2019 Board of Directors of SCSI Trade Association

As an authority on SAS technology used in storage interconnects, the SCSI Trade Association (STA), announced its 2019 board of directors.

The veteran group of technology leaders has been elected to serve as a one-year term to develop strategic marketing programs that educate its members and the storage industry at large on the value and continued the adoption of SAS in the marketplace.

Cameron T. Brett, director, outbound marketing and communications, Toshiba Memory America, Inc., was elected as the new STA president, taking on the role previously held by Rick Kutcipal of Broadcom.

Kutcipal remains as a part of the board as a director-at-large. All other positions remain the same as the 2018 roster.

“SAS has been the enterprise storage standard for over 30 years and is still favored by IT decision-makers today,” said Brett. “Its continually evolving roadmap extends to 24G and beyond, and encompasses new, robust features with backward compatibility, making it the storage interconnect of choice for today’s 24×7 data centers.”

STA’s executive officers and board of directors for 2019 term are:

Officers:

President: Cameron T. Brett, Director, outbound marketing and communications, Toshiba Memory America, Inc.
VP: Jeremiah Tussey, alliances manager, product Marketing, data center solutions, Microsemi Corporation, a Microchip company
Secretary: Greg McSorley, technical business development manager, Amphenol Corp.
Treasurer: Chet Mercado, technical marketing engineer/third party alliance, Western Digital Corporation

Directors-At-Large:

Rick Kutcipal, market segment lead, RAID, storage division, Broadcom Limited
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, LL

Ex-Officio Member:

David So, SCSI Trade Association, executive director

“SAS has been able to remain the dominant storage interconnect protocol in the data center and its outlook remains strong,” said Jeff Janukowicz, research VP, IDC. “SAS is enterprise proven and have earned their place in the market by providing key features such as reliability and scalability.“

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

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