Management Team

Doug Prins, Founder/Chief Architect

Doug Prins is a co-founder and chief architect for Pliant Technology.  Prior to co-founding Pliant, he spent 10 years as an engineering consultant for Fujitsu Computer Products of America.  Prins designed and prototyped a number of hardware and software algorithms, including a serial protocol handler that supports the Serial Attached SCSI and the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop protocols, and he was also awarded patents on caching algorithms.  Prior to Fujitsu, Prins held a senior architecture and design position at QLogic, where he created several unique industry designs, including a patented disk formatter.  Prins holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

News & Events

• 08/05/2008
  Pliant Technology's Vice President of Marketing to discuss SSD Market Evolution at Flash Memory Summit read more »
• 07/09/2008
  Pliant Technology names Marty Dipietro Vice President of Operations read more »
• 06/02/2008
  Pliant Technology names Greg Goelz Vice President of Marketing read more »