BridgeGate LLC and SimpleTech a Fabrik Company continue their long term partnership. Vice President of Worldwide Operations search completed with successful hire of Hard Disk Drive industry veteran Brian Campbell.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 -

Executive search firm BridgeGate, LLC is pleased to announce the selection of Brian Campbell as Vice President of Worldwide Operations for leading consumer storage technology company, SimpleTech, a Fabrik Company. Mr. Campbell joins SimpleTech from Lantronix where he served as Vice President of Operations. Prior to Lantronix, Brian spent seventeen years at Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) in various roles culminating in the position of Vice President Materials where he Spearheaded commodity, sourcing, cost control, and product development strategies. The selection of Mr. Campbell marks the 6th successful executive search BridgeGate has conducted for SimpleTech a Fabrik Company. BridgeGate looks forward to its ongoing partnership with SimpleTech as the company scales globally.

About SimpleTech & Fabrik, Inc.
Fabrik's mission is to simplify a user's digital experience whether at home, on the Web or on the road by delivering a blend of online services, software and devices that help consumers store, access, manage, protect and share their growing collections of digital content. The company's flagship product is www.myfabrik.com, which is marketed directly to consumers and through partnerships with global market leaders. Fabrik's line of SimpleTech-branded products include external, portable and network storage solutions as well as flash memory cards, USB flash drives and memory upgrades. For more information, please visit www.myfabrik.com or www.simpletech.com. Fabrik Inc., founded in 2005, is a privately owned company with offices in San Mateo and Santa Ana, California.

About BridgeGate LLC
BridgeGate LLC. (www.bridgegate.com) is a retained executive search firm headquartered in Irvine, California. BridgeGate serves established as well as early stage clients across all industries including Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Consumer Products and Services.