Manouch Moshayedi, a co-founder of STEC, has served as President or Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since STEC's inception in March 1990. From STEC's inception in March 1990 to September 1994, Mr. Moshayedi also served as Chief Financial Officer.

Dan Moses served as STEC's Chief Financial Officer from August 1994 to November 2008, STEC's Executive Vice President from August 2006 to November 2008. Mr. Moses has served as a director since March 2000. From October 1992 to August 1994, Mr. Moses served as STEC's Controller. Before joining STEC, Mr. Moses was a Senior Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from June 1990 to October 1992.

Mark Moshayedi has served as a Director since March 1992 and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Secretary since January 1995 and President since March 2007. From June 1994 to December 1994, Mr. Moshayedi served as our President of Research and Development. From April 1992 to June 1994, Mr. Moshayedi served as Senior Vice President.

Matthew L. Witte joined STEC as a director and member of our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees in January 2009. Mr. Witte is a founding partner of Marwit Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, since January 1994. In addition, Mr. Witte is currently one of two Managing Partners of the firm's current fund - Marwit Capital Partners II, L.P. - where he is responsible for the fund's management and final investment decisions.

Rajat Bahri joined STEC as a director and member of STEC's Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees in November 2005. Since January 2005, Mr. Bahri has been Chief Financial Officer of Trimble Navigation Limited, a publicly-traded company that provides advanced positioning product solutions. Prior to joining Trimble, Mr. Bahri served for more than 15 years in various capacities within the financial organization of several subsidiaries of Kraft Foods, Inc. and General Foods Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Bahri served as the Chief Financial Officer for Kraft Canada, Inc. From June 2000 to June 2001, Mr. Bahri served as chief financial officer of Kraft Pizza Company. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Bahri was Operations Controller for Kraft Jacobs Suchard Europe.

F. Michael Ball joined STEC as a director and member of STEC's Audit and Compensation Committees in October 2000. Mr. Ball was appointed as a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in February 2004. Since February 2006, Mr. Ball has been President of Allergan, Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company. From October 2003 to January 2006, Mr. Ball was Executive Vice President and President, Pharmaceuticals, of Allergan, Inc. From April 1996 to September 2003, Mr. Ball was Corporate Vice President and President, North America Region of Allergan, Inc.

Christopher W. Colpitts joined STEC as a director in March 2009. Since May 2006, Mr. Colpitts has been the Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank. Prior to this, he spent nine years at Lehman Brothers, most recently as Managing Director and Global Head of Electronics Investment Banking.