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John F. Coyne is president and chief executive officer of Western Digital. He is a member of WD’s board of directors has been president since May 2006 and became CEO in January 2007. Coyne has dedicated the majority of his career to WD serving the company in many capacities around the globe.
Coyne originally joined WD in 1983 to start the company’s PCBA operations in his native Ireland. Based in Malaysia beginning in 1997 he planned and implemented WD’s consolidation of all worldwide hard drive manufacturing into Malaysia in January 2000 the expansion of the company’s drive operations into Thailand in January 2002 and manufacturing operations related to the acquisition and integration of the Read-Rite magnetic head business in Thailand in August 2003.
During his career Coyne has progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in engineering manufacturing materials marketing and general management primarily in the electronics industry.
A native of Dublin Ireland Coyne received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from University College Dublin in 1971.
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