As Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Wilkison leads STEC's SSD product and marketing initiatives. His responsibilities span new product definition, new market development, product management, sales support and corporate marketing. Previously, Wilkison managed the Strategy and Business Development group for STEC. Wilkison has additional experience working with a wide range of storage and memory companies as a Mergers and Acquisitions advisor with Lehman Brothers' Investment Banking Division. He also held numerous functions in the U.S. Army as an Aviator.

Pat Wilkison earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.