Edward J. (Ned) Hayes, Jr., a Director since February 2006, is Chief Financial Officer of Pillar Data Systems. Pillar's mission is to design and build the most cost-effective, highly available networked storage solutions in the market. These solutions for the first time seamlessly unite SAN and NAS, delivering multiple tiers of storage on a single platform.
Mr. Hayes was most recently Executive Vice President and CFO of Quantum Corporation (NYSE:QTM), a global leader in data back-up, recovery and archive storage. He joined Quantum in July 2004, having most recently held the position of President and CEO of DirecTV Broadband, Inc., a nationwide Internet Service Provider delivering residential broadband and value-added services over DSL. Prior to DirecTV Broadband, Mr. Hayes served as Executive Vice President and CFO at Telocity, Inc., and Financial Vice President and CFO in two of Lucent Technologies' divisions, including the $20 billion Global Service Provider Business. He has also held senior financial management positions at other multinational companies such as Unisys Corporation, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Mr. Hayes received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and conducted his graduate studies in Accounting and Finance at New York University's Stern Graduate School of Business. He serves on the boards of Super Micro Computer, Inc as an independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee; and New Wave Research, Inc. as an independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee. |