SCSI Trade Association 2013 Board of Directors

The SCSI Trade Association (STA), a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced its newly elected board of directors for 2013.  

After appointments to the board were made in July 2012 due to job changes and a retirement, the entire board roster was reelected.

Returning officers include STA president Martin Czekalski of Seagate Technology and Greg McSorley of Amphenol, who serves as VP. Mike James of SanDisk returns to the board as secretary and Susan Bobholz of Intel remains treasurer.

"STA’s success has been due in no small part to the quality and leadership provided by our Board of Directors," said Czekalski, interface architecture initiatives manager, Seagate Technology. "I offer my gratitude to all returning members who have served us well through a busy year as well as a transitional period."

 Czekalski reported that in 2012, SAS continued to further its entrenchment in to enterprise storage and there was market movement toward broad based 12Gb/s SAS adoption. STA also celebrated a turnout for its Technology Showcase held in May with the theme of "Taming the Data Beast," and continues to move forward with SCSI Express, a PCIe storage initiative, he said.

"In 2013, STA member companies are actively working with the INCITS T10 Technical Committee to release the SOP and PQI standards so that SCSI Express products can be delivered to market," added Czekalski. "STA will also be hosting three Plugfests in 2013, two devoted to SAS 12Gb/s SAS and one devoted to SCSI Express. Additionally, we expect the release of 12Gb/s SAS products in production volumes later this year."

2013 Officers of STA Board of Directors:

• President: Martin Czekalski, interface architecture initiatives manager, Seagate Technology
• VP: Greg McSorley, technical business development manager, Amphenol Corporation
• Treasurer: Susan Bobholz, storage business development director, Intel
• Secretary: Mike James, director, engineering, enterprise storage solutions, SanDisk Corporation

STA Board Members-at-Large:

• David Allen, director, storage business development, PMC
• Don Jeanette, director, product marketing, Toshiba
• Rick Kutcipal, external storage market segment Lead, LSI Corporation
• Jay Neer, industry standards manager, Molex
• Dan Reno, director, technical marketing enterprise, Western Digital

Current STA Membership Roster:    

• ATTO Technology
• ACARD Technology
• Amphenol    
• BizLink Technology
• Cheng Fwa Industrial
• Dell
• FCI
• Foxconn Electronics
• Fujikura/DDK
• Fusion-io
• Hewlett-Packard
• HGST
• Intel    
• JDSU
• LeCroy
• LSI
• Marvell Semiconductor
• Molex
• NetApp
• PMC-Sierra
• SanDisk
• Seagate Technology
• SerialTek
• Smart Storage Systems    
• STEC
• TE Connectivity
• Toshiba America
• UNH (Honorary)
• Volex
• Western Digital
• Xyratex

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