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.