- Mark Carlson
Mark A. Carlson is a software engineer known in the systems management industry for his pioneering work in management standards and technology. Mark was the first employee of a small startup in Boulder, Colorado called Redcape Policy Software. Sun Microsystems acquired the company and its technology in 1998 and subsequently promoted it as Jiro. He then lead the development of SMI-S for SNIA, serving as the chair of the group overseeing the specification for several years.
- Vincent Franceschini
Vincent Franceschini Hitachi Data Systems Vincent Franceschini is the Senior Director of Future Technologies for Hitachi Data Systems, reporting directly to HDS Corporation's Chief Technology Officer. In this role he is responsible for defining the future directions of HDS Data Networking solutions on a worldwide basis and for selecting the key future technologies and solutions that HDS will market.
- John Webster
John Webster Data Mobility Group John is responsible for directing Data Mobility Group's ongoing research and analysis in Data and Storage Management. Prior to founding Data Mobility Group, John was Senior Analyst and IT Advisor for Illuminata, Inc., where he established and developed Illuminata's storage-related market research and analysis practice.
- Gary Phillips
Gary Phillips Senior Director, Standards and Open Source Symantec Gary Phillips is Senior Director of Standards and Open Source in the Office of the CTO for Symantec Corporation. Gary Phillips is Senior Director of Standards and Open Source in the Office of the CTO for Symantec Corporation.
- Tom Clark
Tom Clark Principal Engineer - Technical Marketing Brocade Tom Clark is a resident SAN evangelist for Brocade, and represents Brocade in industry associations, conducts seminars and tutorials at conferences and trade shows, promotes Brocade storage networking solutions, and acts as a customer liaison.
- Phil Mills
Phil Mills , Secretary Senior Technical Staff IBM Phil has been involved in the architecture and design of storage controller interfaces throughout his 30+ year career at IBM. Phil has been involved in the architecture and design of storage controller interfaces throughout his 30+ year career at IBM. His experience ranges from IBM's Parallel OEMI Channel to Control Unit Interface and Parallel SCSI to the serial interfaces ESCON and FICON and then to Fibre Channel.
- Ray Dunn
Ray Dunn Industry Standards Marketing Manager Sun Microsystems Ray Dunn is a long-standing SNIA member who has helped develop, test, market and promote the association's Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S). Ray was recently re-elected to the SNIA Board of Directors, is the Marketing Officer for the Storage Management Forum and is a member of the Storage Management Initiative and Interoperability Conformance Testing Program Committees.
- David Dale
David Dale is an industry evangelist at Network Appliance where he drives product marketing initiatives related to NetApps iSCSI SAN solutions. With over 20 years experience in the computer industry he also participates in the industry as Chair of the SNIA IP Storage Forum, a regular contributor to industry journals, a frequent participant in IT seminars, and a frequent speaker and panelist at industry events around the globe.
- Howard Goldstein
Howard Goldstein Founder, Howard Goldstein Associates Inc. Howard Goldstein has over 30 years of experience in storage, data and telecommunications networking. His background includes positions in technology, management and education with practical technical experience in architecture, design, planning, implementation and operations.
- Julie Ryan
Julie Ryan was elected to the SNIA Board of Directors in October, 2004. She has been an active member of the SNIA Storage Management Forum (SMF) since its formation in 2002, holding the Business Development, Education, and Secretary chair positions and received the SNIA Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2003.
- Ken Wood
Ken Wood Ken Wood is the Senior Director of Data and Storage Technologies in Hitachi Data Systems’ Global Strategy and Planning organization, reporting directly to HDS Corporation’s Chief Technology Officer. In his role Mr. Wood is responsible for new technology research, identifying and defining new storage architectures, and designing new storage infrastructures.
- Alan Yoder
Alan Yoder , Vice Chairman Alan Yoder , Ph.D. is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Network Appliance, Inc., in Sunnyvale, California. Alan has been at NetApp since earning his Ph.D. in distributed systems in 1997, working on protocols, management frameworks, management applications, management partnerships, the Manage ONTAP™ SDK, and other projects.
- Eric A. Hibbard
Eric A. Hibbard , CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP Senior Director, Data Networking and Security Technology,Hitachi Data Systems From his position in the Office of the CTO, Mr. Eric A. Hibbard is responsible for developing and leading the execution of Hitachi Data Systems’ (HDS) storage security strategy. In this role, he interacts with key enterprises to understand their data protection needs as well as to provide guidance and recommendations.
- Robert C. Farkaly
Robert C. Farkaly As Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Bob Farkaly will oversee Overland’s global sales efforts, further strengthen relationships with value added resellers and distributors as well as drive revenue growth through the company’s portfolio of storage solutions. Farkaly is the architect and co-inventor of the REO SERIES of disk-based backup and recovery appliances. Prior to joining Overland Storage in July 2003, Bob was the co-founder of Okapi Software.
