2015 Board of NVM Express

NVM Express, Inc., the organization that developed the NVM Express specification for accessing SSDs on a PCIe bus, announced the results of its recent board election.

Elected to Promoter positions are HGST, Micron, Microsoft, Samsung, SanDisk and Seagate. These six companies will join existing Promoters Cisco, Dell, EMC, Intel, NetApp, Oracle and PMC in 2015.

Representatives from Promoter companies form the board of directors, which governs the organization.

Promoters are NVM Express members elected for a two-year term; they are eligible for re-election. All Contributor and Promoter member companies are eligible to run for Promoter positions.

“We’re very pleased to have HGST, Micron, Microsoft, Samsung, SanDisk and Seagate help shape he future direction of NVM Express by serving on the board of directors,” said Amber Huffman, NVM Express president. “2014 was a great year for NVM Express, with leadership performance products shipping to the data center market. In 2015, we are looking forward to NVM Express products shipping to the client market, and completing the NVM Express over Fabrics specification to enable new market opportunities with NVMe.“

“Microsoft is honored to be elected to an NVM Express. Promoter position,” said Lee Prewitt, principal program manager lead, Microsoft Corp. “We see NVMe as an important storage technology for the future, and we look forward to working with the board of directors and other members to bring further innovation to the industry.”