Management Team
James M. McCoy, chairman of the board
James McCoy is the chairman of the board at Pliant Technology. Prior to joining Pliant, McCoy co-founded Maxtor and Quantum Corporations. At Maxtor, he was president of the company from its inception and later spent 12 years as chairman of the board. At Quantum, McCoy served as the company’s vice president of marketing. McCoy has served on numerous public and private company boards of directors for more than 20 years. He has also been involved in more than twenty multi-million dollar private and public equity, debt and convertible financings and M&A transactions. Companies he has founded and managed have created multiple billions of dollars in both profitable operating annual revenue and market capitalization. McCoy received a B.S. in industrial engineering and management from San Jose State University and holds five U.S. patents.