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Principal
Alexy Capital Management
Kimberly Alexy has been a director since November 2018. Alexy is a seasoned financial services professional and brings to the board more than 25 years of experience in capital markets, corporate finance and investments. She founded Alexy Capital Management, a private investment fund, in 2005 and serves as its principal. Previously, Alexy served as a sell-side equity research analyst on Wall Street for nearly a decade, specializing in the technology and corporate finance industries at Prudential Securities, Lehman Brothers and Wachovia Bank. Alexy is a chartered financial analyst and serves on the boards of directors of Mandiant, Inc. (f/k/a FireEye, Inc.) and Five9 Inc.
Chief Executive Officer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES
Dr. Thomas (Tom) Caulfield has been a director since July 2021.
Caulfield is a demonstrated leader with over 30 years of semiconductor industry experience. His extensive career spans roles in engineering, management and global operations.
Prior to being named CEO of GLOBALFOUNDRIES in 2018, he was senior vice president and general manager of the company’s 300 mm semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility (Fab 8). Prior to that, Caulfield held senior executive positions at several leading technology companies including IBM and Novellus Systems, Inc.
Former Chief Executive
Accenture plc Technology Group
Martin I. Cole has been a director since 2014. Prior to retiring in August 2014, Cole served as the chief executive of Accenture plc's Technology Group, with responsibility for the full range of Accenture’s technology consulting and outsourcing solutions and delivery capabilities, including its global delivery network. He led technology innovation, including the Accenture Technology Labs, the Accenture software business and development of emerging technology solutions, including cloud solutions. Prior to that, Cole served Accenture in a variety of capacities since 1980, including as chief executive of the communications, media and technology operating group, chief executive of the public service operating group, and global managing director of the outsourcing and infrastructure delivery group. During his tenure, Cole also served as the chairman of the board of Avanade, a joint venture of Accenture and Microsoft and was a member of Accenture’s global management and operating committees. Cole currently serves as a director for The Western Union Company. He is the co-author of Unlocking Public Value: A New Model for Achieving High Performance in Public Service Organizations, a guide to understanding how public service organizations can measure, analyze and improve public value over time.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Maxim Integrated
Tunç Doluca has been a director since August 2018. Doluca brings over 30 years of executive leadership and technical experience in the semiconductor industry to the board. He served as the president and chief executive officer of Maxim Integrated, a developer of innovative analog and mixed-signal products and technologies, from 2007 to 2021, when it was acquired by Analog Devices, Inc. He led multiple strategic initiatives that transformed the company’s operational and manufacturing execution, including the alignment of product development with end markets and the transition of Maxim Integrated’s manufacturing to a more flexible hybrid production model. Previously, Doluca held a variety of management positions at Maxim Integrated, including leading R&D and serving as group president of its portable, computing and instrumentation electronics business units. He has designed over 40 products and holds 11 patents. Doluca also serves on the boards of Analog Devices, Inc. and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Chief Executive Officer
Western Digital Corporation
David Goeckeler is Chief Executive Officer of Western Digital.
Prior to joining Western Digital, Goeckeler was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Networking and Security Business, a $34 billion global technology franchise. A 19-year Cisco veteran, he led a team of more than 25,000 engineers and oversaw Cisco’s networking and security strategy and market acceleration, including development operations for the company's expansive technology portfolio and strategic acquisitions.
Previously, Goeckeler oversaw Cisco’s Security Business and was instrumental in defining Cisco’s threat-centric security strategy, transitioning the business to a software and recurring revenue-based model, and returning the business to share-gaining growth. Under his leadership, the Security Group also acquired and successfully integrated multiple companies, solidifying Cisco’s place as the largest IT Security vendor in the industry.
Goeckeler holds bachelor’s degrees in computer science and mathematics from the University of Missouri at Columbia, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in business administration from both Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Goeckeler is widely recognized for his leadership and operational excellence. In 2012, he received Frost and Sullivan’s Excellence Award in Engineering Operations.
Chairman of the Board, Western Digital Corporation
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Western Digital Corporation
Matthew Massengill is chairman of the board of directors of Western Digital Corporation. He has been a director of Western Digital since January 2000. He joined us in 1985 and served in various executive capacities with us 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. Massengill served as chairman of the board of directors from November 2001 until March 2007.
Former Chief Financial Officer
Macy’s, Inc.
