Pat O’Malley, Seagate, Senior Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business Development

HDD Storage: Any Way You Want It ... But How Do You Make It Pay For You?

Abstract

With the proliferation of HDD storage in new applications, challenges abound for the device maker and storage provider. The name of the game is not just capacity -- wide varieties of performance, reliability and packaging options pushed this technology beyond computing to everyday/everywhere environments. Now the divergence of interfaces, form factors, spin speeds and other capabilities only continues to grow. What must designers and manufacturers do to understand and take advantage of the opportunities afforded by these changing technologies?

Hear from the world's leading HDD provider, Seagate Technology, on the challenges and opportunities in burgeoning new markets.

Biography

Pat O'Malley joined Seagate in 1988 as Sr. Financial Analyst & during the past sixteen years has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance - Corporate FP&A, Senior Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Senior Director of Finance for Desktop Design, Vice President of Finance for Recording Media Operations and Senior Vice President of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. On January 1, 2004, assumed role of Senior Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business Development in the Global Sales & Marketing organization.

Prior to Seagate, spent four years as an Senior Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O'Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).