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Michael J. Hajeck
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Hajeck has served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since founding SiliconSystems in 2002. Mr. Hajeck is a storage industry expert with more than 20 years experience in the solid-state storage, removable media and hard drive markets and over the last fourteen years has helped pioneer the solid-state storage market. Mr. Hajeck’s extensive operating experience, with emphasis in sales and marketing, includes founding SiliconTech, Inc., co-founding MicroNet Technology, and senior management positions with SanDisk Corporation and SyQuest Technology. Mr. Hajeck graduated with a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Carl Swartz
President and Secretary
Mr. Swartz, a co-founder of SiliconSystems, has served as President and Secretary since 2002. Prior to joining SiliconSystems, Mr. Swartz served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and General Counsel for SimpleTech, Inc. Previously, Mr. Swartz served as a Vice President for Northrop Grumman Corp. and as Staff Director and Chief Counsel for a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Swartz graduated with a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy, an M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from Georgetown University.

Andrew Talbot
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Talbot joined SiliconSystems in April 2004 as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Mr. Talbot was a co-founder and Chief Financial Officer for Human Electric Ltd., an e-commerce services company based in the United Kingdom. Previously, Mr. Talbot served as Vice President and General Manager for SimpleTech Europe and Canada and was a senior manager for Coopers & Lybrand Canada. Mr. Talbot has a B.S. in Computerized Accountancy from the University of East Anglia, UK, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte Haskins + Sells.

David Merry
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Merry, a co-founder of SiliconSystems, has served as Chief Technology Officer since 2003. Prior to joining SiliconSystems, Mr. Merry served as Chief Technical Liaison for Solectron Corporation’s Smart Modular Division. Previously, Mr. Merry was Director of Worldwide Applications Engineering for SiliconTech, Inc., Director of Manufacturing for BizFon, Inc. and Vice President of Engineering for Centennial Technologies. Prior to joining Centennial, Mr. Merry held senior engineering and engineering management positions with Digital Equipment Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor. Mr. Merry graduated with a B.S. in Engineering from the Ohio Institute of Technology. Mr. Merry has been awarded seven U.S. patents.

Gary Drossel
Vice President of Product Planning
Mr. Drossel joined SiliconSystems in 2004 as Director of Product Marketing and was named Vice President of Product Planning in September, 2006. Prior to joining SiliconSystems, Mr. Drossel was Director of Solid-State Drives and Product Marketing Manager for SimpleTech, Inc. Previously, Mr. Drossel held various marketing, sales and field engineering management positions with Motorola Computer Group’s Pro-Log division and the industrial automation group of Parker Hannifin. Mr. Drossel graduated with a B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Timothy Leary
Vice President of Marketing
Mr. Leary joined SiliconSystems in August 2006 as Vice President of Marketing. Prior to joining SiliconSystems, Mr. Leary was co-founder and Managing Director of South Pointe Partners, Inc. Previously, Mr. Leary served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Venturi Wireless; and Executive Vice President of Expert Software. Prior to joining Expert Software, Mr. Leary held senior management positions with Channel Distributing and various Catalyst Ventures’ portfolio companies. Mr. Leary has a B.S. from Springfield College and an M.B.A from San Francisco State University.

Edward Meek
Vice President of Operations
Mr. Meek joined SiliconSystems in December 2005 as Vice President of Operations. Most recently, Mr. Meek was Senior Director of Worldwide Planning and Procurement for SanDisk Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of data storage products. Previously, Mr. Meek was Senior Director of Global Supply Chain Management for Lexar Media and Materials Manager for SanDisk. Prior to joining SanDisk, Mr. Meek held senior materials, logistics, and supply-chain management positions with Exabyte Corporation, Maxtor Corporation and Shugart Corporation. Mr. Meek attended the University of California, Santa Cruz.