| Executive |
Willie Evans
|
| Award | Top 100 |
| Company Name | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies |
| Title | Director of America sales |
| Years At Company | 3 (served 26 years at IBM prior to merger) |
| Years In Channel | 10 |
| Reports To | George Silva, vice president of worldwide sales |
| Top Priority for 2006 | To leverage Hitachi's product-line strengths for continued profitable growth. |
| Top Business Challenge | Meeting the fast-growing demand for our high-capacity drives. |
| Top Opportunity | Leveraging our small form factor leadership to enable the adoption of HDDs into more consumer electronics devices. |
| Best Part of Channel Program | Flexibility. All the options available are tuned to fit the needs of the customers. We don't have a one-size-fits-all channel program. We have a set of channel options for integrators, resellers and emerging OEMs that aim to meet their needs for integration, promotion and profitability. |
| Best Decision In the Last 12 Months | Deciding to stay with Hitachi GST; we are ready for an exciting future. |
| Miles Traveled in 2005 | 85,000 |
