People: Western Digital Corp (WDC.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Thomas Pardun	68	2007	Independent Chairman of the Board, Lead Director
Stephen Milligan	49	2013	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Wolfgang Nickl	43	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Michael Cordano	48	2012	President of HGST
Timothy Leyden	60	2012	President of WD
Kathleen Cote	64	2001	Independent Director
Henry DeNero	66	2000	Independent Director
William Kimsey	70	2003	Independent Director
Michael Lambert	65	2002	Independent Director
Len Lauer	55	2010	Independent Director
Matthew Massengill	51	2011	Independent Director
Roger Moore	71	2000	Independent Director
Kensuke Oka	59	2012	Independent Director
Arif Shakeel	57	2011	Independent Director
Masahiro Yamamura	61	2012	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Thomas Pardun	Mr. Thomas E. Pardun is Independent Chairman of the Board, Lead Director of Western Digital Corp. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2000 until November 2001. Mr. Pardun was President of MediaOne International Asia Pacific (previously U.S. West International, Asia-Pacific, a subsidiary of U.S. West, Inc.), an owner/operator of international properties in cable television, telephone services, and wireless communications companies, from May 1996 until his retirement in July 2000. Before joining U.S. West, Mr. Pardun was President of the Central Group for Sprint, as well as President of Sprint’s West Division and Senior Vice President of Business Development for United Telecom, a predecessor company to Sprint. Mr. Pardun also held a variety of management positions during a 19-year tenure with IBM, a provider of information technology products and services, concluding as Director of product-line evaluation. He is currently a director of CalAmp Corporation, Calix, Inc., Finisar Corporation and MaxLinear, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Occam Networks, Inc.
Stephen Milligan	Mr. Stephen D. Milligan has been appointed as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Western Digital Corp. He has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company, effective from January 2, 2013. Until then he serves as the President of the company. He served as President of HGST since March 2009 and Chief Executive Officer of HGST since December 2009. From September 2007 to October 2009, Mr. Milligan served as HGST’s Chief Financial Officer. From September 2007 to June 2008 and since March 2009, Mr. Milligan has served as a Director of HGST. Mr. Milligan served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from January 2004 to September 2007, and as Vice President, Finance, of the Company from September 2002 to January 2004. From April 1997 to September 2002, Mr. Milligan held various financial and accounting roles of increasing responsibility at Dell Inc., or Dell. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Milligan was employed at Price Waterhouse for 12 years, most recently as Senior Manager. Mr. Milligan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University.
Wolfgang Nickl	Mr. Wolfgang U. Nickl serves as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Western Digital Corporation. He had served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Nickl served as the Company’s Vice President, Finance, from October 2005 to August 2010, as Vice President, Worldwide Business Operations from May 2005 to October 2005, and as Executive Director, Worldwide Business Operations from July 2003 to May 2005. He joined the Company in 1995.
Michael Cordano	Mr. Michael D. Cordano serves as President of HGST, a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation since July 25, 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Cordano served as HGST’s Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, and President, Branded Business, since April 2009. From February 2005 to April 2009, Mr. Cordano served as Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Fabrik, Inc., which was acquired by HGST in April 2009. From 1994 to February 2005, Mr. Cordano served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Maxtor Corporation, including as the Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing from April 2001 until February 2005, where he formed and managed the Branded Products Business Unit.
Timothy Leyden	Mr. Timothy M. Leyden serves as President of WD, a subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation since July 25, 2012. Mr. Leyden served as Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2007, and as Executive Vice President, Finance, from May 2007 to September 2007. From December 2001 to May 2007, Mr. Leyden served in senior finance capacities at Sage Software Inc. and Sage Software of California, subsidiaries of Sage Group PLC, a U.K. public company that supplies accounting and business management software to small and medium-sized businesses, including as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from December 2001 to May 2004 and as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from May 2004 to May 2007. Mr. Leyden previously served in various worldwide finance, manufacturing and information technology capacities with the Company from 1983 to December 2000.
