SandForce Adds S. ‘Sundi’ Sundaresh to Board of Directors

SARATOGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a move to further strengthen its top-level storage industry expertise as it enters a new phase of growth, SandForce® Inc., the pioneer of SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors that enable standard NAND Flash deployment in enterprise, client and industrial computing applications, today announced that S. ‘Sundi’ Sundaresh has been named to its Board of Directors. A former president, CEO and board member of Adaptec, Mr. Sundaresh brings a wealth of storage industry experience to the SandForce board, which also includes SandForce president and CEO Michael Raam; Carl Amdahl, general partner of DCM; Ryan Floyd, general partner at Storm Ventures; C.S. Park, former chairman and CEO of Maxtor and Hynix; and Jackie Yang, managing director of TransLink Capital.

“With volume production shipments of our breakthrough SSD Processors underway, SandForce is poised for the next phase of rapid growth”

“SandForce has a unique and significant technology advantage in the fast-growing SSD Processor market and it is exciting to see broad acceptance of their products in enterprise, client and industrial computing applications,” said Mr. Sundaresh. “I look forward to helping this company drive their next phase of growth.”

Mr. Sundaresh has more than 15 years of experience in managing high-growth companies in the storage industry. Before becoming an advisor and board member for technology companies, Mr. Sundaresh was the president and CEO of Adaptec, Inc. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of Candera Inc., where he launched the industry’s first network storage controller. As president and CEO of Jetstream Communications, he pioneered voice over broadband and achieved the leading market share with the company’s solutions. During a previous tenure at Adaptec, Mr. Sundaresh served in a number of positions, including corporate Vice-President and General Manager for the Personal I/O division and corporate Vice President of worldwide marketing. He has also held various positions at Hyundai Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, and National Semiconductor.

Mr. Sundaresh holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

SandForce SSD Processors with unique DuraClass™ Technology are now shipping in production through a myriad of SSD manufacturers. A Flash Memory Summit award winner for “Best of Show,” SandForce is delivering new levels of reliability, performance and power efficiency for mission-critical data storage. In May, the Company launched the ‘SandForce Driven’ program which enables qualified SSD manufacturers to differentiate their products as ones that include SandForce SSD Processors. Please visit www.sandforce.com/go/SandForce-Driven for more information on this program.

“With volume production shipments of our breakthrough SSD Processors underway, SandForce is poised for the next phase of rapid growth,” said Michael Raam, president and CEO of SandForce. “Mr. Sundaresh’s experience with Adaptec and other storage-related firms will be invaluable as we formulate and execute strategies to continue our rapid progress toward becoming the industry standard technology for enterprise, client and industrial solid state drives.”

About SandForce

SandForce is transforming data storage by pioneering the use of standard flash memory in enterprise, client and industrial computing applications with its innovative SSD (Solid State Drive) Processors. By delivering unprecedented reliability, performance, and energy efficiency, SSDs based on patent-pending SandForce DuraClass technology unleash the full potential for mass-market adoption of SSDs using NAND flash memory. Founded in 2006, SandForce is funded by leading venture capital investors and first tier storage companies. For more information, visit SandForce at www.sandforce.com.

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