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SanDisk Appoints Drew Henry As Senior VP

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SanDisk has appointed Drew Henry as senior vice president, OEM Marketing.

Mr. Henry will be responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies as well as driving the company’s OEM embedded and removable product roadmaps. He will report to Dan Inbar, senior vice president and general manager of SanDisk’s OEM group.

Mr. Henry joined SanDisk from NVIDIA where he served in various executive roles, most recently as the general manager of the GeForce GPU business. Prior to NVIDIA, Henry held leadership positions at iBeam Broadcasting, Silicon Graphics and Failure Analysis Associates. He started his career in the technology industry with TRW.

Mr. Henry holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from the University of the Pacific.

Upload: 12-30-12

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