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OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The names of our current executive officers, their ages as of August 1, 2013, and their positions are shown
below.
Name Age Position
Stephen M. Bennett ...... 59 President and Chief Executive Officer
James A. Beer .......... 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Andrew H. Del Matto .... 54 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Francis A. deSouza ...... 42 President, Products and Services
Stephen E. Gillett ....... 37 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Scott C. Taylor ......... 49 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
The Board chooses executive officers, who then serve at the Board’s discretion. There is no family relation-
ship between any of the directors or executive officers and any other director or executive officer of Symantec.
For information regarding Mr. Bennett, please refer to “Our Board of Directors” above.
Mr. Beer has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2006. Prior
to joining us, Mr. Beer was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMR Corporation and Ameri-
can Airlines, Inc., AMR’s principal subsidiary, from January 2004 to February 2006. From September 1991 to
January 2004, Mr. Beer held other various management positions in finance and operations at American Airlines
including leading the airline’s European and Asia Pacific businesses. Mr. Beer holds a bachelor of science in
aeronautical engineering from Imperial College, London University and a master of business administration
degree from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Del Matto has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since April 2012.
Mr. Del Matto had served as the Company’s Corporate Treasurer and Vice President of Finance Business Oper-
ations since September 2009. During his eight year tenure at the Company, Mr. Del Matto had also led our
Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, and Revenue and Cost Accounting teams. Prior to joining Symantec
in January 2005, Mr. Del Matto had been employed by Inktomi Corporation and SGI Corporation in a variety of
finance and accounting leadership roles. Mr. Del Matto started his career with KPMG LLP as a certified public
accountant. Mr. Del Matto holds a bachelor of science degree from Ohio University and a master’s in business
administration degree from Golden Gate University.
Mr. deSouza has served as our Group President, Enterprise Products and Services since May 2011. From
January 2009 to May 2011, Mr. deSouza served as our Senior Vice President, Enterprise Security Group and
from January 2008 to December 2008 as Vice President, Enterprise Messaging Management Group. Prior to
joining Symantec, from February 2001 to February 2006, he was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
IMlogic, Inc., an enterprise instant messaging software company, that was acquired by Symantec. From February
1998 to February 2001, Mr. deSouza served as Product Unit Manager, Real-time Collaboration Group at Micro-
soft Corporation and from March 1997 to February 1998, he was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Flash Communications, an enterprise instant messaging company that was acquired by Microsoft. Mr. deSouza is
Chairman of the board of directors of MedHelp International. Mr. deSouza received a bachelor’s degree in elec-
trical engineering and computer science with a minor in economics and a master’s degree from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Mr. Gillett has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2012.
He served as a member of our Board from January 2012 to December 2012. Prior to joining us, Mr. Gillett was
Executive Vice President and President, Best Buy Digital, Global Marketing and Strategy of Best Buy Co., Inc.,
from March 2012 to December 2012. From May 2008 to March 2012, Mr. Gillett was Executive Vice President,
Digital Ventures and Chief Information Officer at Starbucks, Inc. Mr. Gillett served as Chief Information Officer
of Corbis Corporation, a digital media company, from May 2006 to May 2008. Prior to his role at Corbis,
Mr. Gillett held senior technology positions with various technology companies including Yahoo! Inc., CNET
Networks and Sun Microsystems, Inc. He received a bachelor’s degree from University of Oregon and a master’s
degree in business administration from San Francisco State University.
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