Tom Robinson Email Address

Vice President Finance

HGST, Inc. is a Computer Hardware company which provides datacenter, mobile, personal and consumer electronics storage solutions.

Finance executive with 20+ years of experience partnering with business leaders, transforming organizations, and delivering results. As VP of Finance for the Cloud Infrastructure BU, Tom is responsible for driving plans that achieve the BU financial objectives. Previously, Tom was VP of Finance for the Flash Platforms Group (FPG) at HGST. Tom was instrumental in executing new growth plans through acquisitions of Velobit, sTec, and Virident. Tom has partnered with the FPG GM and executive leadership team members to drive operational execution of business plans.At the founding of Hitachi GST in 2003, Mr. Robinson as Treasurer was responsible for creating the treasury and tax organizations within the Hitachi GST group of companies. In January 2006, Tom was promoted to Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer, and was responsible for all aspects of accounting, financial reporting, Treasury and Tax. Also, while at HGST, Tom held the position of Hitachi GST Inc. pension committee chairman and was a board of directors member for Hitachi GST Thailand, Hitachi GST Mexico, and Hitachi GST Philippines. Prior to the creation of Hitachi GST, Mr. Robinson worked at IBM for 13 years in positions of increasing responsibility.He has a BA degree in Economics from UCLA, and an MBA from Columbia University.