Company Represented While Actively Involved with the SNIA:
Over the span of 10 years:
Technical Director: Digital Equipment Corporation
Technical Director: Compaq Computer
Senior Director and Distinguished Engineer: VERITAS Software
Current Company:
President and CEO, Olocity Corporation
Years with the SNIA:
Every day since the first BoD meeting
Committees, Forums, Initiatives, Board Seats Held at the SNIA:
Vice Chairman
Interim Chairman
Founder and Chairman of SMI
Founder and first Chairman of the Technology Center Initiative (first called the Interoperability Lab)
SNW Launch Committee
Chair of the Governance Committee (wrote the first Bylaws and Policies & Procedures)
Other roles as the "man behind the curtain"
Fondest Memories of the SNIA:
Early BoD meetings where everyone (independent of company affiliation) was supercharged with the spirit of adding new value and growing the industry.
Proudest Moments while Active with the SNIA:
The launch of SMI
The first SNW
The launch of the Tech Center
SNIA's Greatest Achievements:
The SNIA’s greatest achievement cannot be measured. It is the existence of an informal trusted multi-vendor community that is compelled to expand the industry through open initiatives. The storage industry is in its extreme infancy – the road ahead for the SNIA is profound and essential.