FCIA 2022 Board of Directors

With a focus on maintaining FC’s position in the industry as the network protocol of choice for datacenter storage, the Fibre Industry Association (FCIA) announced its 2022 board of directors.

Adoption of FC as the enterprise storage networking transport of choice continues to remain strong. bolstered by continued innovation such as the Fibre-Channel-NVMe-2 standard with features for increased reliability in the data center. Quillin Research reports the number of FC ports shipped since 1998 has exceeded 150 million.

“As products capable of 64Gb FC in Gen 7 FC continue to usher in the next level of storage network speeds, we’re appreciative of the leadership the talented FCIA board directors provides,” said Chris Lyon, chairman. “FC has been relied upon for over two decades to be the network transport most depended on to access enterprise data and its innovation and growth continues to this day.“

The 2022 FCIA board of directors includes 4 officers and 4 directors, each with expertise in the FC industry.

The following board serves in advisory and fiduciary roles for the sole purpose of marketing FC technology:

FCIA officers:

chairman: Chris Lyon, Amphenol ICC

president emeritus: Mark Jones, Broadcom Inc. (non-voting)
treasurer: Craig Carlson, Marvell Semiconductor
secretary and marketing chair: Rupin Mohan, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Directors:

Jim Yasueda, Teledyne LeCroy
Patty Driever, IBM Corporation
Kiran Ranabhor, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Martin Skagen, Broadcom Inc.

T11 chair (non-voting): Steven Wilson, Broadcom Inc.

“The use of FC over the last 20 years has proven not only its value but also its ability to evolve alongside the rest of the datacenter,” said Casey Quillin, principal analyst, Quillin Research. “A prime example is how FC has built a stronger foundation with even more reliability for NVMe over Fabrics due to its ability to support the high-speed and low latency requirements for AFAs with better error handling and recovery. FC simply continues to be a trusted, secure, and reliable network infrastructure, especially for mission-critical storage applications.“

Innovation and growth in the FC adoption continues to grow, yet there is a lack of training at the academic level. The need for beginner-level courses as well as more education for professionals has led to a number of companies active in the FC industry to step up and fill the void.