SanDisk Corporation today announced the appointment of Greg Rhine as senior vice president of worldwide sales. With more than 15 years of technology experience from companies such as Iomega Corporation and Palm, Inc., Rhine will report to Nelson Chan, executive vice president and general manager of consumer and handset business. Rhine will manage the growth and expansion of SanDisk’s revenue and partnerships in the retail consumer, handset and OEM sales channels across the globe. His responsibilities cover a range of products including flash memory cards, USB flash drives, TransFlash modules for feature phones, MP3 players, card readers and digital photo viewers. His appointment is effective immediately.
SanDisk Corporation announced the promotion of Wes Brewer, a storage industry veteran of more than 20 years, to vice president, consumer products marketing. Brewer, who joined SanDisk in 1997, will report to Nelson Chan, executive vice president and general manager of consumer and handset business. Brewer will head SanDisk's consumer and industrial product marketing teams and will have responsibility for the marketing of a wide range of products including flash memory cards, USB flash drives, MP3 players, card readers and adapters and digital photo viewers. He is taking a newly created post at SanDisk, and his promotion is effective immediately.