2014 - Present
Job Principal HW Design Engineer at HGST
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Experience
HGST   March 2014 - Present
NEWISYS - Sanmina-SCI   February 2013 - March 2014
Colorado Engineering, Inc.   October 2012 - January 2013
FLIR Systems, Inc.   2009 - 2012
Salvador Imaging   2002 - 2009
SMD/DALSA   1996 - 2002
Philips LMS  1989 - 1996
Digital Equipment Corporation  1983 - 1989

Skills
Circuit design and..., FPGA architecture and..., Production test..., System design and..., Mechanical modeling, Documentation..., FPGA, Simulations, System Design, Integration, Testing, Manufacturing, Electricians, Circuit Design, Mechanical Engineering, Firmware, Electrical Engineering, PCB Design

Education
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   1978 — 1982
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.9

Sherif Louis Sherif Louis San Francisco Bay Area Details
Sherif Louis's HGST Experience April 2015 - Present
Job Senior Software Engineer at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
HGST   April 2015 - Present
HGST, a Western Digital company  April 2015 - Present
Amplidata   August 2011 - March 2015
Players School of Music   January 2014 - December 2014
Summit Technology Solutions  November 2007 - August 2011
Summit Technology Solutions  November 2007 - August 2011

Skills
Linux, Python, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Servers, Storage Area Networks, HP, Bash, Ubuntu, Hardware, NAS, Unix, Troubleshooting, Databases, Apache, Virtualization

Education
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport   1999 — 2004
Bachelors of Science, Computer Engineering

Dar El-Tarbeyah   1996 — 1999
IGCSE

Jim Eakin Jim Eakin Orange County, California Area Details
Jim Eakin's HGST Experience October 2013 - October 2014
Job Senior Manager, Firmware, OCZ Storage Solutions
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
City of Rancho Santa Margarita  January 2015 - Present
OCZ Storage Solutions - A Toshiba Group Company  October 2014 - Present
Fiesta Association   May 2013 - Present
HGST   October 2013 - October 2014
sTec, Inc.   May 2011 - September 2013
City of Rancho Santa Margarita  January 2011 - December 2012
Community Associations of Rancho   January 2005 - December 2012
Momentum Data Systems  2005 - 2011
The Bell Tower Foundation   January 2008 - December 2010
Trabuco Highlands Community Association   January 1996 - December 2010

Skills
Firmware, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, ARM, Device Drivers, Debugging, Digital Signal..., SoC, Signal Processing, Semiconductors, System Architecture, Electronics, C, C++, RTOS, Automotive Electronics, Medical Devices, Technical Leadership, Digital Video, Oral & Written..., Flash Management, PCI and PCIe, Hardware Interfaces

Education
Stanford University   1966 — 1970
BSEE, Electrical Engineering

Gary Herbst Gary Herbst San Francisco Bay Area Details
Gary Herbst's HGST Experience January 2003 - Present
Job Technologist at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  March 2012 - Present
HGST   January 2003 - Present
Hitachi GST  2003 - Present
Hitachi Global Storage Tech   January 2003 - March 2012
IBM  1984 - 2003

Skills
Failure Analysis, SSD, Servo, Hard Drives, Semiconductors, Debugging, Design of Experiments, SPC

Education
Santa Clara University   1985 — 1989
MSEE

Georgia Institute of Technology   1979 — 1984
BSEE, Semiconductors

Sharat Batra Sharat Batra Rochester, Minnesota Area Details
Sharat Batra's HGST Experience February 2012 - August 2012
Job Individual contributor at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  February 2012 - Present
HGST   February 2012 - August 2012
Western Digital  April 2009 - October 2011
Seagate Technology  January 2008 - March 2009
Seagate Research  July 1999 - January 2008
Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)   1987 - 2004
Quantum  1994 - 1999
Digital Equipment Corporation  1987 - 1994
University of Minnesota  1986 - 1987
The Ohio State University  1981 - 1986

