Leadership

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Western Digital Corporation

Wissam Jabre is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Western Digital, responsible for finance, accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury, internal audit, and investor relations. Jabre has more than 20 years of financial experience, specifically in the semiconductor industry. Most recently, he was CFO at Dialog Semiconductor. Before joining Dialog Semiconductor in 2016, Jabre served as Corporate Vice President of Finance at Advanced Micro Devices. From 2004 to 2014, Jabre also held various finance positions during his 10-year tenure at Freescale Semiconductor, including Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President of Global Pricing, and Chief Financial Officer of the Networking & Multimedia Group. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut and an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York. Jabre is a CFA © charterholder.

Executive Vice President and Chief People & Inclusion Officer

Western Digital Corporation

Christine Bastian is Executive Vice President and Chief People & Inclusion Officer at Western Digital. In this role, she is responsible for driving a people strategy that supports the company’s vision of creating breakthrough innovation that enables the world to actualize its aspirations. To bring that people strategy to life, she oversees a number of critical functions including, global talent acquisition; people development and engagement; compensation and benefits; people analytics and digital solutions; and business and people partners. She also leads the Office of Inclusion to promote diversity and equity throughout the company’s global employee base.

As a seasoned HR leader, Bastian is respected for her expertise in organizational design, talent development, high-performance teaming and executive coaching as well as for her advocacy of full-spectrum diversity, equity and inclusion. She is passionate about people, technology and how she can contribute to do amazing things for the business, her community and our collective future.

Previously, Bastian was Senior Vice President of People & Communities at Cisco, where she led the enterprise in reimagining talent solutions that transformed the company’s approach to leaders and teams, learning and careers, performance, workforce planning, and hybrid work. With a focus on cultivating high-functioning teams, leader success, and adaptive change, she oversaw teams that drove the execution of acquisitions and divestitures and led people consulting for the company’s global engineering organization.

She is an active member of Global HR 50 and currently serves on the board of directors for the San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum. Her work has been recognized by the YWCA Silicon Valley Tribute to Women Award in 2019; by the National Diversity Council as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2020; by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as a Woman of Influence in 2023; and by HR Director for leading the Best HR Team in the U.S. in 2023.

Bastian graduated from California Polytechnic State University.

Executive Vice President, Global Operations

Western Digital Corporation

Irving Tan is Executive Vice President for Global Operations at Western Digital. He is responsible for all global operations functions, including manufacturing operations, procurement and supply chain, and IT.

Widely known as an exceptional leader, Tan has decades of experience in sales and global operations, market transitions, and customer and government dynamics. His focus on people is evidenced by his track record leading high-performing teams that achieve sustained results. Most recently, he served as Cisco's Chairperson, Asia Pacific, Japan, and China, responsible for leading the company's strategy to capture the significant growth opportunity that the APJC region offered and strengthen key customer and ecosystem relationships.

During his time at Cisco, Tan also was Executive Vice President and Global Chief of Operations where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the company's operating strategy and targeted growth through productivity improvements and innovation across all core business functions, including sales, engineering, supply chain, and services. He also served as the sales leader of Cisco Asia Pacific and Japan, where he grew the sales business consistently over his tenure and advanced APJ's position as one of the most trusted IT partners and providers in the region.

Tan serves on the Stanley Black & Decker Board of Directors, the Singapore Economic Development Board, and the PSA International. Additionally, he has served as an advisor to governments and industry partners on using technology to innovate and transform. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, and an honorary doctoral degree in engineering from Curtin University.

Cynthia Tregillis

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Western Digital Corporation

Cynthia Tregillis is the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Western Digital. She oversees the company's worldwide legal, risk management, compliance and government relations functions. Since joining Western Digital in 2012, Tregillis has held several positions at Western Digital. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel.

In her role, Tregillis advises the company's executive leadership team and members of the company's Board of Directors. She also oversees the teams responsible for supporting the company's efforts to develop, manufacture, market and sell storage products globally through the company's independent subsidiaries. Tregillis also leads teams responsible for protecting the company's significant intellectual property, strengthening and defending the company's brands worldwide, and complying with regulatory and public company obligations.

Before joining Western Digital, Tregillis was an attorney Of Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP, where her practice focused on intellectual property and civil litigation. She was also a judicial clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Tregillis sits on the Boards of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, U.S.-India Business Council, and International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. She is also the past chair of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property Institute and a member of the Executive and Planning Committees. Tregillis is also a founding leader of the Los Angeles chapter of ChIPs, an organization focused on connecting and advancing women in technology, policy, and the law. The World Trademark Review has identified Tregillis on its WTR 300 and Global Leaders lists.

She graduated from the University of California, San Diego (Revelle College) and the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer

Western Digital Corporation

Jerald Kagele is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. In this position he is responsible for managing unified customer relationships, optimizing revenue generation, and improving the customer experience. By overseeing the customer journey throughout the entire revenue lifecycle, Kagele drives go-to-market strategies, demand generation and planning, ongoing revenue operations, and product support for all Western Digital products and services.

Kagele joined Western Digital in 2009 and has spent more than 30 years in the technology industry. Before Western Digital he served as President of North America for Bell Microproducts where he was responsible for all business operations in the United States and Canada. Prior to Bell Microproducts he held executive positions at Avnet in both Europe and North America.