Western Digital Names Martin Fink Chief Technology Officer
24 January 2017 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Fink Brings Deep Systems and Memory-Driven
Computing Expertise to Help Accelerate the Ongoing Transformation
of Western Digital
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), a world leader in storage
technologies and solutions, today announced the appointment of
Martin Fink to the position of chief technology officer (CTO). Fink
most recently served as CTO and director of HP Labs at Hewlett
Packard Enterprise. In his new role, Fink will report to Steve
Milligan, chief executive officer, and lead Western Digital’s
technology innovation agenda as the company continues to transform
its business and expand its capabilities and technology portfolio.
Fink succeeds CTO Steven Campbell who will depart the company to
pursue other opportunities after a long and distinguished career
with Western Digital.
Fink worked in a wide range of business and technology
leadership roles during his 30-year career at HP/HPE. Prior to
being named CTO and director of HP Labs at HPE in 2012, he was
senior vice president and general manager of Business Critical
Systems (BCS) for HP’s Enterprise, Storage and Servers (ESS)
business unit. He previously led HP’s Open Source and Linux
Organization and the NonStop Enterprise Division. Fink is listed as
co-inventor on two patents related to online e-commerce and is a
graduate of Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada, where he studied
electronics engineering. Fink also holds an MBA from Colorado State
University.
In 2015, HPE and SanDisk launched a partnership to collaborate
on a new technology within the Storage Class Memory (SCM) category.
SCM represents a new category of semiconductor memories that are
expected to develop a new paradigm of computing solutions targeted
at data-rich environments. They offer significant advantages in
memory access speed and latency, non-volatility, and cost compared
to today’s near memory components. Fink, who was the technology
executive who led this effort at HPE, has been a champion of SCM
for several years.
“Martin is a respected technologist who will play an important,
strategic role in the ongoing growth and transformation of Western
Digital,” said Steve Milligan, chief executive officer, Western
Digital. “He has been a leading voice on the value and promise of
memory-driven computing and will lead our continued innovation
focus areas, including the commercialization of Storage Class
Memory solutions.”
Steven Campbell was appointed EVP and CTO of Western Digital in
November 2015. Campbell previously served as CTO of HGST and
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, following a six-year tenure in
Singapore as CEO of Magnecomp. He has been a key part of the
leadership team executing a multi-year transformation strategy
designed to expand Western Digital’s position in a rapidly evolving
storage industry. Campbell played an important role in the
acquisition of SanDisk and in building the company’s technology
capability and storage solutions portfolio.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company’s Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements related to the new CTO’s role and the
company’s transformation and expansion of its portfolio and
capabilities. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that
may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate
including, among others: volatility in global economic conditions;
business conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), including the company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on
Nov. 8, 2016, to which your attention is directed. The company
undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release
in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this
release.
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or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other
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