Finis Conner, Chairman of StorCard, Inc. is
pivotal in bringing almost 30 years of experience in
design, manufacturing and sales experience of hard disk
drives to StorCard. Finis Conner co-founded Shugart
Associates in 1973, where they produced and sold 8"
floppy and hard (HDD) disc drives. The company was sold
to Xerox Corporation in 1977. In 1979, Conner co-founded
Seagate Technology where he conceived the original 5
1/4" Winchester disc drive. Seagate was the first
company to receive the Entrepreneur Company Award by
both Harvard and the Stanford Business Schools in 1984.
In 1986, he founded Conner Peripherals, Inc., Fortune
magazine's pick for "America's fastest-growing
company." Conner Peripherals was the first to
develop and manufacture 3 1/2" and 2 ½”
Winchester disk drives used in personal computers. He
led the growth of the company to $1.4 billion in its 4th
year of sales and $2.7 billion in its 10th year when
Seagate acquired the company.
Anil Nigam
Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Nigam has an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of California, Berkeley and has
worked in the computer data storage industry for over 30
years. Mr. Nigam holds 16 US Patents and has authored
two technical papers. He was a founder and
Vice-President of Engineering at SyQuest Technology,
where he was responsible for products that generated
revenues of over $200 million in annual sales. He
co-founded Antek Peripherals Inc. and Flextor
Corporation and developed a technology for a high speed,
high capacity floppy disk drive product. This technology
was licensed to both US and Japanese manufacturers.
Prior to joining SyQuest Technology, Mr. Nigam held
senior management positions with Memorex Corporation.
John Glavin
VP Engineering
Mr. Glavin has 30 years of experience in the Storage
Industry, where he was responsible for the planning,
development and high volume manufacturing of cost
effective, fixed and removable Storage Products. He has
held senior management positions at Digital Equipment
Corp., Conner Peripherals, Seagate and Conner
Technologies. He also served as CTO of Samsung's HDD
division, as well as Iomega's Professional Products
Division. He holds a BSEE from Northeastern University.
Harvey Kroll
VP HR and Administration
Mr. Kroll brings over 20 years of hands-on experience
in high technology start up environments. His experience
encompasses all aspects of Human Resources, both
domestic and international. He has extensive experience
in facilities management, real estate transactions and
facilities fit up activities.
A graduate of Wayne State University, Mr. Kroll has
held senior level positions with Memorex Corp., Conner
Peripherals, and Excite@home before joining StorCard.
George Oliva
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Oliva has nearly 20 years experience in high
technology start-ups and high growth companies. He was
most recently with Lightwave Microsystems Corp., a
leading telecommunications optical component supplier.
Mr. Oliva was Chief Financial Officer of Hammer Storage
Solutions (formerly StreamLogic Corporation). Mr. Oliva
served as Director of Finance & Operations
Controller with Conner Technology where he was
responsible for corporate planning & analysis as
well as providing financial support to the manufacturing
and sales organizations. He held similar positions with
Conner Peripherals and Read-Rite Corporation.
Prior to working in industry, Mr. Oliva was an
auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co, a leading public
accounting firm, and passed the American Institute
Certified Public Accountant’s exam.
Mr. Oliva received his B.S. degree in Business
Administration from the University of California,
Berkeley.
