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bachelor of science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard
University. He serves on the Texas A&M Look College of Engineering Advisory Council.
• Paul D. Bell — Mr. Bell has been with us since 1996 and has served as Senior Vice President and President, Americas since March
2007. In this role, Mr. Bell is responsible for all sales and customer support operations across the Americas region other than our
consumer business. From February 2000 until March 2007, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice President and President, Europe, Middle
East, and Africa. Prior to this, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice President, Home and Small Business. Prior to joining Dell in July 1996,
Mr. Bell was a management consultant with Bain & Company for six years, including two years as a consultant on our account.
Mr. Bell received bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts and Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of
Business Administration degree from the Yale School of Organization and Management.
• Michael R. Cannon — Mr. Cannon joined us in February 2007 as President, Global Operations. In this role, he is responsible for our
manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and facilities activities worldwide. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Cannon was President, Chief
Executive Officer, and a director of Solectron Corporation from January 2003 to February 2007, and President, Chief Executive
Officer, and a director of Maxtor Corporation (now a part of Seagate Technology) from July 1996 to January 2003. Mr. Cannon has
also worked at IBM's Storage Systems Division. He began his career in engineering at The Boeing Company, where he held a
management position with the Manufacturing Research and Development organization. Mr. Cannon studied mechanical engineering
at Michigan State University and completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. He currently serves on the
board of Adobe Systems.
• Jeffrey W. Clarke — Mr. Clarke has served as Senior Vice President, Business Product Group since January 2003. In this role, he is
responsible for worldwide engineering, design, development, and marketing of our business client products, including Dell
OptiPlexTM desktops, LatitudeTM notebooks, PrecisionTM workstations, and VostroTM desktops and notebooks. Mr. Clarke joined Dell
in 1987 as a quality engineer and has served in a variety of engineering and management roles. In 1995 Mr. Clarke became the
director of desktop development, and from November 2001 to January 2003 he served as Vice President and General Manager,
Relationship Product Group. Mr. Clarke received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at
San Antonio.
• Andrew C. Esparza — Mr. Esparza joined us in 1997 as a director of Human Resources in the Product Group. He was named Senior
Vice President, Human Resources in March 2007 and was named an executive officer in September 2007. In this role, he is
responsible for driving the strategy and supporting initiatives to attract, motivate, develop, and retain world-class talent in support of
our business goals and objectives. He also has responsibility for corporate security and corporate responsibility on a worldwide basis.
He currently is an executive sponsor for aDellante, our internal networking group responsible for the development of Hispanic
employees within the company. Prior to joining Dell, he held human resource positions with NCR Corporation from 1985 until 1997
and Bechtel Power Corporation from 1981 until 1985. Mr. Esparza earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a
concentration in human resource management from San Diego State University.
• Stephen J. Felice — Mr. Felice serves as Senior Vice President and President, Asia Pacific-Japan. He was named Senior Vice
President in March 2007, after having served as Vice President, Asia Pacific-Japan since August 2005. Mr. Felice leads our
operations throughout the APJ region, including sales and customer service centers in Penang, Malaysia, and Xiamen, China.
Mr. Felice joined us in February 1999 and has held various executive roles in our sales and consulting services organizations. From
February 2002 until July 2005, Mr. Felice was Vice President, Corporate Business Group, Dell Americas. Prior to joining Dell,
Mr. Felice served as Chief Executive Officer and President of DecisionOne Corp. Mr. Felice also served as Vice President, Planning
and Development, with Bell Atlantic Customer Services. He spent five years with Shell Oil in Houston. Mr. Felice holds a bachelor's
degree in business administration from the University of Iowa and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of
Houston.
• Ronald G. Garriques — Mr. Garriques joined us in February 2007 as President, Global Consumer Group. In this role he is
responsible for all aspects of our consumer business, including sales, marketing, and product design.
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