Phillip Mills

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Company Represented While Actively Involved with the SNIA:

IBM, Senior Technical Staff

Current Company:

IBM, Senior Technical Staff

Years with the SNIA:

8 years…Sep 2002 thru Sep 2010

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

  • Secretary, Executive Committee, Board of Directors 2002-2010
  • Founder & Chairman of the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)
  • Chairman of the Supported Solutions Forum (SSF)
  • Author of SNIA’s IP Policy and SNIA’s Policies and Procedures documents
  • Active member of several TWGs, Forums, and Initiatives

Fondest Memories of the SNIA:

  • The friendships that I made with SNIA Board members as well as the SNIA Staff
  • Time spent with SNIA Board members and SNIA staff during all of our board meetings, symposiums, conferences, and international delegations
  • Board delegation that went to Japan where we were treated like royalty by our Japanese members
  • Time spent working in SNIA’s San Francisco office

Proudest Moments while Active with the SNIA:

  • Being elected SNIA Director four times
  • Being elected SNIA Secretary four times
  • Founding and chairing the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI)
  • Chairing the Supported Solutions Forum (SSF) and successfully creating numerous multi-vendor storage solutions

SNIA's Greatest Achievements:

  • Every SNW when the entire SNIA organization and ComputerWorld came together as a team to host the only industry conference dedicated to storage networking
  • Getting the fiercest storage competitors to work together, side by side, for the benefit of the storage marketplace
  • Establishing SNIA as the Storage Networking Authority
  • All of the SNIA Tutorials which were developed by volunteers on their own time and delivered to audiences at SNW as well as other events
  • Establishing the Technology Center in Colorado Springs