Skills
Design and..., Technology development..., Project management, Managed small to mid..., Finite element modeling, Recording Physics, Reliability - lifetime..., Design for Six Sigma..., Thin-film materials and..., Failure mode effect..., Global technology..., Physics, Recording, Six Sigma, Management, Designs, Characterization, Finite Element Analysis, Project Management, Reliability, Materials, Measurements, Nanotechnology, Failure Analysis, R&D, Materials Science, JMP, Testing, Simulations, Sensors, Magnetics, Semiconductors, Matlab, MEMS, Magnetic Recording, Engineering Management, Integration, Cross-functional Team..., Design of Experiments, Hard Drives, Analysis, SPC, Firmware, Optics

Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   1999 — 2005
MS, Technology Management (distance learning)

The Ohio State University   1981 — 1986
Ph.D., Physics

Bryan Dang Bryan Dang Orange County, California Area Details
Bryan Dang's HGST Experience November 2009 - September 2014
Job
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Micron Technology  September 2014 - Present
HGST   November 2009 - September 2014
Adaptec  September 2005 - November 2009
Printronix  September 2003 - September 2005
Quantum  June 1999 - September 2003
Teradyne  January 1995 - January 1999
QLogic  January 1994 - January 1995

Skills
SSD, RAID, Hard Drives, Assembly Language, SATA, Firmware, Device Drivers, Storage, ARM, Processors, Disk, SCSI, USB, Fibre Channel, Debugging, C, Embedded Systems, Embedded Software

Education
California State University-Northridge   1995 — 1998
MS, Electrical Engineering

California State University-Long Beach   1990 — 1994
BS, Electrical Engineering, 3.92/4.00

Kara Le Kara Le San Francisco Bay Area Details
Kara Le's HGST Experience March 2015 - Present
Job Software Engineer
Industry Computer Software
Experience
HGST   March 2015 - Present
Amazon.com  June 2013 - September 2013
Disney Interactive Media Group  June 2012 - September 2012

Skills
Software Development, Design Patterns, Algorithms, Amazon Web Services..., Data Structures, Java, C++, Python, Node.js, JavaScript

Education
University of California, San Diego   2009 — 2013
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.746

University of California, San Diego   2009 — 2013
Minor, Chemistry

Sandi Gulbronson Sandi Gulbronson Manteca, California Details
Sandi Gulbronson's HGST Experience January 2002 - September 2013
Job Retired
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   January 2002 - September 2013
Hitachi GST  1978 - 2008
IBM  September 1979 - January 2002

Skills
Storage, SAP, Go-to-market Strategy, Forecasting, Management, Process Improvement, Cross-functional Team..., Product Management, Competitive Analysis, Product Marketing, Administration, Six Sigma, Program Management, Great Personality

Education
Santa Clara University
Bachelor's degree, Business Management & Marketing

Anika Kinkhabwala Anika Kinkhabwala San Francisco Bay Area Details
Anika Kinkhabwala's HGST Experience November 2012 - December 2014
Job Principal Scientist Bioinformatics at EpiBiome
Industry Research
Experience
EpiBiome   January 2015 - Present
HGST   November 2012 - December 2014
Solopower  September 2010 - September 2012
Stanford University  2004 - October 2010

Skills
Nanotechnology, AFM, Thin Films, Characterization, Powder X-ray Diffraction, Experimentation, Photonics, Photolithography, Labview, Sputtering, Design of Experiments, JMP, MEMS, Materials, Device Characterization, Photovoltaics, Physics, R&D, Matlab, Solar Cells, Materials Science, Microscopy, Optics, Fluorescence, PVD, CVD, Solar Energy, Optical Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Semiconductors, Nanofabrication, Nanomaterials, Failure Analysis, Simulations, Vacuum, Scanning Electron...

