Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has appointed Don Blake as the Senior Vice- President of Operations. Blake will lead a team focussed on making operational improvements that strengthen Hitachi GST’s competitive position in the global hard disk drive market.
“Don brings a proven record of accomplishments in high-volume manufacturing, supply chain management and global business operations,” said Steve Milligan, President, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. “His leadership and industry knowledge will be critically important as we continue to make process and efficiency improvements that will have a positive impact on customer response time, product quality and overall satisfaction.”
Blake has more than 25 years of manufacturing and operations expertise in the hard disk drive industry. His 13 years tenure at WD included executive-level manufacturing, programme management and quality roles. He spent seven years in Asia managing WD’s HDD operations and played a leading role in the acquisition and successful integration of Komag. He began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation and held operations management positions of increasing responsibility at Connor Peripherals, Maxtor and Toshiba.
Blake will maintain offices in Asia and at the company’s headquarters in San Jose, California.
