![[IMAGE] Gary Drossel](/en/images/bio/gary_drossel.jpg)
Gary Drossel is the director of product planning at Western Digital's Solid State Storage Business Unit. Prior to the March 2009 acquisition of SiliconSystems by Western Digital, Drossel was the vice president of product planning at SiliconSystems. Previously, Drossel has also held various marketing, sales and field engineering management positions with SimpleTech, Motorola Computer Group's Pro-Log division and the industrial automation group of Parker Hannifin. Drossel graduated with a B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.