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Thomas E. Pardun, 68, has been a director since 1993 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since
April 2007. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2000 until November 2001.
Mr. Pardun was President of MediaOne International Asia Pacific (previously U.S. West International, Asia-
Pacific, a subsidiary of U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of international properties in cable television,
telephone services, and wireless communications companies, from May 1996 until his retirement in July
2000. Before joining U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was President of the Central Group for Sprint, as well as
President of Sprint's West Division and Senior Vice President of Business Development for
United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun also held a variety of management positions
during a 19-year tenure with IBM, a provider of information technology products and services, concluding
as Director of product-line evaluation. He is currently a director of CalAmp Corporation, Calix, Inc., Finisar
Corporation and MaxLinear, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Occam
Networks, Inc.
Mr. Pardun's numerous years of experience in executive level positions in the technology industry
provide our Board of Directors with valuable insight and knowledge. He has experience operating and
growing businesses in Asia from his time as President of MediaOne International Asia Pacific, which is an
important geographic region for our company. He has extensive expertise in matters relating to joint
ventures, mergers and acquisitions from his time at MediaOne and Sprint, which is important to our Board
of Directors. Mr. Pardun's tenure on our Board of Directors, including as both Chairman and lead director,
and his service on numerous other public company boards of directors also provide valuable perspective to
our Board of Directors, especially in leadership and governance matters. We believe these experiences,
qualifications, attributes and skills qualify him to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
Arif Shakeel, 57, has been a director since September 2004. He joined us in 1985 and has served in
various executive capacities. From February 2000 until April 2001, he served as Executive Vice President
and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive Solutions, from April 2001 until January 2003, he served as
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and from January 2002 until June 2006, he served as
President. He served as Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 until January 2007. He served as
Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from January 2007 until June 2007.
Mr. Shakeel's more than 25 years of experience in our industry, including service to Western Digital in
numerous executive positions and as a Board member, provide valuable knowledge to the Board of
Directors in areas of technology, operations, marketing and procurement. As our former Chief Executive
Officer, he has a deep understanding of the complexities of our global business. We believe these
experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills qualify him to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
Masahiro Yamamura, 61, has been a director since May 2012. Mr. Yamamura is General Manager of
the semiconductor business division of Hitachi, a position he has held since 2011. In 2010, he served
Hitachi as Corporate Officer, while also overseeing HGST as Chairman across 2010 and 2011. Prior to that,
in 2009, Mr. Yamamura was President of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd., a subsidiary of
HGST, after having joined the company in 2008 on assignment as Senior Vice President and advisor to the
Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served Renesas Technology Corporation as Executive General
Manager and Managing Officer, and later as Director, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Renesas
Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Mr. Yamamura began his career with Hitachi in the semiconductor
department.
Mr. Yamamura brings to the Board of Directors senior executive leadership experience with Hitachi,
one of our largest stockholders, which provides a valuable perspective to our Board of Directors. He has
significant experience in the hard drive market from his years of service to HGST, providing the Board of
Directors with a unique perspective on this newly acquired business. He also brings significant experience
with conducting business in Asia, including China and Japan, two critical geographic regions for our
company following the acquisition of HGST. We believe these experiences, qualifications, attributes and
skills qualify Mr. Yamamura to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
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