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Table of Contents
Before joining Dell, Mr. Garriques served in various leadership roles at Motorola from February 2001 to February 2007, where he was
most recently Executive Vice President and President, responsible for the Mobile Devices division. He was also Senior Vice President
and General Manager of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region for the Personal Communications Services division, and Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Worldwide Products Line Management for the Personal Communications Services division. Prior to
joining Motorola, Mr. Garriques held management positions at AT&T Network Systems, Lucent Technologies, and Philips Consumer
Communications. Mr. Garriques holds a master's degree in business administration from The Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
from Boston University.
Mark Jarvis — Mr. Jarvis joined us in October 2007 as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. He is responsible for our
global marketing efforts, spanning the consumer and commercial businesses, and including global brand, online, and
communications. From April 2007 until October 2007, Mr. Jarvis served as a consultant to Dell in the Chief Marketing Officer role.
Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Jarvis spent 14 years at Oracle, where he launched numerous products and drove highly innovative
marketing programs, including Oracle's E-Business Network and Oracle Technology Network, and also managed Oracle's showcase
OpenWorld Conference.
David A. Marmonti — Mr. Marmonti serves as Senior Vice President and President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, having been
appointed to that position in March 2007. In this role, he is responsible for all business operations across the EMEA region, including
sales and customer call centers in the region. Mr. Marmonti joined us in 1998 and has held a variety of roles, including Vice
President and General Manager of our Public Business Group; Vice President and General Manager of our Mid-Markets and
Preferred Corporate Accounts segments; Vice President and General Manager of our EMEA Home and Small Business division;
Vice President of Marketing & e-business for the U.S. Consumer segment; and Director and General Manager of the U.S. Asset
Recovery Business. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Marmonti spent 16 years at AT&T in a variety of senior roles, including executive
positions in sales and marketing, serving corporate customers. Mr. Marmonti holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and
marketing from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.
Stephen F. Schuckenbrock — Mr. Schuckenbrock joined us in January 2007 as Senior Vice President and President, Global Services.
In September 2007, he assumed the additional role of Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of our services
business, with worldwide responsibility for Dell enterprise service offerings, and is also responsible for our global information
systems and technology structure. Prior to joining us, Mr. Schuckenbrock served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice
President of Global Sales and Services for Electronic Data Systems Corporation ("EDS"). Before joining EDS in 2003, he was Chief
Operating Officer of The Feld Group, an information technology consulting organization. Mr. Schuckenbrock served as Global Chief
Information Officer for PepsiCo from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Schuckenbrock earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from
Elon University.
Lawrence P. Tu — Mr. Tu joined us as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in July 2004, and is responsible for
overseeing Dell's global legal department and governmental affairs. Before joining Dell, Mr. Tu served as Executive Vice President
and General Counsel at NBC Universal for three years. Prior to his position at NBC, he was a partner with the law firm of
O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where he focused on high technology, internet, and media related transactions. He also served five years
as managing partner of the firm's Hong Kong office. Mr. Tu's prior experience also includes serving as General Counsel Asia-Pacific
for Goldman Sachs, attorney for the U.S. State Department, and law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Mr. Tu
holds Juris Doctor and bachelor of arts degrees from Harvard University, as well as a master's degree from Oxford University, where
he was a Rhodes Scholar.
ITEM 1A — RISK FACTORS
There are many risk factors that affect our business and results of operations, some of which are beyond our control. The following is a
description of some of the important risk factors that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ substantially from those we
currently expect or desire.
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