Education
Stanford University   2004 — 2010
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Physics

Tom Clinton Tom Clinton San Francisco Bay Area Details
Tom Clinton's HGST Experience June 2010 - Present
Job Research Staff Member and Technologist, HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   June 2010 - Present
Georgetown University  July 2005 - Present
NthDegree Technologies   July 2009 - June 2010
Seagate Technology  1999 - 2009
Naval Research Laboratory  1995 - 1999

Skills
Characterization, R&D, Physics, Device Physics, Sensors, Magnetics, Lithography, Photovoltaics, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Electronics, MEMS, AFM, Materials Science, Sputtering, Nanofabrication, Powder X-ray Diffraction, Nanomaterials, Microfabrication, Spectroscopy, Experimentation, Labview, Optics, Photolithography, Thin Films

Education
Georgetown University
BS, Math and Physics

The Catholic University of America
BEE, Electrical Engineering

University of Maryland College Park
PhD, Condensed Matter Physics

Rags Srinivasan Rags Srinivasan San Francisco Bay Area Details
Rags Srinivasan's HGST Experience May 2014 - Present
Job Senior Director Product Management at Elastic Storage Platforms HGST
Industry Computer Software
Experience
HGST   May 2014 - Present
EMC  March 2013 - May 2014
Symantec  October 2012 - March 2013
Symantec  September 2011 - October 2012
Symantec  January 2011 - September 2011
Symantec  January 2010 - April 2011
Symantec  June 2009 - December 2009
Haas School of Business  August 2007 - May 2009
IterativePath.com   May 2007 - 2009
Salesforce.com  May 2008 - August 2008

Skills
Product Management, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Go-to-market Strategy, Analytics, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Strategy, Strategic Marketing, Product Strategy, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Segmentation, Product Lifecycle..., Product Development, Program Management, Leadership, Marketing Research, Statistics, Sales Enablement, Business Strategy, CRM, Salesforce.com, Product Marketing, Storage, Cross-functional Team..., Pricing, Customer Research, B2B Marketing, Market Research, Customer Relations, Customer Communities, Business Strategy..., Product Offerings, GTM, Business Modeling, Telecommunications, Distributed Systems, Partner Management, Competitive Analysis, Demand Generation, B2B, Customer Advisory Boards, python, aws, cloud,..., Team Building, Coaching

Education
University of California, Berkeley   2007 — 2009
MBA, Strategy and Marketing

University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business   2007 — 2009
MBA, Strategy, Marketing, CSR

Colorado State University
MS, Computer Science

Pat Wadkins Pat Wadkins Rochester, Minnesota Area Details
Pat Wadkins's HGST Experience 2002 - Present
Job Principal Engineer at HGST a Western Digital Company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST a Western Digital Compan   January 2003 - Present
HGST   2002 - Present
IBM  1982 - 2002

Skills
SATA, SSD, Failure Analysis, Testing, Fibre Channel, Firmware, SCSI, Hardware Architecture, Hard Drives, Debugging, Storage, Embedded Systems, Engineering Management, ASIC, Engineering, Semiconductors, Design of Experiments

Education
University of Idaho   1977 — 1981
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering

Chris Wiederholt Chris Wiederholt San Jose, California Details
Chris Wiederholt's HGST Experience January 2011 - January 2012
Job HDD Servo Firmware Development Engineer at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  January 2012 - Present
HGST   January 2011 - January 2012
Hitachi GST  January 2003 - January 2011
IBM  January 1998 - January 2003

Skills
Hard Drives, Firmware, Servo, SCSI, SATA, SSD, RAID, Hardware, Failure Analysis, TCL, Debugging, Embedded Systems, PCIe, Embedded Software, ARM, RTOS, ASIC

Education
University of Iowa   1993 — 1997
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Anthony Welter Anthony Welter Rochester, Minnesota Area Details
Anthony Welter's HGST Experience 2007 - Present
Job Storage SoC Architect HGST, A Western Digital Company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   2007 - Present
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies  January 2003 - Present
IBM  January 1997 - January 2003
IBM  March 1995 - January 1997
IBM  March 1992 - March 1995

Skills
Hard Drives, Storage, PCB design, ASIC, Failure Analysis, TCL, Debugging, Verilog, Device Drivers, Testing, Hardware, VHDL, Integration, Process Improvement, Perl, System Architecture, Embedded Systems, Shell Scripting, Unix, Program Management, Logic Design, Semiconductors, Firmware, SoC, FPGA, Embedded Software