- Gil Rapaport
Mr. Rapaport previously served as Manager of Business Planning for Bezeq International, a leading Israeli ISP and international telecom solution provider. During Bezeq International's formative years, Mr. Rapaport led the Company's successful ISP acquisition initiatives and international cable infrastructure ventures. Mr. Rapaport is a recognized member of SNIA, and holds an MBA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.
- Snia Nd Kyla
- Garth Gibson
Garth Gibson Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panasas Garth Gibson is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Panasas Inc. ( www.panasas.com ) and an associate professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Gibson received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.
- Christina Casten
Christina Casten , Director Strategic Programs, EMC Centera Division Chair, eXtensible Access Method (XAM), SNIA Experiences in Building an Object-Based Storage System based on the OSD T-10 Standard
- Peter Dougherty
Technology Executive with 20+ years of domestic and international experience, operating, marketing, and developing computer, storage, hardware, software and networking businesses. Extensive general management and operational experience in high growth environments from start-up through IPO. Analytical and decisive with demonstrated ability to set strategy and planning disciplines to affect decision-making and accountability. Operationally and strategically focused on all phases of the . . .
- Tom Ruwart
Tom Ruwart has over 25 years of experience in the computer and storage industry starting in 1977 with Control Data Corporation. His experience spans hardware and software from IBM mainframe disk drives to large supercomputer-class storage systems. Aside from Control Data, Tom has worked for a start-up company, Edge Computer Corporation, The Minnesota Supercomputer Center, the University of Minnesota Laboratory for Computational Science and Engineering, and Ciprico.
- Garth Gibson
Garth Gibson Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panasas Garth Gibson is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Panasas Inc. ( www.panasas.com ) and an associate professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Gibson received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.
- Curtis Anderson
- Howey Chin
Howey Chin has over 18 years experience in high-speed network technology. He was one of the original founders of Gadzoox Networks in 1995 and served in various capacities including vice president of sales and marketing, and chief strategic officer. He has been a founding member of the SAN revolution, and one of the first to demonstrate to the industry the pivotal role of fibre channel in a storage environment. Chin is highly regarded in the SAN community.
- Bill Miller
- Marty Foltyn
Marty is the president of BitSprings Systems and is the author a variety of articles in end user and computer trade journals. She has been a frequent speaker at industry events, including the SAN Conference, the FCTC conference, PC Expo, Networld+Interop, and the International Help Desk Conference.
- Marilyn Brown Fausset
- Michael Peterson
Michael Peterson Strategic Research Corporation Michael Peterson is President and Senior Analyst of Strategic Research Corporation based in Santa Barbara, California. In this capacity, Mr. Peterson is a prominent network storage and system I/O industry spokesperson and leader, often called the "Catalyst of the Industry".
- Arnold Jones
- Duane Baldwin
Duane Baldwin Duane is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM and is on the Systems & Technology Group’s Storage Software Architecture & Standards team. In this role, Duane helps set standards & architecture strategies for IBM’s storage devices and software, while maintaining a balance between internal and industry involvement.
- Phil Kemp
Phil is currently the Vice Chair of the SNIA Storage Management Forum. Over the past year Phil has been instrumental in the delivery of the SNIA SMI-S v1.0 specification to the market. He has strongly supported the industry wide promotion and adoption of this critical IT standard. A native of Canada, Phil studied chemical engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He now resides in Auburn, California, with his wife Nancy.
- Sam Svitenko
Sam Svitenko is the Senior Director, Messaging and Compliance for the EMC Software Group’s Messaging Business Group, and is responsible for Global Business Development and Education related to the EmailXtender family of solutions. In this role, he serves as a compliance expert for the financial services industry and federal government regulations as well as electronic discovery and litigation support issues.
- Tom Mancuso
- Snia Pereira
- Snia Quintas
- Snia David
- Dario Trevisan
has been a member of the Board of Directors of Pirelli Real Estate S.p.A. since June 2003. From October 1996-April 2003, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Ing. Olivetti S.p.A. (today Telecom Italia S.p.A.); he was also member of the company's Audit Committee. In 1999, he was a member of the Board of Directors of SNIA S.p.A. and the Top Management remuneration committee.
- Terry Yoshii
- Osmer
- Erik Riedel
Erik Riedel Erik Riedel , Ph.D. is the Department Head for Interfaces & Architecture at Seagate Research in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His group focusses on novel storage devices and systems with increased intelligence to optimize performance, improve security, improve reliability, automate management, and enable smarter organization of data. The group's work targets Seagate products in enterprise, personal, consumer, and mobile storage.
- Skip Jones
Skip Jones Corporate, Director of Technology and Planning