Executive Staff 

William D. Watkins - Chief Executive Officer

Bill Watkins was appointed chief executive officer in 2004. Between June 2000 and July 2004, Watkins served as president and chief operating officer and was responsible for the company’s global hard disc drive operations. He was elected to Seagate’s board of directors in 2000.

Watkins joined Seagate in 1996 as part of the company’s merger with Conner Peripherals. While at Conner, he established the Conner Disk Division and managed its success through the merger with Seagate. Watkins graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Texas. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He also serves on the executive advisory Council for IDEMA (the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association) and the Executive Advisory Board of the Juran Center for Leadership in Quality.

Dave Wickersham - President and Chief Operating Officer

David Wickersham was promoted to the position of president in September 2006, retaining the title of chief operating officer, a position to which he was promoted in April 2004. Wickersham holds responsibility for Seagate's product development organization and global disk drive manufacturing operations as well as the materials, recording media, recording heads and supply chain organizations.

Prior to holding the roles of president and COO, Wickersham was Seagate's executive vice president of Global Disk Storage Operations, a position to which he was appointed in June 2000. He has over three decades of experience in the storage industry and came to Seagate from Maxtor in 1998. Wickersham has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University.

Charles C. Pope - Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development

Charles Pope's career includes broad-based experience in the executive management of global manufacturing operations, responsibility for treasury, budgeting and financial reporting, and the design and implementation of strategic initiatives to refocus and improve worldwide operations. Pope joined Seagate as Director of Budgets and Analysis with the purchase of Grenex in 1985.

Brian Dexheimer - Division President, Consumer Solutions

Brian Dexheimer leads the newly formed division that was created to deliver innovative integrated storage solutions designed to accommodate the rapidly escalating requirements of digital content storage, protection, expansion and organization in the home.The Consumer Solutions division is comprised of the former Seagate Branded Solutions (SBS) business unit dedicated to delivering branded storage solutions under the Seagate and Maxtor brands, along with the company’s consumer electronics (CE) business unit. The CE business unit currently serves customers who design and distribute consumer electronics products such as game consoles, personal media players, digital video recorders and other home media devices.

Bob Whitmore - Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Bob Whitmore serves as Executive Vice President and CTO for Seagate. He is responsible for managing worldwide disk drive development at design centers in Minnesota, Colorado and Singapore. His product development responsibilities cover multiple market segments including enterprise, desktop, notebook, handheld and consumer storage. The company's motor and ASIC development groups and advanced manufacturing engineering, are also part of his responsibility.

Patrick O'Malley - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Patrick O'Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company's activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004.

Patrick joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance - Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).

Kurt Richarz - Executive Vice President, Sales and Customer service

Kurt Richarz has served as Seagate’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Customer Service since May 2008. Richarz joined Seagate through the acquisition of Maxtor in 2006 and his initial position with Seagate was the Senior Vice President of Global OEM Sales. During this time, he was responsible to manage this critical core business function and delivering strong financial returns across Seagate's industry-leading OEM customer base including Dell, HP and IBM. In his current role, he is responsible for the management of the entire Global Sales function including Seagate's Global Customer Service and Support Operations.

Ken Massaroni - Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Ken Massaroni is responsible for all of Seagate’s corporate legal activities, including intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyrights, litigation, risk management, contracts, employment law, corporate governance and ethics. In addition, he oversees Seagate’s facilities and security departments.

Prior to joining Seagate in 2006, Massaroni was vice president of law, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary at Scientific-Atlanta from 1997 to 2006. In addition, Massaroni has also held senior patent counsel positions at Motorola from 1993 to 1997, served as general counsel and secretary at Optical Imaging Systems from 1990 to 1992 and as a patent attorney at Energy Conversion Devices from 1987 to 1990. In addition, he served as an associate at the law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill and Scott.

Massaroni received a bachelor’s degree from Butler University in Indiana and a doctor of jurisprudence from Indiana University.

Karen Hanlon – Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources

Karen Hanlon is responsible for leading Seagate’s global human resources efforts, including: compensation and benefits, leadership and learning, staffing and on-boarding, global HR central transaction centers, global HR compliance, global HR business partners and HR Business Excellence/Six Sigma.  Hanlon joined Seagate in 1990 and has served in a variety of HR leadership positions based both in the US and in Asia. 

Ms. Hanlon has held leadership positions at Read-Rite Corporation, IRM Corporation, and Electronic Data Systems.  She has a Master’s degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and a Bachelor’s degree from Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa.

General Managers 

Sherman Black - Senior Vice President Core Marketing/Strategy

Sherman Black is responsible for Seagate's Enterprise Compute Business, which comprises a broad range of high-capacity, high-performance hard drives for today's mission-critical IT environments. Black was most recently vice president of OEM Sales, where he was responsible for all global original equipment manufacturer (OEM) accounts. Black has also held a number of executive positions at the company, including Vice President of Business Development and Enterprise Product Line Management in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Prior to joining Seagate in 1988, Black was a design engineer at Hitachi Computer Products.

