Mr. Eric L. Kelly has been the Chief Executive Officer of Overland Storage Inc. since January 28, 2009. Mr. Kelly has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sphere 3D Corporation since December 1, 2014. He Co-founded Silicon Valley Management Partners Inc. in April 2007 and served as its President. He served as the President of Overland Storage Inc. from January 2010 to August 6, 2015. He served as the Interim Vice President of Operations at Overland Storage Inc. since March 27, 2009. He served as a General Manager of Storage Systems & Solutions Division and Vice President of Adaptec Inc. from July 2004 to August 2006 and its General Manager of Worldwide Sales & Services since December 2004. Mr. Kelly has built a solid reputation as a strategic leader in sales, marketing and operations, with a proven ability to manage rapidly growing organizations. His broad experience includes software, enterprise systems, storage subsystems, computer peripherals and application solutions. Previously, Mr. Kelly served as Executive Vice President of worldwide sales and services at Adaptec. From August 2004 to December 2004, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Corporate Marketing, Snap product marketing, Snap Engineering and Channel Sales. Prior to Snap Appliance, Inc. being acquired by Adaptec, Mr. Kelly served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Snap Appliance, Inc. from November 2002 to July 2004. From July 2001 to September 2002, he served as the President of Maxtor Corporation's Network Systems Group and from July 2000 to July 2001, he served as the Chief Operating Officer at iSyndicate Corp. and also from July 1998 to July 2000 served as Vice President of the Enterprise Group at Dell Computer Corporation. He has been the Chairman of the Board since August 6, 2015. Mr. Kelly has nearly 30 years of experience in computer technology with an emphasis on operational, marketing and sales expertise. He also has held senior-level executive positions at IBM, Connor Peripherals and Diamond Multimedia Systems. He has been the Chairman of Sphere 3D Corporation since July 2013 and has been its Director since July 15, 2013. He has been a Director of Overland Storage Inc. since November 15, 2007. Mr. Kelly holds a B.S. Degree in Business Management from San Jose State University, an MBA degree from San Francisco State University and an International Executive MBA from Harvard University.