Kathleen Cote	Ms. Kathleen A. Cote is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since January 2001. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Worldport Communications, Inc., a European provider of Internet managed services, from May 2001 to June 2003. From September 1998 until May 2001, she served as President of Seagrass Partners, a provider of in business planning and strategic development for early stage companies. From November 1996 until January 1998, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Computervision Corporation, an international supplier of product development and data management software. She is currently a director of VeriSign, Inc. and GT Advanced Technologies, Inc., and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Asure Software, Inc. (formerly Forgent Networks, Inc.) and 3Com Corporation. Ms. Cote is a seasoned business executive with numerous years of experience overseeing global companies focused on technology and operations, which is directly relevant to the company business. Her financial and accounting skills qualify her as an audit committee financial under Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
Henry DeNero	Mr. Henry T. DeNero is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since June 2000. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Homespace, Inc., a provider of Internet real estate and home services, from January 1999 until it was acquired by LendingTree, Inc. in August 2000. From July 1995 to January 1999, he was Executive Vice President for First Data Corporation, a provider of information and transaction processing services. Prior to 1995, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Dayton Hudson Corporation, a general merchandise retailer, and was previously a Director of McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. He is currently a director of THQ, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Vignette Corp.
William Kimsey	Mr. William L. Kimsey serves as Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since March 13, 2003. He is a veteran of 32 years’ service with Ernst & Young Global, a global independent accounting firm, and served as that firm’s Global Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Kimsey also served at Ernst & Young as director of management consulting in St. Louis, office managing partner in Kansas City, Vice Chairman and Southwest Region managing partner in Dallas, Vice Chairman and West Region managing partner in Los Angeles, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer and, from 1998 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., and a member of the global executive board. He is currently a director of Accenture plc. and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of NAVTEQ Corporation.
Michael Lambert	Mr. Michael D. Lambert is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since August 5, 2002. From 1996 until he retired in May 2002, he served as Senior Vice President for the Enterprise Systems Group of Dell Inc., a computer system company. During that period, he also participated as a member of a six-man operating committee at Dell, which reported to the Office of the Chairman. Mr. Lambert served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Compaq Computer Corporation, a global information technology company, from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, for four years, he ran the Computer Products division at NCR/AT&T Corporation as Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Lambert began his career with NCR Corporation, where he served for 16 years in product management, sales and software engineering capacities. Within the last five years, Mr. Lambert served as a director of Vignette Corp.
Len Lauer	Mr. Len J. Lauer is Independent Director of Western Digital Corporation., since August 31, 2010. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Memjet, a color printing technology company. Prior to joining Memjet in January 2010, Mr. Lauer was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Qualcomm, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of digital telecommunications products and services, from August 2008 through December 2009, and he was Executive Vice President and Group President from December 2006 through July 2008. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Inc., Mr. Lauer was Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel Corp., a global communications company, from August 2005 to December 2006, and he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Corp. from September 2003 until the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. Prior to that, he was President-Sprint PCS from October 2002 until October 2004, and was President-Long Distance (formerly the Global Markets Group) from September 2000 until October 2002. Mr. Lauer also served in several executive positions at Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1992 to 1998 and spent the first 13 years of his business career at IBM in various sales and marketing positions. Within the last five years, Mr. Lauer served as a director of H&R Block, Inc.
Matthew Massengill	Mr. Matthew E. Massengill is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp. He joined the company in 1985 and served in various executive capacities with the company until January 2007. From October 1999 until January 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer, from January 2000 until January 2002, he served as President, and from January 2000 until October 2005, he served as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Massengill served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from November 2001 until March 2007. He is currently a director of Microsemi Corporation and GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Conexant Systems, Inc. and ViewSonic Corporation.
Roger Moore	Mr. Roger H. Moore is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since June 22, 2000. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Illuminet Holdings, Inc., a provider of network, database and billing services to the communications industry, from January 1996 until it was acquired by VeriSign, Inc. in December 2001, and he retired at that time. He was a member of Illuminet’s Board of Directors from July 1998 until December 2001. From September 1998 to October 1998, he served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of VINA Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications equipment company. From June 2007 to November 2007, Mr. Moore served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., an electronic market for communications capacity. Mr. Moore served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Communications Services Group of VeriSign, Inc., an operator of infrastructure services, from December 2007 until its acquisition by TNS, Inc. in May 2009. He is currently a director of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. and, within the last five years, also served as a director of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc.
