Clodoaldo Barrera

Company Represented While Actively Involved with the SNIA:

IBM, Chief Technical Strategist, Systems Storage

Current Company:

IBM, Chief Technical Strategist, Systems Storage

Years with the SNIA:

5 Years on Board of Directors - 1998-2004. Emeritus Advisor since then

Committees, Forums, Initiatives, Board Seats Held at the SNIA

• Member of original Formation Committee
• Chair of original IP Agreement Committee
• Vice Chairman of original Board of Directors
• Vice Chairman, Secretary, Member of Executive Committee
• Chairman of Strategy Committee
• Organizing Committee for Technical Council
• Author of Forums Policies and Procedures
• Green Storage Initiative

Fondest Memories of the SNIA:

The two-day face-face board meetings once a month - part strategy, part corporate governance, part decision making, and part bonding

Proudest Moments while Active with the SNIA:

• Announcement of the Storage Management Initiative and adoption of the Bluefin Specification
• Every SNW - all those people there for the general sessions and tutorials

SNIA's Greatest Achievements:

• Release of the SMI-S 1.0 Specification, SNIAs first standard
• The SNW Partnership with ComputerWorld
• The SNIA Reference Architecture for Storage Networking