Education
Michigan Technological University   1989 — 1991
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Delta College   1987 — 1989
Associate of Science, Pre-Engineering

Sharon Myers Sharon Myers San Francisco Bay Area Details
Sharon Myers's HGST Experience 2004 - 2007
Job Senior Principal Engineer at WD, a Western Digital company
Industry Semiconductors
Experience
WD, a Western Digital company  August 2013 - Present
Alta Devices  October 2009 - August 2013
Unity Semiconductor  October 2007 - 2008
HGST   2004 - 2007
IBM  1997 - 2004
Apple Computer  1993 - 1997
National Semiconductor  1988 - 1992

Skills
Materials Science, Scanning Electron..., Energy Dispersive..., HRXRD, Failure Analysis, Semiconductor Failure..., Photoluminescence, TEM, Auger, SIMS, EDX

Education
North Carolina State University   1984 — 1989
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   1981 — 1982
MS, Metallurgical Engineering

Northwestern University   1977 — 1981
BS, Materials Science and Eng

Chris Squires Chris Squires Greater Denver Area Details
Chris Squires's HGST Experience June 2013 - Present
Job Open eDrive Program Manager at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   June 2013 - Present
HGST   June 2011 - June 2013
HGST, a Western Digital company  June 2010 - June 2011
Analytical Spectral Devices  October 2009 - June 2010
Behind The Set, LLC   February 2008 - August 2009
BOCS   November 2006 - February 2008
Cornice  2004 - 2005
AI Technology   1994 - 2004
Andersen Consulting  1994 - 1994
Conner Peripherals  1991 - 1993

Skills
Firmware, Embedded Systems, PCB design, Storage, Digital Signal..., ASIC, Engineering Management, Verilog, Product Development, FPGA, Hardware Architecture, Linux, System Architecture, Testing, Debugging, VHDL, Hardware, SoC

Education
University of Colorado at Boulder   1989 — 1993
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering

Daniele Mauri Daniele Mauri San Francisco Bay Area Details
Daniele Mauri's HGST Experience January 2003 - December 2007
Job Technical Director at Western Digital
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Western Digital  January 2008 - Present
HGST   January 2003 - December 2007
HITACHI  January 2003 - December 2007
IBM  1985 - 2002

Education
   1975 — 1984

Jeff Dobbek Jeff Dobbek San Francisco Bay Area Details
Jeff Dobbek's HGST Experience January 2015 - Present
Job Senior Technologist at HGST (WDC)
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   January 2015 - Present
Hitachi GST  1990 - 2009
IBM  1996 - 2007

Skills
Failure Analysis, Embedded Systems, Debugging, Engineering Management, Firmware, Storage, Hard Drives, SCSI, Semiconductors, Testing

Education
Santa Clara University   1983 — 1987

Chanat Praserthdam Chanat Praserthdam San Jose, California Details
Chanat Praserthdam's HGST Experience October 2009 - April 2014
Job Principal Data Analysis Engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  April 2014 - Present
HGST   October 2009 - April 2014
Hitachi GST  2004 - October 2009
Maxtor  June 2003 - September 2003

Education
University of Colorado Boulder   1997 — 2004
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical engineering

Run-Han Hitachi - Wang Run-Han Hitachi - Wang San Francisco Bay Area Details
Run-Han Hitachi - Wang's HGST Experience Research staff memberHitachi Global Storage Technologies2003 - Present
Job RSM at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   Research staff memberHitachi Global Storage Technologies2003 - Present
Hitachi GST  2003 - Present
San Jose Research Center, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies   2003 - Present
IBM Almaden Research Center  1983 - 2002
IBM  1979 - 2002

Education
Caltech   1968 — 1974

Leah Lloyd Leah Lloyd San Francisco Bay Area Details
Leah Lloyd's HGST Experience January 2012 - Present
Job Wafer Planner at Hitachi GST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST (A Company owned by Western Digital)   March 2012 - Present
HGST   January 2012 - Present
Hitachi GST  2002 - March 2012
HGA/FAB   January 2000 - January 2002
IBM  May 1980 - 2001
HGA Maintenance, IBM   January 1995 - January 2000
Assembler   January 1980 - January 1990

