10 Seagate engineering leaders
Sr director of engineering for hardware engineering, engineering director for wafer process engineering and director of engineering are among the current titles held by these ten Seagate engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Seagate from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Amit Kapil
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Seagate Technology
Amit Kapil has been Director of Engineering at Seagate Technology since August 2026 and was Senior Engineering Manager there from 2020 to 2026, based in Pune, India. Amit Kapil was Sr. Manager Software Development at IBM from 2005 to 2020, and the profile describes a senior software engineering leader skilled in Scrum and agile methods.
Guoguang Wu
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director · Seagate Technology
Guoguang Wu has been Engineering Director at Seagate Technology since August 2022 and was Sr Engineering Manager there from 2018 to 2022, based in Minneapolis. The profile says the current role covers recording head design for the next generations of HDD products (PMR and HAMR), and Guoguang Wu was Staff Engineer (Transducer Product Design) at Seagate from 2012 to 2016.
Jackie Frankovich
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director of Engineering - Hardware Engineering · Seagate Technology
Jackie Frankovich has been Sr Director of Engineering - Hardware Engineering at Seagate Technology since April 2022 and was Director Of Engineering - Hardware Engineering there from 2015 to 2022. The profile headline describes leading multi-site software teams and collaborating with stakeholders and executives on long-term strategy.
Kentaro Takano
LinkedInExperience: Electr Design Engineering Director · Seagate Technology
Kentaro Takano has been Electr Design Engineering Director at Seagate Technology since March 2025, and the profile headline reads Director of Engineering (Sputter Equipment Development Engineering Group). Kentaro Takano was Director of HDD Technology at Intevac from 2022 to 2025 and Senior Manager - Technology & Innovation Group there from 2020 to 2022.
Kurt Korkowski, MSME, MSMOT
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director · Seagate Technology
Kurt Korkowski has been Engineering Director at Seagate Technology since August 2025 and was Senior Systems Engineering Manager there from 2018 to 2025. Kurt Korkowski held the role Senior Staff Research, Development and Technical Integration Engineer at Seagate from 2013 to 2018, and the profile describes product development from feasibility to end-of-life concerns.
Kyle Wallace
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director · Seagate Technology
Kyle Wallace has been Engineering Director at Seagate Technology since May 2026 and was Senior Engineering Manager there in 2026. Kyle Wallace was Sr. Staff Firmware Engineer Technical Program Lead at Seagate from 2022 to 2026 and held the role Customer Firmware Engineer there from 2015 to 2026.
Lisa Hanson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Seagate Technology
Lisa Hanson has been Director of Engineering at Seagate Technology since August 2024 and was Sr Engineering Manager there from 2019 to 2024, based in St Paul, Minnesota. The profile describes leading cross-functional teams to deliver products for HAMR and managing all configurations to deliver HAMR to Argus Gen 1.
Luke Ehalt
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director - Wafer Process Engineering · Seagate Technology
Luke Ehalt has been Engineering Director - Wafer Process Engineering at Seagate Technology since September 2025 and was Senior Engineering Manager - Wafer Process Engineering there from 2019 to 2025. Luke Ehalt also held the roles Integration Process Engineer (2013 to 2018) and Manufacturing Process Engineer for chemical mechanical planarization (2009 to 2013) at Seagate.
Sean Dykstra
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Research Group · Seagate Technology
Sean Dykstra has been Director of Engineering - Research Group at Seagate Technology since February 2025 and was Director, Field Tools there from 2012 to 2025. Sean Dykstra was also Director, Core Architecture Tools at Seagate from 2005 to 2009, and the profile describes knowledge of security issues and solutions for hardware and software.
Suneail Damodaran
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Seagate Technology
Suneail Damodaran has been Director of Engineering at Seagate Technology since April 2025, based in Singapore. Suneail Damodaran was Director, Engineering at Intevac from 2022 to 2025, and the profile headline lists sputter engineering, ultra high vacuum, automation and robotics engineering and new product introduction.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your engineering director role at Seagate?
- 02How do you move a new design or process from development into volume manufacturing?
- 03What has your own work taught you about balancing reliability, cost and schedule in storage hardware engineering?
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