2018 Board of Directors of SCSI Trade Association

Serving as the voice of SAS technology used in storage interconnects, the SCSI Trade Association (STA), announced its 2018 board of directors.

The veteran group of technology leaders have been elected to serve as a one-year term to develop strategic plans and executable programs that represent the interest of its members and the storage industry at large.

“IT departments that must manage fast-growing data in their enterprises rely on the well-defined, reliable and scalable attributes of SAS,” said Rick Kutcipal, president, STA. “The demonstrated leadership and breadth of experience that each member of the STA board of directors brings to the storage industry will help continue that legacy of SAS as the storage interconnect of choice.”

Seated (l-r): Rick Kutcipal, STA president (Broadcom); Jeremiah Tussey, STA VP (Microsemi); Chet Mercado, STA Treasurer (WDC); Greg McSorley, STA Secretary (Amphenol)
Standing (l-r): Jay Neer (Molex), Cameron Brett (Toshiba), Jeff Mason (TE), Mike Miller (Seagate). Not pictured: Gary McCulley (Intel)

STA’s executive officers and board of directors for the 2018 term are:

Officers:
• President: Rick Kutcipal, market segment Llead, RAID, storage division, Broadcom Limited
• VP: Jeremiah Tussey, alliances manager, product marketing, data center solutions, Microsemi Corporation
• Secretary: Greg McSorley, technical business development manager, Amphenol GCS
• Treasurer: Chet Mercado, technical marketing engineer/third party alliance, Western Digital Corporation

Directors At-Large:
• Cameron T. Brett, director, SSD product marketing, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
• Jeff Mason, principal R&D engineer, TE Connectivity Ltd.
• Gary McCulley, product line manager, data center group, Intel Corporation
• Mike Miller, executive director, advanced development, Seagate Technology PLC
• Jay Neer, industry standards manager, Molex, LLC

Ex-Officio Member:
• Michael T. LoBue, CAE, STA, executive director

“SAS technology continues to thrive,” said Don Jeanette, Trendfocus, Inc., trusted source of market intelligence. “As with many other storage devices and interfaces, both vendors and customers have found a way to expand an existing connector and protocol into various applications and server and storage environments. SAS-supported devices are no different. Trendfocus sees the success of SAS continuing for quite some time.”

STA Membership Roster:
Amphenol Corporation
BizLink Technology Inc.
Broadcom Limited
ConnPro Industries Inc.
Foxconn Interconnect
Technology, Ltd.
Fujikura Ltd./DDK
Intel Corporation
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
Microsemi Corporation
Molex, LLC
Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
Seagate Technology PLC
TE Connectivity Ltd.
Tektronix Inc.
Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.
Toshiba America Electronic
Components, Inc.
UNH-IOL (Honorary)
Western Digital Corporation