Skills
Hard Drives, Magnetics, Demand Supply Planning, Storage Systems, Microsoft Excel, SAP, Brio, PowerPoint, QMF, SAS, Microsoft Word, E2open

Education
Walden University   2006 — 2011
Master's degree, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

San Jose State University
Bachelor's degree, Industrial/Organization Psychology

Evergreen Valley College
AA Liberal Arts

bonnie costa bonnie costa San Francisco Bay Area Details
bonnie costa's HGST Experience Engineering TechnicianHitachi Gobal Storage Technology2003 - Present
Job eng. tech at hgst
Industry Media Production
Experience
hgst   Engineering TechnicianHitachi Gobal Storage Technology2003 - Present
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies  2000 - Present

Education
Caltech

Diane Mort Diane Mort San Francisco Bay Area Details
Diane Mort's HGST Experience August 2009 - Present
Job Global Sr Director at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   August 2009 - Present
HGST, a Western Digital company  January 2003 - August 2009
IBM  1996 - 2003
IBM  July 1981 - 1996

Education
Stanford University
Master of Science (MS), Materials Science

Purdue University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Metallurgical Engineering

Kent Griffin Kent Griffin Salinas, California Area Details
Kent Griffin's HGST Experience March 1997 - Present
Job Global Director, Indirect Procurement at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
Hitachi GST  January 2014 - Present
HGST   March 1997 - Present
Hitachi Global Storage   January 2001 - December 2013
Meals on Wheels Salinas   2006 - 2011
IBM Storage Division   1997 - 2001
US Navy  1980 - 1993
US Navy  1980 - 1993

Skills
Navy, Cross-functional Team..., Thin Films, Process Simulation, Start-ups, Engineering, Process Engineering, Minitab, Electronics, Strategic Sourcing, Logistics, Leadership, Design of Experiments, Strategy, Integration, Characterization, R&D, Patents, Operations Management, Nanotechnology, Procurement, Systems Engineering

Education
Leadership SV   2004 — 2004

Santa Clara University   2001 — 2003
MBA, Business

Naval Postgraduate School   1985 — 1988
MSME, Mech Engineering

Vanderbilt University   1975 — 1978
BA, Chemistry

Alamo Heights High School   1971 — 1975

James Risinger James Risinger Greater Denver Area Details
James Risinger's HGST Experience November 2011 - Present
Job Software Engineer
Industry Computer Networking
Experience
HGST   November 2011 - Present
InfoPrint Solutions  April 2009 - June 2009
Zidea Labs, Inc.   February 2009 - April 2009
Tendril Networks  October 2004 - November 2008
Openwave  January 2001 - September 2005
Tsunami Consulting Group   1995 - 2000

Skills
TCP/IP, Wireless, Software Engineering, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Firmware, Networking, Device Drivers, Perl, Debugging, RTOS, ARM, Embedded Linux, Distributed Systems, Software Development

Education
The University of Texas at Arlington   1986 — 1991
B.S., Mathematics, Computer Science

Steve Meiser Steve Meiser Portland, Oregon Area Details
Steve Meiser's HGST Experience 2015 - 2015
Job Sr. Sales Manager US at Seagate Technology
Industry Consumer Electronics
Experience
Seagate Technology  April 2015 - Present
LaCie  July 2014 - April 2015
HGST   2015 - 2015
HGST   2015 - 2015
LaCie  November 2011 - September 2014
LaCie  October 2007 - April 2012
InFocus Corporation  2005 - 2007
InFocus  2003 - 2005

Skills
Channel, Account Management, Marketing Strategy, Business Development, Forecasting, Strategic Partnerships, Channel Sales, Product Marketing, Training, Program Management, Pricing, Management, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Strategic Planning, Product Management, Channel Partners, Solution Selling, Sales Operations, Direct Sales, Sales Management, Strategy, Cross-functional Team..., New Business Development

