For over three decades, Mike Cordano has been a catalyst for growth and transformation with a proven track record of creating new markets by anticipating technology inflection points and market disruptions. From October 2015 to March 2020, Mr. Cordano was the President and COO of Western Digital Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of data storage devices and solutions worldwide, where he was responsible for all the operating functions of the company—including the Business Units, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing and Information Technology. He has a keen understanding of market and technology drivers, and has guided strategic investments and/or acquisitions of numerous technology leaders, including Virident (2013), Amplidata (2015), SanDisk Corp. (2015) and Tegile (2017). Cordano led the successful integration of three Fortune 500-scale companies, Western Digital Corporation, SanDisk and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), to create a $20 billion data infrastructure leader, well-positioned for long-term growth and value creation. Mr. Cordano has also led successful turnarounds of multiple companies in the data infrastructure ecosystem, including HGST, which was subsequently sold to Western Digital Corporation, and Maxtor Corporation, which was sold to Seagate Technology. In 2005, he founded Fabrik, Inc., a developer and supplier of portable and external storage solutions; as CEO of the company, he led a successful sale of the company to HGST in 2009. He received a B.S. in business from, and serves on the advisory board of, the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado.

Mark Long is a 25-year Silicon Valley veteran with broad strategic, financial and transactional experience. He has focused on driving innovation and value creation throughout his career as an experienced technology executive, investor and investment banker with an emphasis on the software, SaaS, digital media, Internet, entertainment and storage sectors. Mr. Long drove a 10-year transformation of the data storage industry, most recently as CFO (2016—2019) and CSO (2015—2019) of Western Digital, where he led strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, corporate investments, financial management, investor relations, accounting and related activities. He partnered with Mr. Cordano on the development and implementation of strategic investments, acquisitions and integrations that built the $20 billion data infrastructure leader. Prior to Western Digital, he was responsible for Strategic Development at HGST (2009 - 2012), driving the turnaround of the company with Mr. Cordano, and overseeing its eventual sale to Western Digital for $4.8 billion. Mr. Long joined HGST after serving as the financial advisor to Fabrik in its sale to HGST in 2009. Mr. Long has a J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, where he co-founded the Michigan Technology Law Review.