V.P., Enterprise Business Group

Dr. Currie Munce has been with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies since its inception on January 1, 2003. Munce has spent his entire career, spanning 22 years, in the hard drive industry in positions including deep research, product development, go-to-market strategies and business management.

In his current role as vice president, Enterprise Business Group, Dr. Munce is responsible for the management of product development, manufacturing operations, quality, and customer technical support. In addition, he is responsible for the development of the company’s internal read/write channel technology and the operation of the Systems Integration Test lab, supporting customer qualifications and testing.

Previously, Dr. Munce was vice president of U.S. Labs and Worldwide Research and Advanced Technology where he was responsible for all the HDD product development located in the U.S. and for efforts in Research and Advanced Technology in the U.S. and Japan.

Before joining Hitachi GST, he worked for IBM Research for more than 17 years. Dr. Munce received his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mechanics from U.C. San Diego, and his Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.