Education
George Fox University   2004 — 2006
MBA, Business, Graduate Degree

Western Oregon University   1996 — 2000
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

Duel Hyde Duel Hyde San Francisco Bay Area Details
Duel Hyde's HGST Experience June 2012 - Present
Job Principle Engineer at HGST
Industry Semiconductors
Experience
HGST   June 2012 - Present
Miasole  June 2008 - June 2012
Hitachi GST  January 2003 - October 2007
IBM  July 1976 - December 2003

Skills
Design of Experiments, C#, Semiconductors, Software Development, Java, Integration, Failure Analysis, Engineering Management, C++, Perl, Firmware, Software Engineering, Manufacturing, Automation, Debugging

Education
San Jose State University   1971 — 1981
BSEE, Electrical Engineering

DORY GUEVARA DORY GUEVARA San Francisco Bay Area Details
DORY GUEVARA's HGST Experience January 2005 - Present
Job FA Analyst at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   January 2005 - Present
IBM  June 1996 - December 2003
Manila Western Police District   1975 - 1977

Skills
Data Analysis, Engineering, Microsoft Office, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Windows, Troubleshooting, Management, Process Improvement, Testing, Manufacturing, Failure Analysis, Leadership, Semiconductors, SPC, Team Leadership, R

Education
Far Eastern University   1968 — 1972
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Far Eastern University   1968 — 1971
BS, Psychology

College of the Republic   1964 — 1969
high School

San Jose Colleges   1964 — 1968
High School

Kathy Gutberlet Kathy Gutberlet Salinas, California Area Details
Kathy Gutberlet's HGST Experience 1981 - 2014
Job Senior Engineer at HitachiGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HitachiGST   Senior EngineerHitachi GST1988 - Present
HGST   1981 - 2014

Skills
JMP, Semiconductors, Design of Experiments, Characterization, SPC, Semiconductor Industry, Thin Films

Education
Tufts University   1970 — 1975
BS, Chemical Engineering

Mark Neutz Mark Neutz Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Details
Mark Neutz's HGST Experience November 2013 - Present
Job SOC Prototype engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Networking
Experience
HGST   November 2013 - Present
Qlogic  February 2000 - June 2013
Lockheed Martin  November 1977 - February 2000

Skills
Debugging, TCP/IP, Ethernet, ASIC, Firmware, Storage, Linux, Fibre Channel, Linux Kernel, Virtualization, Perl, Storage Area Networks, Verilog, RTOS, TCL, C, Palladium by Cadence, Embedded Systems, Device Drivers, C++, Python, VHDL, Verification, system Verilog, Solaris, OVM, RTL design, SystemVerilog, Functional Verification, Open Verification..., NCSim, FPGA, VMM, VLSI, Static Timing Analysis, ModelSim, CVS, Hardware Architecture, Cadence, EDA, Integrated Circuit..., UVM, PCIe, Specman, AMBA AHB

Education
DCTC St Paul Campus   1993 — 1994
C++ Programming

Inver Hills Community College   1991 — 1992
C programming Language

Brown Institute   1977 — 1978
Certificate, Electrical, Electronics and Computer Technology

Electronics Technology at US Navy

Baotran Nguyen Baotran Nguyen San Jose, California Details
Baotran Nguyen's HGST Experience January 2006 - December 2011
Job Senior Engineering Manager at HGST, a WD company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  January 2012 - Present
HGST   January 2006 - December 2011
IBM/HGST   January 1998 - December 2005
IBM  May 1997 - December 1997

Skills
Engineering Management, Semiconductors, Engineering, Electronics, Metrology, R&D, IC, Design of Experiments, Cross-functional Team..., Integration

Education
San Jose State University   1994 — 1998
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

San Jose State University   1993 — 1998
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering, 3.8

Chuck Gaudet Chuck Gaudet Greater Boston Area Details
Chuck Gaudet's HGST Experience March 2013 - Present
Job Global OEM Sales Manager at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   March 2013 - Present
STEC  March 2012 - January 2013
Anobit Technologies   July 2011 - March 2012
Virtensys  April 2007 - 2011
Adaptec  February 1994 - April 2007
Iomega  October 1991 - January 1994
Western Digital  November 1987 - October 1991
Avnet  1984 - 1986
Avnet  1984 - 1986
Avnet  1984 - 1986

