Manouch Moshayedi, a co-founder of STEC (formerly SimpleTech), has served as President or Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the inception of the company in March 1990. From March 1990 to September 1994. Mr. Moshayedi also served as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Moshayedi graduated with a B.S. in Engineering from California State University, Fullerton and an M.B.A from Long Island University in New York.

Dan Moses has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 1994 and director since March 2000. From October 1992 to August 1994, Mr. Moses served as Controller. Prior to joining STEC (formerly SimpleTech), Mr. Moses was a Senior Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from May 1990 to October 1992. Mr. Moses graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside and a Master's of Accounting from the University of Southern California. Mr. Moses is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mark Moshayedi has served as director since March 1992 and as the company's Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Secretary since January 1995 and was appointed to the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees in June 2007. From March 1990 to June 1994 Mr. Moshayedi served as Senior Vice President. Mr. Moshayedi graduated with a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Irvine and an M.B.A from Pepperdine University.

Vahid Manian joined STEC as a director in February 2007. Since April 2005, Mr. Manian has been Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations of Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. From December 1997 to April 2005, Mr. Manian was Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at Broadcom and from January 1996 to December 1997 Mr. Manian was Director of Operations of Broadcom. Prior to joining Broadcom, Mr. Manian served in a number of positions for approximately 12 years at Silicon Systems, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer, including over six years as Director of Operations. Mr. Manian graduated with a B.S.E.E. and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.

Rajat Bahri joined STEC as a director and member of our 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, he 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. Mr. Bahri graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Delhi and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

F. Michael Ball is President of Allergan, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. Previously, Mr. Ball was Senior Vice President of Allergan, Inc. from April 1995 to April 1996. Mr. Ball graduated with a B.S. in Science and an M.B.A from Queen’s University in Canada.

Mr. Peterson joined Microsemi Corporation in April 1999, upon the acquisition of Linfinity Microelectronics, Inc., and became president and CEO of Microsemi Corporation in November 2000. Previously, Mr. Peterson rose to senior worldwide marketing and sales management positions with Silicon Systems, Inc., Rockwell Corporation and General Instruments Microelectronics. He holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.