Steven Craig Joins Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to Lead Worldwide Quality Team

2008-05-21 23:40:42 -

www.hitachigst.com - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Jim Pascoe, 408-717-7924 james.pascoe@hitachigst.com Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced the appointment of Steven Craig to the position of vice president, quality. In this position, Craig will manage quality assurance across the entire component technology and product portfolio.

Steven brings strong leadership, strategic vision, technical depth and worldwide customer support expertise to the Hitachi executive team. His career is steeped in customer service and support leadership, both inside and outside the hard disk drive industry.

"Steven's appointment will ensure that Hitachi continues to meet the high quality benchmarks that our customers have come to expect from us," said Hiroaki Nakanishi, CEO of Hitachi GST. "We are excited to have him join our team and look forward to his leadership in elevating what is already recognized as a world-class quality and customer service organization."

Craig comes to Hitachi GST from Dot Hill Corporation, where he served as vice president of service and support. At Dot Hill, Craig provided cross-functional leadership and direction to service and support and was responsible for driving quality and customer engineering.

Prior to his tenure with Dot Hill, Craig spent 11 years at Maxtor Corporation, where he advanced from account manager to senior director, global accounts and, ultimately, to vice president, worldwide customer engineering. Prior to joining Maxtor, Steven worked in various engineering positions at Conner Peripherals in the UK and in Houston.

Craig will be based at Hitachi GST in San Jose, CA.

About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies develops advanced hard disk drives to store and preserve the world's valued data. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, Hitachi GST enables users to fully engage in the digital lifestyle by providing high-value, high-capacity storage in formats suitable for the office, in the home or on the road. With vertically integrated research, design and manufacturing capabilities, Hitachi GST delivers leadership technology and quality to its global customer base.

With approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, Hitachi GST offers a comprehensive range of hard drive products for desktop computers, high-performance storage systems and servers, notebooks and consumer devices. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.hitachigst.com.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies trademarks are authorized for use in countries and jurisdictions in which Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has the right to use, market and advertise the brands. The Travelstar trademark is authorized for use in the Americas, EMEA, and in the Asia-Pacific region in the following countries: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT) (TOKYO:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, logistics, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' trademarks are authorized for use in countries and jurisdictions in which Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has the right to use, market and advertise the brands. The Travelstar trademark is authorized for use in the Americas, EMEA, and the following Asia-Pacific countries and jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies shall not be liable to third parties for unauthorized use of its trademarks.

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