Paula Price has been a director since June 2020, after previously serving on the board from July 2014 until February 2019. Price served as an advisor to Macy’s, Inc., an omni-channel retailer, from June 2020 to December 2020, after serving as its executive vice president and chief financial officer from July 2018 to May 2020. She has been a visiting executive for Harvard Business School since July 2018 and was a senior lecturer for Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management Unit from July 2014 to July 2018. From May 2009 to January 2014, Price served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Ahold USA, a retailer that operates more than 700 supermarkets and an online grocery delivery service. From July 2006 to August 2008, she was the senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer at CVS Caremark and from August 2002 to September 2005, she was the senior vice president and chief financial officer for the institutional trust services division of JPMorgan Chase. Price is a certified public accountant and is also a director of Accenture plc., Bristol Myers Squibb Company and DaVita Inc.
Former Chief Executive Officer
Libbey Inc.
Stephanie Streeter has been a director since November 2018. Ms. Streeter served as chief executive officer of Libbey Inc., a producer of glass tableware products, from 2011 to 2016, and held various roles at Banta Corporation, a commercial printing and supply-chain management services company, including chairman, president and chief executive officer, from 2001 to 2007. She also spent 14 years with Avery Dennison Corporation in a variety of product and business management positions, including as Group Vice President of Worldwide Office Products from 1996 to 2000. Streeter was a member of the board of directors of the United States Olympic Committee from 2004 to 2009, where she also served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from March 2009 to March 2010. She serves on the boards of directors of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Kohl’s Corporation.
Non Executive Director at MetLife Japan and Jera Co., Inc.
Miyuki Suzuki has been a director since July 2021.
Currently serving as a director on the boards of MetLife Japan and Jera, Japan’s largest power generation company, Suzuki has over 35 years of leadership experience in the technology, telecommunications and airlines industries. With deep global operations expertise that spans across the Asia Pacific region, she most recently was president of Asia Pacific, Japan and China at Cisco.
Prior to that, she also has held senior leadership roles at Jetstar Airways, LexisNexis, Japan Telecom and Thomson Reuters Corporation. Suzuki holds a master of arts degree in History from the University of Oxford.
Chief Executive Officer
Western Digital Corporation
David Goeckeler is Chief Executive Officer of Western Digital.
Prior to joining Western Digital, Goeckeler was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Networking and Security Business, a $34 billion global technology franchise. A 19-year Cisco veteran, he led a team of more than 25,000 engineers and oversaw Cisco’s networking and security strategy and market acceleration, including development operations for the company's expansive technology portfolio and strategic acquisitions.
Previously, Goeckeler oversaw Cisco’s Security Business and was instrumental in defining Cisco’s threat-centric security strategy, transitioning the business to a software and recurring revenue-based model, and returning the business to share-gaining growth. Under his leadership, the Security Group also acquired and successfully integrated multiple companies, solidifying Cisco’s place as the largest IT Security vendor in the industry.
Goeckeler holds bachelor’s degrees in computer science and mathematics from the University of Missouri at Columbia, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in business administration from both Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Goeckeler is widely recognized for his leadership and operational excellence. In 2012, he received Frost and Sullivan’s Excellence Award in Engineering Operations.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Western Digital Corporation
Robert Eulau is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Western Digital.
Eulau was most recently Chief Executive Officer at Sanmina Corporation where he previously served for eight years as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Eulau held chief financial officer positions at Alien Technology Corporation and Rambus Incorporated, and held a number of financial leadership roles at Hewlett-Packard Company.
Eulau earned a Master’s in Business Administration (Finance/Accounting) from The University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from Pomona College.
He is based at the company’s San Jose, CA headquarters location.
President, Technology and Strategy
Western Digital Corporation
Dr. Siva Sivaram is President, Technology and Strategy, at Western Digital where he is responsible for the development of the corporate strategy and the technologies that fuel the company’s growth.
Sivaram has more than 35 years of experience in semiconductor technologies and manufacturing. He has held executive positions at Intel, Matrix Semiconductor and at SanDisk after its acquisition of Matrix. Additionally, he was the founder and CEO of Twin Creeks Technologies, a solar panel and equipment company.
Sivaram has authored numerous technical papers and a textbook on chemical vapor deposition and holds several patents in semiconductor and solar technologies.
Sivaram serves on the board of directors of the Global Semiconductor Alliance and the US-India Business Council. He has been on the board of directors and advised several start-up firms and was entrepreneur-in-residence at Crosslink Capital and XSeed Capital.
He also serves on the board of Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest NGO dedicated to feeding school children.
Sivaram received his Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Materials Science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been nominated to its Board of Trustees. Additionally, he is a Distinguished Alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, India, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Western Digital Corporation
Christine Bastian is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Western Digital. In this role, she is responsible for developing the company’s people and leadership solutions and leading a purpose-driven culture across its 65,000+ employees worldwide.
