Charles Christ joined the Company as Chairman of the Board in July 2000. Mr. Christ also serves as a director of Maxtor Corporation and Agilysys, Inc. Maxtor is a supplier of hard disk drives for desktop computer systems. Agilysys is a broad-line distributor of computer products. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Christ served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Symbios, Inc. (acquired by LSI Logic in 1998), a designer, manufacturer and provider of storage systems, as well as client-server integrated circuits, cell-based applications-specific integrated circuits and host adapter boards. He was Vice President and General Manager of the Components Division of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), where he launched and managed StorageWorks, DEC's storage division. Mr. Christ received a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and completed his undergraduate studies at General Motors Institute, now known as Kettering University. |