SNIA 2012 Board of Directors

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced its 2012 Board of Directors and Technical Council during the SNW Fall 2011 conference being held in Orlando, Florida.

SNIA’s voting member company representatives elected the Board and Technical Council. The results were announced and new terms began with the October 5th All Members’ Annual Meeting. Both groups convened meetings preceding SNW where officers were elected and the Executive Committee of the Board was announced. The SNIA Board is charged with oversight of the Association’s vision and mission as well as ensuring that tangible value accrues to member companies.

"2012 will be another exciting year for the storage industry and I’m very pleased to continue leading with such an esteemed board and staff," said Wayne M. Adams, re-elected Chairman of the SNIA. "Our near term approach and 2012 activities will continue to expand and evolve as we look to identify new ways to deliver educational programs, expand our technical leadership in areas such as Green IT, Cloud Computing, Solid State Storage, as well as strengthen our cross-industry alliances that benefit the global industry."

2012 SNIA Board of Directors, Executive Committee:

Wayne Adams (EMC), Chairman and Executive Committee
Doug Voigt (HP), Vice Chairman and Executive Committee
SW Worth (Microsoft), Secretary and Executive Committee
Rob Peglar (Isilon), Treasurer and Executive Committee
Leo Leger (SNIA), Non-Voting Member, SNIA Executive Director and Executive Committee
Dave Dale (NetApp), Member
Don Deel (EMC), Non-Voting Member and Chairperson, Technical Council
Tony Dicenzo (Oracle), Member
Glen Jaquette (IBM), Member
Skip Jones (QLogic), Member
Gary Phillips (Symantec), Member
Allan Zmyslowski (Fujitsu America), Member

SNIA’s Technical Council is responsible for providing guidance and direction on the varied technical activities of the Association. The Technical Council elected its Chairman, Don Deel of EMC and its Vice Chairperson, Leah Schoeb of VMware.

Don Deel, Chairman of the SNIA Technical Council stated: "It is a personal honor and professional privilege to serve as Chairman of the SNIA Technical Council for the next year. We will continue to build on the successful technical activities underway across all of our Technical Working Groups. The next year will certainly bring more technical innovation and we will work diligently to ensure that the SNIA’s technical activities lead the way with vendor-neutral insights and technology that help advance the industry."

2012 SNIA Technical Council:

Don Deel (EMC) Chairman, Technical Council
Leah Schoeb (VMware), Vice Chairperson, Technical Council
Duane Baldwin (IBM), Member
Craig Carlson (QLogic), Member
Mark Carlson (Oracle), Member
Michael Ko (Huawei Symantec Technologies Co., Ltd.), Member
Steve Wilson (Brocade), Member
Alan Yoder (NetApp), Member

The SNIA Technical Council manages the development efforts of the Association and ensures that they are on-track and on-target while looking for new opportunities like software development, cloud and green storage to expand the SNIA’s efforts and provide additional value to the industry and customers. The Council works closely with the Board of Directors and other SNIA bodies in planning and executing technical activities, governs the Technical Working Groups, reviews and approves all SNIA architectures and standards, and serves as a technical resource for all SNIA activities, including its role as technical program committee for the SNIA’s standout Storage Developer Conference.