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Ed Casey joined SoloPower as SVP of Operations in March 2010. Mr. Casey spent the last two years in Malaysia working for Seagate as Worldwide Executive Director of Substrate Development responsible for ramping a new substrate factory. His responsibilities also included development groups located in Singapore and Fremont, California. Seagate is the industry leader for hard disc drive products. Prior to Seagate, he worked at Komag from 2000 to 2006 in several senior engineering roles before becoming COO. In this role, he managed all of Komag’s manufacturing plants located offshore in Malaysia. He also was responsible for Komag’s Pilot and Launch groups located in San Jose, California. Komag developed and built media for the disc drive industry in the US and Malaysia, and was acquired by Western Digital for over $1.2 Billion in 2007. Prior to Komag, Mr. Casey was Senior Director of Manufacturing and Substrate Development for HMT from 1998 – 2000. HMT was a hard disc drive media manufacturer located in San Jose California acquired by Komag in 2000. Prior to HMT, Mr. Casey worked for 15 years at StorMedia, a hard disc drive media manufacturer. Mr. Casey held several positions including Executive Director of Operations.