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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The executive officers of the Company as of February 1
13
6, 2000 are as follows:
Name Age Positions
John E. Warnock ......... 59 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer
Charles M. Geschke ...... 60 Chairman of the Board and President
Bruce R. Chizen ......... 44 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Products
and Marketing
Harold L. Covert ......... 53 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Graham K. Freeman ...... 47 Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and
Support
Colleen M. Pouliot ....... 41 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and
Corporate Secretary
A biography, including the principal occupations for the past five years of each of the executive
officers, is provided below.
Dr. Warnock was a founder of the Company and has been its Chairman of the Board since April 1989.
Since September 1997, he has shared the position of Chairman of the Board with Charles M. Geschke.
Dr. Warnock has been Chief Executive Officer since 1982. He will assume the title of President in April
2000 upon Dr. Geschke’s retirement. Dr. Warnock is Chairman of Octavo Corporation. Dr. Warnock
received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah.
Dr. Geschke was a founder of the Company and has been its President since April 1989. In September
1997, Dr. Geschke assumed the position of Chairman of the Board, sharing that office with John E.
Warnock. He was Chief Operating Officer of the Company from December 1986 until July 1994. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of Rambus Incorporated. Dr. Geschke has announced his retirement as
President of the Company commencing in April 2000. He will continue to serve as co-Chairman of the
Board. Dr. Geschke received a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mr. Chizen joined the Company upon the closing of the acquisition of Aldus in August 1994 as Vice
President and General Manager, Consumer Products Division. In December 1997, he was promoted to
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Graphic Products Division, and in August 1998, Mr. Chizen
was promoted to Executive Vice President, Products and Marketing. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Chizen was Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Division of Aldus Corporation from
February 1994 to August 1994, and from November 1992 to February 1994, he was Vice President and
General Manager, Claris Clear Choice for Claris Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple Com-
puter, Inc., a manufacturer of computers and software. Mr. Chizen is a member of the Board of Directors
of eCircles, Inc.
Mr. Covert joined the Company in April 1998 as Vice President Finance and Operations for
Worldwide Field Operations. In August 1998, Mr. Covert was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, and in April 1999 was appointed Executive Vice President. From July 1997 to April 1998,
Mr. Covert was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Philips Components NAFTA, an operating
entity of Philips Electronics NV. From January 1991 to June 1997 Mr. Covert was a Partner in the firm of
DHJ & Associates, Inc., Consultants and Certified Public Accountants. During the last two and a half
years of this period he acted in a full time capacity as Chief Financial Officer for two companies. Prior to
that time Mr. Covert held senior financial management positions with ISC Systems Corporation and
Northern Telecom Inc.