InPhase Management Team

Steve Kitrosser
Chairman of the Board
Steve has over 30 years of data storage experience. He was VP of Seagate; founder and CEO of Quinta; CEO of Maxoptics and Executive VP at Maxtor Corp. He started his career at Digital Equipment Corp.

Nelson Diaz
President and CEO
Nelson has over 25 years of experience in the storage industry. He was VP/GM at StorageTek, Vice President at Maxtor Corp, and held numerous positions at Digital Equipment Corp.

Kevin Curtis, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Kevin was the principal investigator and program manager at Bell Labs where he worked on holographic/optical systems for 12 years. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Lisa Dhar, Ph.D.
Vice President of Media Development
Lisa was a principal investigator and media lead at Bell Labs. She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from MIT.

Dave Kempf
Chief Financial Officer
Dave has over 24 years experience as a finance executive with public and private companies ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to high tech start-ups. He has extensive experience in raising venture funds, as well as establishing and managing all aspects of financial reporting and controls for public institutions.

Liz Murphy
Vice President of marketing
Liz has over 25 years experience in the storage industry as VP/GM at StorageTek, various marketing, R&D and IT positions at Hewlett-Packard, and as a research analyst at SRI International.

Rusty Rosenberger
Vice President of Business Development
Rusty has 24 years experience in document image management and data storage industries. He was Director of Business Development at Imation Corp, and held numerous other related business and technical positions at Imation and 3M Company. He was elected to two (2) terms as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA).

Bill Wilson, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Bill has worked on holographic and photonic systems and materials for 20 years. He was a distinguished member of the technical staff at Bell Labs and holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Stanford University.

Art Rancis
Vice President of Sales
Art has over 25 years of experience in data storage products and services. He has held executive management positions at Sony Electronics, Samsung Electronics, StorageTek and Tektronix, and has extensive management experience in sales, marketing, strategic planning, engineering and manufacturing.

Jim Russo
Vice President of Engineering
Jim has 24 years experience in product development in the storage industry. Jim has held senior and executive level positions with companies such as LSI, Dot Hill Systems Corp., Chaparral Network Storage, Hewlett-Packard, StorageTek and Maxtor.