Ancor Adds Seagate Executive to Board
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancor Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCR) announced today that
Michael Huntley, former senior vice president of worldwide disc drive sales for Seagate Technology Inc., has
joined Ancor's board of directors.
Huntley has over 27 years of executive experience in the data storage industry. In addition to his recent position
at Seagate, he has been senior vice president and general manager of Seagate's Removable Storage Solutions
and vice president of Seagate's Americas' sales.
Huntley began his career in 1971 as manager of sales for Control Data Corporation's Components Division. For
the next 17 years he held various executive positions with Control Data, including vice president of sales for the
Atlantic and Central regions of the U.S., and later vice president of Worldwide Sales for the company's Data
Storage Division, Imprimis.
Ken Hendrickson, Ancor chairman and chief executive officer, said, "Mike's excellent business sense has
earned him the respect of the storage industry, including its senior executives. His new role with Ancor speaks
volumes for the increasing importance and viability of the Fibre Channel switch market going forward. I am
confident that his valuable insights will help move Ancor forward as we increase our OEM sales efforts in
storage area networking."
About Ancor Communications
Ancor Communications, Inc. provides GigWorks(TM) high-performance storage and data-intensive network
solutions based on Fibre Channel technology. The company was the first to deliver a Fibre Channel switch, and
the first to top the one-gigabit performance level. Ancor is a member of the Fibre Channel Association, the
Storage Networking Industry Alliance, the Fibre Channel Loop Community, the ANSI Standards Committee, and
the University of New Hampshire Fibre Channel Consortium to promote the advancement of Fibre Channel
standards and interoperability. Information on Ancor is available on the World Wide Web at ancor.com
For more information about Fibre Channel technology and Ancor Fibre Channel solutions, call 800-342-7379 or
access World Wide Web site ancor.com. Media, contact Mary Miller, Ancor, at 612-932-4071 or
marym@ancor.com or Aaron Pearson, Shandwick, at 612-841-6217 or apearson@shandwick.com
Forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are qualified by
the risk factors outlined in the documents Ancor Communications, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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