Board of Directors
Quantum's Board of Directors is comprised of top technology, financial, consulting and other industry experts.
Paul Auvil
Mr. Paul R. Auvil III has served as Chief Financial Officer of Proofpoint, Inc., a provider of messaging security solutions, since March 2007. Before Proofpoint, Mr. Auvil was an entrepreneur-in-residence for six months with Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm, from October 2006 to March 2007. From August 2002 to July 2006, Mr. Auvil was Chief Financial Officer of VMware, Inc. Prior to joining VMware, Mr. Auvil served four years as Chief Financial Officer at Vitria Technology. Earlier in his career, he spent ten years at VLSI Technology, ultimately becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Internet and Secure Products Division. Mr. Auvil also serves on the board of Marin Software. Mr. Auvil is the Board's lead independent director and is a member of the Company's Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Rick Belluzzo
Mr. Richard E. Belluzzo has served as Executive Chairman of the Board since April 2011. Previously, he was chief executive officer of Quantum from September 2002 to April 2011 and Chairman of the Board from July 2003 to April 2011. Before joining Quantum, from September 1999 to May 2002, Mr. Belluzzo held senior management positions with Microsoft Corp., most recently President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Microsoft, from January 1998 to September 1999, Mr. Belluzzo was Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Before his tenure at Silicon Graphics, from 1975 to January 1998, Mr. Belluzzo was with Hewlett-Packard, most recently as Executive Vice President of the computer organization. Currently Mr. Belluzzo is a member of the board of directors of PMC-Sierra, Inc. and JDS Uniphase Corporation.
Michael Brown
Mr. Michael A. Brown served as Chief Executive Officer of Quantum from September 1995 to September 2002 and as Chairman of Quantum’s Board from May 1998 to July 2003. From 1993 to September 1995, he was President of the Company's desktop group, from 1992 to 1993 he was Chief Operating Officer responsible for the Company's hard disk drive business, and from 1984 to 1992 he held various marketing positions with the Company. Mr. Brown also serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Line 6 and is on the boards of Symantec Corporation, Mozes, Inc., a privately held mobile marketing company, and Echo Nest, a privately held music intelligence platform company. He previously served on the boards of Nektar Therapeutics from September 2002 to December 2009 and of Digital Impact from 1999 to April 2005. Mr. Brown is the Chair of the Company's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Tom Buchsbaum
Mr. Thomas S. Buchsbaum has been an independent consultant since March 2005. From March 1997 to March 2005, Mr. Buchsbaum served as Vice President of the U.S. Federal Business Segment, as well as Vice President and General Manager of the K12 and Higher Education customer segments of Dell, Inc. Before Dell, Mr. Buchsbaum spent ten years at Zenith Data Systems, a computer manufacturing company, until February 1997, where he was General Manager for the federal systems business unit and General Manager of the state and local government and education segments. From 1989 to 2004, Mr. Buchsbaum served on the board of directors and the compensation committee of Group 1 Software, Inc., an application software provider. Mr. Buchsbaum also serves as an advisor to the board of Dick Blick Holdings and is a member of the Advisory Board of Augmentix Corp., a wholly owned unit of Entorian Technologies, Inc. Mr. Buchsbaum is a member of the Company's Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Liz Fetter
Ms. Elizabeth A. Fetter has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NxGen Modular, a provider of modular data centers and components since April 2011. Previously in 2007, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Jacent Technologies, Inc., an order automation company for the restaurant industry. From October 2001 to November 2004, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of QRS Corp., a retail supply chain software and services company. Prior to joining QRS, from March 1999 to April 2001, Ms. Fetter was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of NorthPoint Communications, a broadband services company, and from January 1998 to March 1999 was Vice President and General Manager of the Consumer Services Group at US West (now Qwest), a telecommunications company. Before US West, she was an officer at SBC/Pacific Bell, where she held a number of senior leadership positions. Ms. Fetter also serves on the board of directors of Symmetricom, Inc. and several non-profit organizations. Previously, Ms. Fetter also served on the board of Ikanos Communications, Inc. from June 2008 to August 2009. Ms. Fetter is the Chair of the Company's Leadership and Compensation Committee.
Jon Gacek
Mr. Jon W. Gacek became President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2011, and was President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2011 to March 2011. He joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 2006, upon Quantum’s acquisition of Advanced Digital Information Corp. (ADIC) and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer in June 2009. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at ADIC from 1999 to 2006 and also led Operations during his last three years there. Prior to ADIC, Mr. Gacek was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and led the Technology Practice in the firm’s Seattle office. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, he assisted several private equity investment firms with a number of mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other transactions. Mr. Gacek also serves on the board of directors for Market Leader, Inc. and Power-One, Inc.
David Krall
Mr. David Krall currently serves as a strategic advisor to Roku, Inc., a leading manufacturer of media players for streaming entertainment, and Universal Audio, a manufacturer of audio hardware and software plug-ins. In 2010, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Roku. Prior to that, Mr. Krall spent two years as President and Chief Executive Officer of QSecure, Inc., a developer of secure credit cards based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System technology. From 1995 to 2007, he held a variety of positions at Avid Technology, Inc., a leading provider of digital media creation tools for the media and entertainment industry. This included seven years as President and CEO. Earlier in his career, Mr. Krall worked in engineering and project management at several companies. He also currently serves on the board of directors for QSecure, Audinate Pty Ltd., and Progress Software Corp. Mr. Krall is a member of the Company’s Leadership and Compensation Committee.
Joe Marengi
Mr. Joseph A. Marengi has been employed as a venture partner for Austin Ventures, a venture capital firm, since August 2007. His focus is on the hardware and software industry. Prior to joining Austin Ventures, he worked for Dell, Inc. from June 1997 to March 2007, serving as Senior Vice President of the Corporate Business Group for four years before becoming Senior Vice President of Dell Americas and later Senior Vice President of the Commercial Business Group. Previously, Mr. Marengi served in various executive leadership roles at Novell Systems, Inc., most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer of Channels. Prior to Novell, Mr. Marengi held various executive, sales and information management positions in the technology and defense industries. Mr. Marengi also serves on the board of directors of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. and of Entorian Technologies, Inc. Mr. Marengi is a member of the Company's Leadership and Compensation Committee.
Dave Roberson
Mr. David E. Roberson served as Senior Vice President within the Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking Group for HP from May 2007 to May 2011, where he also was General Manager of the StorageWorks Division from May 2007 to October 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Roberson spent 26 years at Hitachi Data Systems, starting as corporate counsel and rising through the company to become President and Chief Executive Officer, a position he held from 2006 to May 2007. He also served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2006 and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Roberson began his technology career at Amdahl Corporation in 1980, following posts as adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law and research director at Hastings College of Law. He also serves on the boards of International Game Technology and TransLattice, Inc. Mr. Roberson is the Chair of the Company's Audit Committee.