Steve Milligan re-joined Western Digital Corporation as president in March 2012. He reports to John Coyne, chief executive officer.
Immediately prior to returning to WD, Milligan was president and chief executive officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST). During his tenure, Milligan led Hitachi GST through a financial and operational turnaround culminating in WD’s acquisition of Hitachi GST in March 2012.
Prior to joining Hitachi GST in 2007, Milligan was Western Digital’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. He originally joined WD in 2002 as vice president, finance.
Milligan previously was with Dell and Price Waterhouse. He traces his computer industry knowledge to Dell and his hard disk drive roots to his 12 years at Price Waterhouse, where his responsibilities included auditing IBM’s hard disk drive business.
Steve Milligan holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Ohio State University.
