Desai Named CEO of QLogic

QLogic Corp. said that H.K. Desai has been named president and chief executive officer as well as a director of the company.

Desai fills a post that has been vacant since early last summer when Mel Gable resigned as chief executive. Desai had been QLogic’s chief technical officer since last August, when he rejoined the company after a brief stint with Western Digital Corp. Desai started his career at QLogic in 1990.

The company produces equipment that transfers data between computers and peripherals.