Skills
Strategy, Channel Partners, Storage Area Networks, Sales Management, Enterprise Software, Go-to-market Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Storage, Channel, Demand Generation, Hardware, Fibre Channel, Sales Operations, Sales Process, ASIC, Key Account Management, Sales, Product Management, Business Development, Channel Sales, Salesforce.com, Cloud Computing, International Sales, Business Alliances, SaaS, Virtualization, Storage Virtualization, Professional Services, Oracle Enterprise..., Storage Solutions, Semiconductors, Product Marketing, Product Launch, Solution Selling, Enterprise Storage, Product Development, Partner Management, Account Management, Management, Competitive Analysis, Start-ups, NAS, Multi-channel Marketing, Program Management, Cross-functional Team..., Resellers, Data Center, New Business Development, Direct Sales, iSCSI

Education
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School   1976 — 1981
BS, Economics

Austin Prep

Yaw-Shing Tang Yaw-Shing Tang San Francisco Bay Area Details
Yaw-Shing Tang's HGST Experience July 2009 - 2013
Job Director at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  2013 - Present
HGST   July 2009 - 2013
Samsung Information Systems America  December 2005 - June 2009

Skills
Magnetic Recording, Signal Processing, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, RF Engineering, Hard Drives, Analog Circuits, Mathematics, Physics, Matlab, C++, TCL, HTML, Psychology, Neurophysiology, Online instruction

Education
University of California, Berkeley   1977 — 1983
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley Extension
Internet-Based Instruction

(Wm) Gary Creech (Wm) Gary Creech Greater Denver Area Details
(Wm) Gary Creech's HGST Experience January 2010 - Present
Job Technologist Servo Engineer at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   January 2010 - Present
Inphase Technologies  August 2005 - January 2010
Maxtor  1991 - 2005
IBM  1981 - 1991

Education
University of North Texas   1974 — 1981
BS; MS, Computer Science

Jeff Wilke Jeff Wilke Colorado Springs, Colorado Area Details
Jeff Wilke's HGST Experience February 2013 - Present
Job Mechanical Engineering Architect at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   February 2013 - Present
Jabil  April 2011 - February 2013
Newisys Data Storage   February 2004 - April 2011
Mikron Manufacturing   August 2003 - February 2004
RBM Precision   January 2001 - March 2003

Skills
Electronics, PCB design, Plastics, Design for Manufacturing, Electro-mechanical, CNC, Finite Element Analysis, CAD, Pro/Engineer, Product Development, Pro Engineer, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Testing, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering

Education
Michigan Technological University   1996 — 2000
BSME, Mechanical Engineering

Pantelis Alexopoulos Pantelis Alexopoulos San Francisco Bay Area Details
Pantelis Alexopoulos's HGST Experience 2007 - 2009
Job Executive Director DSI at AStar
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
A-Star  February 2010 - Present
HGST   2007 - 2009
SAE Magnetics  2005 - 2007
Seagate Technology  2005 - 2006
Maxtor Corporation  1996 - 2004
IBM  1981 - 1995
IBM Research Division  1981 - 1995

Skills
Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Team..., Storage, Semiconductors, Product Development, R&D, Product Management, Failure Analysis, Data Analysis

Education
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials sciences and Engineering

BJ(ByeungJun) Lee BJ(ByeungJun) Lee San Jose, California Details
BJ(ByeungJun) Lee's HGST Experience August 2011 - Present
Job at HGST / WD
Industry Computer Software
Experience
HGST   August 2011 - Present
Samsung  2007 - 2011

Skills
Firmware, SSD, RTOS, Debugging, SCSI, Embedded Systems, ARM, SoC, Embedded Software, Device Drivers, Semiconductors, SATA, Storage, ASIC, FPGA, C

