Greg Tomb

About Greg Tomb

Independent director at Pure Storage (PSTG) since February 2020; age 59 as of April 30, 2025. Currently President of Censia (since Oct 2023). Prior roles include President at Zoom (Jun 2022–Mar 2023), VP Google Cloud (Apr 2021–Jun 2022), and multiple senior leadership roles at SAP including President, SAP SuccessFactors (2017–2020) and President, SAP Cloud Sales & GTM (2020–2021). Education: B.S. in Engineering (Penn State) and M.B.A (Loyola University Chicago) .

Past Roles

External Roles

Board Governance

• Independence: Board determined Tomb is independent under NYSE listing standards and SEC rules .
• Committee assignments:
  • FY2025: Audit Committee member (Chair: John Murphy; members: Murphy, Tomb, Susan Taylor). Audit Committee met 8 times in FY2025 .
  • FY2024: Compensation & Talent Committee member (Chair: Andrew Brown; members included Roxanne Taylor, Susan Taylor, Tomb). Committee met 7 times in FY2024; no interlocks disclosed .
• Board structure and attendance: Board met 5 times in the last fiscal year; each director attended ≥75% of aggregate board and committee meetings; all directors attended the 2024 annual meeting .
• Executive sessions: Non-management directors hold executive sessions at each regularly scheduled board meeting; additional independent-only sessions at least once a year .

Fixed Compensation

• Director cash retainer program (FY2025):
  • Annual base retainer: $55,000; Audit Committee member: $12,000; Audit Chair: $35,000; Compensation member: $10,000; Compensation Chair: $20,000; Governance member: $5,000; Governance Chair: $15,000; Risk member: $10,000; Risk Chair: $20,000 .
• FY2025 actual compensation for Tomb: Fees earned $66,500; Stock awards grant date fair value $285,487; Total $351,987 .
• Program design reviewed annually with independent consultant (Meridian); FY2025 included slight adjustments to cash and equity components .

Performance Compensation

• Annual equity for non-employee directors (FY2025): RSU award sized to $250,000 based on 30-day NYSE average prior to the June 2024 annual meeting; vests 100% on first anniversary; prorated vesting upon early resignation; full vesting on change of control. New non-employee director initial grant sized to $600,000 (25% at 1 year, remaining 75% in 12 quarterly installments) .

• Most recent equity activity (Form 4s):
  • Jun 11, 2025: Awarded 4,735 RSUs; post-transaction holdings 31,140 shares .
  • Jun 12, 2024: Awarded 4,268 RSUs; post-transaction holdings 26,405 shares .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

• Current public company boards: None (as disclosed in PSTG proxy table; “Other Public Boards” for Tomb shows “-”) .
• Private company boards: AlertEnterprise (Director, appointed Jun 2023) .
• Compensation committee interlocks: None disclosed for FY2024 .

Expertise & Qualifications

• Core skills: Leadership and enterprise sales/go-to-market expertise across cloud and enterprise applications; implementation of cloud-based business applications .
• Financial expert designation: Audit Committee financial experts designated as John Murphy and Susan Taylor; Tomb is not designated as an audit committee financial expert .
• Education: B.S. Engineering (Penn State); M.B.A. (Loyola University Chicago) .

Equity Ownership

• Beneficial ownership (as of Apr 17, 2025): 26,405 total shares (22,137 common stock; plus 4,268 RSUs vesting within 60 days); <1% of outstanding shares (327,142,977) .

• Insider trading/ownership updates (last 24 months):
  • Jun 11, 2025: RSU grant 4,735; holdings 31,140 .
  • Jun 12, 2024: RSU grant 4,268; holdings 26,405 .
  • Dec 6–7, 2023: Open market sales 8,475 shares each day at $32.53; holdings reduced to 22,137 .

• Stock ownership guidelines: Non-employee directors must hold shares equal to 5x annual base retainer; credit for shares held outright and vested RSUs (not for unvested RSUs). Directors met, exceeded, or were on track to meet guidelines as of FY2025 .
• Hedging/pledging policy: Directors prohibited from hedging and pledging company stock .

Governance Assessment

• Board effectiveness and engagement: Tomb’s committee rotation from Compensation (FY2024) to Audit (FY2025) broadens oversight exposure and reflects confidence in his operational and risk oversight contributions; attendance thresholds met and robust executive sessions support independent oversight .
• Independence and conflicts: Board affirmed Tomb’s independence; no related-party transactions involving Tomb disclosed; audit committee oversees related-party review .
• Pay alignment and ownership: Director pay program balanced between modest cash retainers and time-based RSUs with clear vesting and CoC treatment; Tomb’s FY2025 compensation ($66.5k cash; $285.5k equity) aligns with program; ownership guidelines in place and met/on track .
• Insider trading signals: Limited selling at ~$32.53 in Dec 2023 followed by routine annual RSU grants in 2024 and 2025; no pledging/hedging and presence of 10b5-1 framework for directors contribute to alignment and risk mitigation .

RED FLAGS: None identified specific to Tomb. No related-party dealings, no attendance shortfalls, no hedging/pledging, and independent status confirmed .

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References:

• PSTG 2025 DEF 14A (May 2, 2025): Independence ; Bio, Age, Tenure, Committees ; Director comp program and amounts ; Meetings/attendance ; Exec sessions ; Ownership guidelines ; Hedging/pledging ; Related-party policy .
• PSTG 2024 DEF 14A (May 3, 2024): Bio detail/earlier roles ; FY2024 Compensation Committee membership and interlocks .
• Form 4s: Jun 11, 2025 RSU award ; Jun 12, 2024 RSU award ; Dec 6–7, 2023 sales .
• Security ownership table (as of Apr 17, 2025) .
• AlertEnterprise board (private) .