Dr. Peter Goglia has had an illustrious career in the disk drive industry. He was part of the Magnetic Memory Division at Hewlett Packard in the early 1980’s and was involved in some of the industry leading technologies (MR heads, thin film disks) that HP was developing. He then moved to Imprimis/Seagate and led a team that developed some of the first advanced slider air bearing designs in the industry. He joined Western Digital in 2004 as VP of Magnetic Head Operations, and he helped the company turn to profitability and become one of only two HDD giants today. This oral history covers many technological and business aspects of the disk drive industry of the past 40 years or so. Interviewed by Bruno Marchon on 2025-10-15 © Computer History Museum * Note: Transcripts represent what was said in the interview. However, to enhance meaning or add clarification, interviewees have the opportunity to modify this text afterward. This may result in discrepancies between the transcript and the video. Please refer to the transcript for further information - http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/300000184 Catalog number: 300000185 Acquisition number: 2025.0171