Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 4, 2001
MICHAEL A. BROWN is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum
Corporation. Mr. Brown joined Quantum in 1984 and held various marketing
positions until 1992 when he became the Chief Operating Officer
responsible for the company's hard disk drive business. When Quantum
formed divisions in 1993, Mr. Brown was named President of the company's
desktop products group, which developed storage products for PCs. Under
Mr. Brown's leadership, this group grew from a run rate of approximately
$1 billion to more than $3 billion. He was promoted to Chief Executive
Officer in September 1995, and then to Chairman of the Board in May
1998. Since that time, Quantum has expanded rapidly into storage systems
businesses, growing 10 times in the past four years through
acquisitions. Mr. Brown also serves on the Board of Digital Impact. Mr.
Brown holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University and an MBA from
Stanford University. Profile
Mr. Brown: Quantum was founded in 1980, so we're 21 years old this year.
We began as a disk drive supplier to the
