Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.
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Audit
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Compensation
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Governance and Nominating
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Charles Christ
 
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Charles Christ joined the Company as Chairman of the Board in July 2000. Mr. Christ also serves as a director of Maxtor Corporation and Agilysys, Inc. Maxtor is a supplier of hard disk drives for desktop computer systems. Agilysys is a broad-line distributor of computer products. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Christ served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Symbios, Inc. (acquired by LSI Logic in 1998), a designer, manufacturer and provider of storage systems, as well as client-server integrated circuits, cell-based applications-specific integrated circuits and host adapter boards. He was Vice President and General Manager of the Components Division of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), where he launched and managed StorageWorks, DEC's storage division. Mr. Christ received a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and completed his undergraduate studies at General Motors Institute, now known as Kettering University.
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Kimberly Alexy
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Kimberly Alexy has served as a director of the company since December 2005. She is presently the founder and principal at Alexy Capital Management, a family investment management business. Ms. Alexy was formerly senior vice president and managing director of equity research for Prudential Securities. She served as principal technology hardware analyst for the firm and provided research coverage and investment ratings on technology companies within the hardware and storage industries. Prior to joining Prudential, Ms. Alexy was vice president of equity research at Lehman Brothers where she covered the PC hardware, channel and storage sectors. Prior to her tenure with Lehman Brothers, Ms. Alexy was assistant vice president of corporate finance at Wachovia Bank. Ms. Alexy currently serves as director for CalAmp Corp., a provider of wireless datacom and satellite products, Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of memory modules, solid state drives and embedded computing subsystems, and SouthWest Water Company, a provider of water and wastewater services. Ms. Alexy is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and holds an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the College of William and Mary as well as a B.A. in Psychology from Emory University.
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Dana W. Kammersgard
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President & CEO Dana W. Kammersgard has served as Dot Hill's President, CEO and Director since March 2006. He served as President from August 2004 to March 2006. From August 1999 to August 2004, Mr. Kammersgard served as the company's Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Kammersgard was a founder of Artecon and served as a director from its inception in 1984 until the company's merger with Box Hill Systems Corp. in August 1999. At Artecon, Mr. Kammersgard served in various positions since 1984, including Secretary and Senior Vice President of Engineering from March 1998 until August 1999 and as Vice President of Sales and Marketing from March 1997 until March 1998. Prior to co-founding Artecon, Mr. Kammersgard was the director of software development at CALMA, a division of General Electric Company. Mr. Kammersgard holds a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of California, San Diego.
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Joseph D. Markee
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Joseph D. Markee has served as a Director of the Company since June 2004. Mr. Markee currently serves as managing director of Express Ventures, LLP since November, 2005. Mr. Markee was chief executive officer of Figure 8 Wireless (a wholly owned subsidiary of Chipcon Group ASA since January, 2005) until May 2005. Chipcon Group ASA is a leading provider of ZigBee ready software and networking solutions focused on standardized wireless communications. Prior to Figure 8, Mr. Markee was co-founder and founding chief executive officer of Copper Mountain Networks. Copper Mountain designs, develops and delivers subscriber access and broadband remote access server solutions for facilities-based carrier networks. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Markee was co-founder and held several senior management roles at Primary Access, a remote access server company which was sold to 3Com Corporation in 1994. Mr. Markee is also a member of the Board of Directors of Metalink, Ltd., a global provider and developer of high performance wireline and wireless broadband communication silicon solutions. Mr. Markee graduated from the University of California, Davis where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Richard Mejia Jr.
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Richard Mejia, Jr., has served as a Director of the Company since September 2008. In July 2008, Mr. Mejia retired from the San Diego office of Ernst & Young, LLP after 38 years of service where he served as partner for the last 25 years. During his 20 years in San Diego, his focus was on technology and life sciences companies. He has extensive experience with initial public offerings, secondary offerings and private and public debt financings. He has also worked closely with public company boards in implementing corporate governance initiatives and compliance requirements.
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Roderick M. Sherwood III
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Roderick M. Sherwood, III has served as a Director of the Company since June 2006. Mr. Sherwood currently serves as chief financial officer, operations for The Gores Group, LLC, a private equity firm which he joined in 2005. Prior to joining the Gores Group, Mr. Sherwood was senior vice president and chief financial officer for Gateway, Inc. where he was responsible for corporate financial processes and controls, treasury activities and cost reduction programs. He was also integrally involved in the company's acquisition of eMachines. Mr. Sherwood has over 25 years experience in successful financial and operations capacities for companies such as Chrysler Corporation, Opsware, Inc. (formerly Loudcloud, Inc.) and Hughes Electronics Corporation. Mr. Sherwood received his MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business and holds an Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree, with Distinction, in Economics from Stanford University.
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Thomas H. Marmen
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Elected 2008 Mr. Marmen has served as a Director of the Company since November 2008. Mr Marmen has over 30 years of demonstrated success in the storage and semiconductor manufacturing industries. During his impressive career, he has been involved with various start ups, global enterprises and turnaround situations. Most recently, Mr. Marmen served as the president and chief executive officer of TimeLab Corporation. Prior to joining TimeLab, he was vice president and general manager for Broadcom Corporation, where he was responsible for all aspects of the storage line of business including marketing, engineering, and technical support for end-users. Mr. Marmen has held various positions at other companies including RAIDCore Corp. where he was the company's chief executive officer, Quantum Corp. where he served as senior vice president and general manager for the High End Storage Division, Adaptec Inc. as its corporate vice president in the Enterprise Solutions Group and Materials Research Corporation (a subsidiary of SONY Corp.) as president and chief executive officer. In addition he spent 18 years at Digital Equipment Corporation holding various management positions in the company's storage, memory, disk drive and semi-conductor businesses. Mr Marmen currently serves as the lead director at Ciprico Inc.
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