Education
Korea University   1985 — 1993
Master, Computer Science

Tony Lanzi Tony Lanzi Orange County, California Area Details
Tony Lanzi's HGST Experience April 2005 - Present
Job Sr. Technical Support Specialist at GTechnology and HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
G-Technology  April 2009 - Present
HGST   April 2005 - Present
HGST   April 2005 - Present
Simpletech Memory   January 2005 - January 2008
Viking Components Memory   February 2001 - December 2005

Skills
Hardware, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, Computer Hardware, XP, Operating Systems, Servers, Active Directory, Windows 7, Windows Server, Laptops, Testing, VMware, TCP/IP, Virtualization, CompTIA A+, Windows XP, Microsoft Certified...

Education
Comuter Data institute
Associate of Arts (AA)

Saddleback College

Amando Lopez Amando Lopez San Juan Bautista, California Details
Amando Lopez's HGST Experience September 2014 - Present
Job Retired from HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   September 2014 - Present
TechSol4U / HGST   March 2014 - August 2014
Kelly Services/Western Digital   January 2013 - December 2013
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST)   January 2003 - June 2012
IBM  January 1996 - December 2002

Skills
SAP Netweaver, ABAP, SAP R/3, SAP Implementation, SAP Sales & Distribution, SAP ECC6, Software Project..., Certified SAP Consultant, SAP Materials Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, ABC Flowcharter, Visio, Oracle E-Business Suite, Materials Management, SD, SAP ERP, ECC, SAP CRM, SAP, PowerPoint, Business Analysis, Integration, Consulting, ERP

Education
Santa Clara University   1975 — 1979
Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, A

Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute   1970 — 1974
Bachelor of Science (BS) Cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering, A

Cherngye Hwang Cherngye Hwang San Francisco Bay Area Details
Cherngye Hwang's HGST Experience January 2013 - Present
Job stsm at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   January 2013 - Present
HGST   January 2013 - Present
HGST, a Western Digital company  2010 - Present
HGST   August 1985 - Present
IBM  August 1985 - March 2003

Skills
Storage, Semiconductors, Logic Design, Hardware Architecture, Hardware, High Performance..., Computer Architecture, Cloud Computing, Circuit Design, AIX, High Availability, Cross-functional Team..., C, SSD, Linux, Magnetic Recording, Disk Drive

Education
Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering   1979 — 1984
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Materials Engineering

Rin Suzuki Rin Suzuki Rochester, Minnesota Area Details
Rin Suzuki's HGST Experience April 2007 - Present
Job HGST Engineer
Industry Information Technology and Services
Experience
HGST   April 2007 - Present

Education
大阪大学 / Osaka University   2002 — 2007
機械工学, 学部卒

Deborah Yaney Deborah Yaney San Jose, California Details
Deborah Yaney's HGST Experience June 1997 - Present
Job Senior Technical Staff Member at HGST
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST   June 1997 - Present

Skills
Failure Analysis, Semiconductors, SCSI, Firmware, Cloud Computing, Storage, Testing, Characterization, R&D, Materials Science, Materials, Program Management, Optics

Education
Stanford University

Brian Kriegbaum Brian Kriegbaum San Francisco Bay Area Details
Brian Kriegbaum's HGST Experience January 2003 - February 2012
Job Senior Component Integration Engineer at HGST, a Western Digital company
Industry Computer Hardware
Experience
HGST, a Western Digital company  May 2014 - July 2015
HGST, a Western Digital company  March 2012 - April 2013
HGST   January 2003 - February 2012
IBM Storage Systems Division  June 1997 - December 2002

Skills
Failure Analysis, Storage, Embedded Systems, Debugging, Testing, Firmware, PCB Design, SoC, Integration, Analog, Hardware, Cross-functional Team..., Circuit Design, Manufacturing, Troubleshooting, SATA, TCL, SCSI, Enterprise Software, Integrated Circuit..., Root Cause Analysis, Technical Support, Hard Drives

Education
Michigan Technological University   1996 — 1997
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Engineering/Industrial Management, Summa Cum Laude

Michigan Technological University   1993 — 1996
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Summa Cum Laude