Phil Pollok - Senior Vice President Solid State Development and Alternative Technology

Phil Pollok is responsible for Seagate’s New Business Initiatives organization, which plays an important incubator role at Seagate, focusing on nurturing select new opportunities that may be important revenue streams in the future.

Pollok joined Seagate in November, 2005. He was most recently with Philips Semiconductors, where he led the company’s Emerging Business Group, driving new business opportunities based on new technologies, products and markets. He’s also held senior management positions with Mitel Semiconductor, GEC Plessey Semiconductors and Ferranti Interdesign.

Pat King—Senior Vice President Global Marketing

Pat King is responsible for building upon Seagate’s leadership position in the consumer electronics business, which includes storage solutions for DVRs, gaming consoles and handheld/portable devices. In this role, King collaborates with the company’s sales team in serving CE customers and identifying new revenue sources, and partnering with the Seagate design organization in development of products to address current and future opportunities in this fast-growing market.

Prior to joining Seagate in January of 2007, King was group general manager for Eastman Kodak’s printing systems business. He also held leadership positions at Lexmark International, Micron Technology and Bausch & Lomb.

Mark Grace – Senior Vice President and GM, Seagate Services

Mark Grace is responsible for the definition of strategy with regard to storage services as a diversification opportunity for the core business. EVault and Seagate Recovery Services, both of which are currently independent operating subsidiaries of the company, report to Grace.

Since joining Seagate in 1998, he has held various executive positions including Senior Vice President of Sales Operations and Customer Service, Vice President of Global Logistics, Fulfillment and Customer Service, Vice President of Indirect Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics and Vice President of Worldwide Customer Quality.  

Prior to joining Seagate, he held management positions as IBM.  Grace has both Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Key Senior Vice President Functional Leads

Dave Mosley—Senior Vice President of Global Disc Storage Operations

Dave Mosley is responsible for Seagate’s manufacturing operations, including all recording head and recording media manufacturing, in addition to hard drive manufacturing, ensuring that the company’s operational and supply chain capabilities remain a competitive differentiator.

Since joining Seagate in 1996 as a manager of manufacturing operations, Mosley has held a variety of posts, including: senior director for R&D engineering; vice president and site management team leader for the company’s Longmont, Colorado, operation, and he’s led Seagate’s emerging products development team.

Prior to joining Seagate, Mosley held technical positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Micropolis and Conner Peripherals.

Jerry Glembocki - Senior Vice President, Heads & Media

Jerry Glembocki is Seagate’s Senior Vice President of Recording Heads and Recording Media, responsible for overseeing all component research, product development, hard drive integration, production launch, materials, and volume production activities for the worldwide operations relating to recording heads and  recording media, which are located in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Glembocki joined Seagate as Vice President of Engineering for Seagate’s Recording Media Group in the February 1996 merger with Conner Peripherals. Prior to joining Conner, Glembocki held positions at Domain Technology and IBM.

Dr. Pornchai Piemsomboon – Senior Vice President, Asia Manufacturing Operations

Dr. Piemsomboon is responsible for the company's manufacturing operations in Asia, including China, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.  Previously, he was senior vice president of recording head operations and was responsible for all manufacturing operations, including Wafer, Slider and Assembly in four different countries and eight manufacturing plants.  Dr. Piemsomboon has also held a number of positions at Seagate including senior vice president, Thailand operations, vice president of engineering, and executive director of engineering.   Prior to joining Seagate in 1987, Dr. Piemsomboon was a development engineer at Flopetrol Johnson.

Dr. Piemsomboon has a Doctorate of Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

John Scaramuzzo – Senior Vice President Enterprise Compute/ASIC Technology

John Scaramuzzo is responsible for managing the company’s Enterprise Compute division. He is also responsible for developing ASIC technology for Enterprise, Client and Consumer storage products. John’s career includes broad based experience in disk drive development, manufacturing and quality reliability. He joined Seagate in 2006 as part of the company’s merger with Maxtor to lead the company’s quality operations. While at Maxtor, he held various leadership positions including Executive Vice President of Worldwide Research and Development, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Products Group and Development. Scaramuzzo has held engineering positions at both Quantum Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Scaramuzzo graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Science from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.

Dr. Mark Brewer – Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Mark Brewer is responsible for the company’s IT strategy and infrastructure including both the business systems and the manufacturing execution systems.  Since joining Seagate in 1992, Brewer has held IT leadership positions in the US and in Asia. Previously he held various positions at AT&T Network Systems. Brewer has a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.