Kensuke Oka	Mr. Kensuke Oka is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since May 17, 2012. Mr. Oka is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi. He has served Hitachi companies since 1976 in leadership roles for numerous functional departments. Prior to his current role, he was Corporate Officer and General Manager of the Intellectual Property Group for Hitachi. Prior to that, beginning in 2006, he served Hitachi Asia, Ltd., as Deputy Managing Director. Prior to 2006, he held positions of Deputy General Manager of the Intellectual Property Group, General Manager of the Power & Industrial Systems Group, and Senior Manager, first for the Corporate Communications Division and then for the Human Resources Department.
Arif Shakeel	Mr. Arif Shakeel is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp. He joined the company in 1985 and has served in various executive capacities. From February 2000 until April 2001, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Hard Disk Drive Solutions, from April 2001 until January 2003, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and from January 2002 until June 2006, he served as President. He served as Chief Executive Officer from October 2005 until January 2007. He served as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from January 2007 until June 2007.
Masahiro Yamamura	Mr. Masahiro Yamamura is Independent Director of Western Digital Corp., since May 17, 2012. Mr. Yamamura is General Manager of the semiconductor business division of Hitachi, a position he has held since 2011. In 2010, he served Hitachi as Corporate Officer, while also overseeing HGST as Chairman across 2010 and 2011. Prior to that, in 2009, Mr. Yamamura was President of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd., a subsidiary of HGST, after having joined the company in 2008 on assignment as Senior Vice President and advisor to the Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he served Renesas Technology Corporation as Executive General Manager and Managing Officer, and later as Director, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Renesas Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Mr. Yamamura began his career with Hitachi in the semiconductor department.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Thomas Pardun	9
Stephen Milligan	6,694,120
Wolfgang Nickl	3,151,660
Michael Cordano	--
Timothy Leyden	7,138,230
Kathleen Cote	--
Henry DeNero	--
William Kimsey	--
Michael Lambert	--
Len Lauer	--
Matthew Massengill	4,121,420
Roger Moore	--
Kensuke Oka	--
Arif Shakeel	18,096,400
Masahiro Yamamura	--

As Of 28 Jun 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Thomas Pardun	0	0
Stephen Milligan	154,535	1,498,980
Wolfgang Nickl	0	0
Michael Cordano	0	0
Timothy Leyden	0	0
Kathleen Cote	0	0
Henry DeNero	0	0
William Kimsey	0	0
Michael Lambert	0	0
Len Lauer	0	0
Matthew Massengill	1,414,855	12,905,220
Roger Moore	0	0
Kensuke Oka	0	0
Arif Shakeel	471,625	2,454,000
Masahiro Yamamura	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
LAMBERT MICHAEL D	16,743	$15.34
LAMBERT MICHAEL D	24,107	$57.34
LAMBERT MICHAEL D	7,364	$27.64
MILLIGAN STEPHEN D	2,534	$57.36
LEYDEN TIMOTHY M	426	$0.00
LEYDEN TIMOTHY M	12,612	$57.15
NICKL WOLFGANG U	99	$0.00
NICKL WOLFGANG U	2,122	$57.15
COTE KATHLEEN A	9,185	$19.09
COTE KATHLEEN A	3,607	$25.79
COTE KATHLEEN A	12,792	$57.47
LEYDEN TIMOTHY M	29,600	$23.46
LEYDEN TIMOTHY M	113,404	$19.89
LEYDEN TIMOTHY M	143,004	$56.21
KIMSEY WILLIAM L	3,750	$55.00
MILLIGAN STEPHEN D	226	$0.00
MILLIGAN STEPHEN D	7,514	$48.86
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E	9,185	$19.09
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E	4,364	$27.64
PARDUN THOMAS E	7,500	$13.76
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E	8,743	$15.34
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E	25,899	$49.91
PARDUN THOMAS E	7,500	$50.00
MASSENGILL MATTHEW E	3,607	$25.79
MOORE ROGER H	17,029	$50.43

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