People: Rimage Corp (RIMG.O)

Mr. Samir Mittal has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Rimage Corporation effective September 14, 2009. He was senior core team leader for the Business Critical Products Group of Seagate Technology. In this capacity he managed the development of Seagate's Constellation(TM) hard drive product line, which is deployed in enterprise-class nearline applications. Before assuming that position, he was senior director of the Servo Engineering Department at Seagate's Twin Cities operation, where he was responsible for servo technology and product development. Mr. Mittal also has held various staff engineer positions at Seagate. Mr. Mittal graduated from the University of Delhi, India with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and earned his Masters of Science degree from the University of Maryland. In 1998, Mr. Mittal also earned his Ph. D. from Ohio State University specializing in the design and control of electro-mechanical systems.