Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 23, 2013

Interview with the President, CEO and Director & the SVP and CFO: Dot Hill Systems Corp. (HILL)

Jamal, Hanif I.
Hanif I. Jamal has served as Dot Hill System Corp.'s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2006. Prior to joining Dot Hill, Mr. Jamal served as Vice President and Corporate Treasurer for Gateway Inc. from 2002 to 2006. Prior to joining Gateway, Mr. Jamal served in a number of leadership positions over 17 years within Hewlett-Packard Company in the captive customer financing division, HP Technology Finance. Mr. Jamal led the company's customer financing operations in North America, Latin America and Europe, and was also Vice President and General Manager for HP's Commercial and Consumer Financing Division. In 1998, he established Hewlett-Packard International Bank in Dublin, Ireland, and served as Managing Director through 2000. Jamal holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in management sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the United Kingdom.  Profile
Kammersgard, Dana W.
Dana W. Kammersgard has served as Dot Hill System Corp.'s President, CEO and Director since March 2006. He served as President from August 2004 to March 2006. From August 1999 to August 2004, Mr. Kammersgard served as the company's Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Kammersgard was a founder of Artecon and served as a Director from its inception in 1984 until the company's merger with Box Hill Systems Corp. in August 1999. At Artecon, Mr. Kammersgard served in various positions since 1984, including Secretary and Senior Vice President of Engineering from March 1998 until August 1999, and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing from March 1997 until March 1998. Prior to cofounding Artecon, Mr. Kammersgard was the Director of Software Development at Calma, a division of General Electric Company. Mr. Kammersgard holds a B.A. in chemistry from the University of California, San Diego. Profile
TWST: Mr. Kammersgard, let's start with a quick corporate profile. What is Dot Hill, and what have been the corporate milestones?

Mr. Kammersgard: Sometimes, I characterize us as a