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Michael D. Lambert, 66, has been a director since August 2002. From 1996 until he retired in
May 2002, he served as Senior Vice President for the Enterprise Systems Group of Dell Inc. ("Dell"), a
computer system company. During that period, he also participated as a member of a six-man operating
committee at Dell, which reported to the Office of the Chairman. Mr. Lambert served as Vice President,
Sales and Marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation, a global information technology company, from
1993 to 1996. Prior to that, for four years, he ran the Large Computer Products division at NCR/AT&T
Corporation as Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his career with NCR Corporation,
where he served for 16 years in product management, sales and software engineering capacities. Within the
last five years, Mr. Lambert served as a director of Vignette Corp.
Mr. Lambert has extensive experience serving in numerous executive positions with several technology
companies, which provides the Board with valuable executive-level insights. He has particular expertise in
areas of sales, marketing and operations, especially in the enterprise systems business, which is an important
segment for the company. He also has direct experience managing merger and acquisition transactions
gained through his positions at Dell and NCR/AT&T Corporation. We believe these experiences,
qualifications, attributes and skills qualify him to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
Len J. Lauer, 56, has been a director since August 2010. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Memjet, a color printing technology company. Prior to joining Memjet in January 2010,
Mr. Lauer was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Qualcomm, Inc., a developer and
manufacturer of digital telecommunications products and services, from August 2008 through December
2009, and he was Executive Vice President and Group President from December 2006 through July 2008.
Prior to joining Qualcomm, Inc., Mr. Lauer was Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel Corp., a global
communications company, from August 2005 to December 2006, and he was President and Chief Operating
Officer of Sprint Corp. from September 2003 until the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. Prior to that,
he was President-Sprint PCS from October 2002 until October 2004, and was President-Long Distance
(formerly the Global Markets Group) from September 2000 until October 2002. Mr. Lauer also served in
several executive positions at Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1992 to 1998 and spent the first 13 years of his
business career at IBM in various sales and marketing positions. Within the last five years, Mr. Lauer served
as a director of H&R Block, Inc.
Mr. Lauer brings to the Board of Directors significant senior executive leadership experience from
large, multi-national public technology companies, which provides a valuable perspective to our Board of
Directors. Mr. Lauer's experience provides our Board of Directors with insight into the role of technology
solutions for the consumer products market, which is an important part of our business. He has also served
on other public company boards and board committees, providing our Board of Directors with important
board-level experience. We believe these experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills qualify him to
serve as a member of our Board of Directors.
Matthew E. Massengill, 52, has been a director since January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and served in
various executive capacities with us until January 2007. From October 1999 until January 2000, he served
as Chief Operating Officer, from January 2000 until January 2002, he served as President, and from January
2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Massengill served as Chairman of the
Board of Directors from November 2001 until March 2007. He is currently a director of Microsemi
Corporation and GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of
Conexant Systems, Inc.
Mr. Massengill's 28 years of service to Western Digital, including 14 years as either an executive or
Board member, provide our Board of Directors with extensive and significant experience directly relevant to
our business. As our former Chief Executive Officer, he has a deep understanding of our operations,
provides valuable knowledge to our Board of Directors on the issues we face to achieve our strategic
objectives and has extensive international experience. His service on numerous other public company
boards of directors also provides our Board of Directors with important board-level perspective. We believe
these experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills qualify him to serve as a member of our Board of
Directors.
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