ADIC executives to join Quantum

BANGALORE: Storage firm Quantum Corp. today announced that two executives of
Advanced Digital Information Corporation will join Quantum's senior management

team after the company completes its acquisition of ADIC, which is expected to

occur by the end-August.






Jon Gacek, CFO and executive vice president of Finance and Operations at ADIC,
will serve as executive vice president and CFO of the combined company. Bill

Britts, ADIC's co-executive vice president, Products, Sales and Service, will

become Quantum's executive vice president, Sales, Marketing and Service, a newly

created position.






Both Gacek and Britts have played a critical role in ADIC's overall success,
including building a strong enterprise business.






“Quantum's acquisition of ADIC is all about combining our complementary
strengths in backup, recovery and archive to deliver greater value to customers

and shareholders,” said Rick Belluzzo, chairman and CEO of Quantum. “With the

addition of Jon and Bill to Quantum's executive management team, we are bringing

together a broad base of talent and experience from both companies that will

enable us take full advantage of this combination and the increased

opportunities ahead.”






Gacek has served as CFO at ADIC since joining the company in 1999 and took on
the additional role of leading Operations in 2004. Prior to ADIC, Gacek was an

audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and led the Technology Practice in

the firm's Seattle office. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, he assisted

several private equity investment firms with a number of mergers, acquisitions,

leveraged buyouts and other transactions. Gacek serves on the boards of

directors of Loud Technologies, Inc. and HouseValues, Inc.






Britts was named co-executive vice president, Products, Sales and Service at
ADIC in February of this year. Prior to that, he served as executive vice

president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing for eight years, as vice president,

Sales and Marketing from 1995 to 1997 and as director of Marketing for a year.

Before joining ADIC, Britts held a number of marketing and sales positions at

Raychem Corp. and its subsidiary, Elo TouchSystems.






In addition to Belluzzo, Gacek and Britts, the combined company's executive
management team will include four current Quantum leaders in the same positions

they now hold: Howard Matthews (president and COO), Andy Panayides (vice

president, Corporate Development, Strategy and Integration), Shawn Hall (vice

president and general counsel) and Barbara Barrett (vice president, Human

Resources).






Gacek will succeed Ned Hayes, who will leave Quantum after the ADIC acquisition
is completed.






“I want to thank Ned for his many contributions over the past two years in
helping me to transition Quantum and enhance our competitiveness,” said Belluzzo.






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