Previously, Bastian was Senior Vice President of People & Communities at Cisco, where she led the enterprise in reimagining talent solutions that transformed the company’s approach to leaders and teams, learning and careers, performance, workforce planning, and hybrid work. With a focus on cultivating high-functioning teams, leader success, and adaptive change, she oversaw teams that drove the execution of acquisitions and divestitures and led people consulting for the company’s global engineering organization.
Bastian is known for her expertise in organizational design, talent development, high-performance teaming, and executive coaching, as well as her passion for advocating for full-spectrum diversity, inclusion, and equity. She has been recognized for her contributions with the YWCA Silicon Valley Tribute to Women Award in 2019 and as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council in 2020. She is an active member of Global HR 50.
Bastian graduated from California Polytechnic State University. She’s zealous about people, technology, and how she can contribute to do amazing things for our businesses, her community, and our future.
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Flash Business
Western Digital Corporation
Robert Soderbery is Executive Vice President and General Manager, Flash Business.
Prior to joining Western Digital, Soderbery served as president of UpLift, Inc., a travel finance company. Soderbery previously served as senior vice president and general manager, enterprise products, and in other senior leadership roles at Cisco Systems. He also advanced through a series of leadership roles at Symantec Corporation, including senior vice president, storage and availability management group.
Soderbery also serves as a member of UpLift’s board of directors, an advisor to Rockwell Automation, Inc. and as managing member of Acclimate Ventures LLC, a consulting, advisory and investment firm.
Executive Vice President and General Manager, HDD Business
Western Digital Corporation
Ashley Gorakhpurwalla is Executive Vice President and General Manager, HDD business.
Prior to joining Western Digital, Gorakhpurwalla served as president and general manager of Servers and Infrastructure Systems at Dell EMC, where he led a $20 billion business that included the company's PowerEdge Server, Hyperconverged Infrastructure and Extreme Scale Infrastructure business units, as well as research and development for its Storage and Data Protection Platform.
With almost 30 years of technology industry experience, Gorakhpurwalla advanced through a series of engineering and business leadership roles at Dell Technologies that focused on complex data center infrastructure. Prior to leading Dell EMC's Server and Infrastructure Systems Business, he served as senior vice president of the company's PowerEdge engineering team.
Gorakhpurwalla holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University - Kingsville.
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Western Digital Corporation
Michael Ray is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Western Digital. He is responsible for the company's worldwide legal, risk management, compliance and government relations functions.
Prior to his current role, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel since October 2010. He has held a number of positions at Western Digital since joining the company in 2000, including Senior Counsel, Assistant General Counsel and Vice President, Legal Services.
Ray serves as a member of the company's executive management team and provides strategic advice to the team and the members of the company's Board of Directors. He oversees teams responsible for supporting the company's efforts to develop, manufacture, market and sell storage products globally through the company's independent subsidiaries. He also leads teams responsible for protecting the company's significant intellectual property, strengthening and defending the company's brands worldwide, and complying with regulatory and public-company obligations.
Prior to joining Western Digital, Ray was corporate counsel for Wynn's International, Inc., an NYSE-listed manufacturer of automotive parts and chemicals; served the U.S. District Court, Central District of California as judicial clerk; and practiced trial law, law and motion and labor/employment law at O'Melveny & Myers, LLP.
Ray holds a bachelor's degree, with honors, from Harvard College; and a law degree, with honors, from Harvard Law School. Ray has received numerous awards and citations, including being honored as the Orange County Business Journal's Public Company General Counsel of the Year for 2012.
Ray has served since 2001 as a director of Mercy House Transitional Living Center, based in Santa Ana, California, one of California's largest providers of services and housing for homeless men, women and children. He is also a director of the United Way of Orange County, and has co-chaired the Orange County United Way Tocqueville Society Bench & Bar affinity group since 2013.
U.S. Public Policy Activities
It is the policy of Western Digital to participate in legislative, regulatory, and public policy affairs as deemed by management and the Board of Directors to be in the best interests of the Company. However, the Company does not have or support a political action committee and does not use corporate funds or resources for donations to local, state, or national elections whether to candidates, political parties, non-candidate organizations, Section 501(c)(4) organizations, or Section 527 organizations, or to local or state ballot measures. The Company does not make independent political expenditures using corporate funds or resources. **https://www.westerndigital.com/company/corporate-sustainability/us-public-policy-activities**