2021 Board of Directors of SCSI Trade Association

The SCSI Trade Association (STA) announced its 2021 board of directors.

These leaders in the storage industry are charged with developing strategic marketing programs that support the work of the INCITShttp://www.incits.org/ T10 Technical Committee and are designed to educate the industry on the value of SAS in the marketplace.

Four officers and 2 directors-at-large have been elected to serve a one-year term.

Cameron T. Brett, director of enterprise marketing at Kioxia America, Inc. was re-elected for a third term as president.

David Einhorn, business development manager, North America, Amphenol Corp., joins the board as treasurer. All other 2021 board members remain in the same position they held in the 2020 roster.

“We welcome the leadership of this seasoned group of storage veterans as the industry transitions from 12Gb/s to 24Gb SAS, continuing to keep up with the ever-increasing demands of the enterprise data center by doubling the effective bandwidth while offering more robust data reliability and connectivity,” said Brett. “The 24Gb SAS ecosystem is now fully developed. After SAS plugfest completion and OEM customer validation, 24Gb SAS solutions will become available in the marketplace for customer deployment.“

The STA’s executive officers and board of directors for the 2021 term are:
Officers:
• President: Cameron T. Brett, director of cloud and enterprise marketing, Kioxia America, Inc.
• VP: Jeremiah Tussey, alliances manager, product marketing, data center solutions, Microchip Technology Inc.
• Secretary: Alexandra Haser, senior industry standards engineer, Molex
• Treasurer: David Einhorn, business development manager, North America, Amphenol Corp.
Directors At-Large:
• Rick Kutcipal, market segment lead, RAID, storage division, Broadcom Inc.
• Mike Miller, executive director, advanced development, Seagate Technology PLC
Ex-Officio Member:
• David So, SCSI Trade Association, executive director

“SAS technology is the long-time and trusted platform for flexible and reliable storage with a well-established ecosystem,” said Jeff Janukowicz, research VP, SSDs and enabling technologies, IDC. “24Gb SAS provides flexibility in hyperscale and enterprise data center management, whether through consolidation, expansion, or combination, by allowing large, mixed topologies with SSDs and/or HDDs. The storage intelligence features of 24Gb SAS allow for overall better SSD management and utilization.”

STA Membership Roster: