Gary N. Davis is Managing Director and Principal Consultant of Davis Consultants Asia Sdn. Bhd., headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The firm is a multi disciplined consulting practice focused on business development and advisory services in the data storage and PC supply chains. Established in 1994, the company leverages many years of experience and extensive contacts throughout the Asia based electronics, precision engineering, capital equipment, distribution channels, and data storage industries to provide a wide range of services. These include Asia location development, partner/joint venture development, M&A advisory services, technical & business due-diligence assessments, and buy-side investment research services tailored to our client’s specific needs. Davis Consultants Asia publishes the Data Storage News Summary™ as well as The Spin™, which provide news alerts, industry developments, and commentary on the hard disk drive industry. Davis Consultants Asia is a member firm of the International Disk Equipment Manufacturer's Association (IDEMA) where Gary formerly served as Executive Director, Asia Pacific Region and is presently a member of the advisory board for Asia Pacific. He travels the region 50% of his time. His off topic interests include collecting antique Chinese snuff bottles, modern art, fishing, poetry, non-fiction books about history and current affairs, cooking, cultures, and foremost his remarkably supportive family.