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Crawford W. Beveridge serves as Executive Vice President and Chairman EMEA, APAC and the
Americas, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Beveridge served as Chief Executive Officer of Scottish Enterprise,
an economic development company, from January 1991 until March 2000. From March 1985 to December
1990, Mr. Beveridge was the Vice President of Corporate Resources at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mr. Beveridge
is a director of Scottish Equity Partners Ltd. and Memec, Inc.
J. Hallam Dawson has served as Chairman of IDI Associates, a private investment bank specializing in
Latin America, since September 1986. Mr. Dawson is a director China Trust Bank (USA) and was a director
of Serena Software, Inc. through February 2006.
Michael J. Fister has served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Cadence Design Systems,
Inc. since May 2004. Previously, Mr. Fister served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
Enterprise Platforms Group of Intel Corporation from 2002 to May 2004. Mr. Fister joined Intel in 1987 as
the Chandler, Arizona operations manager for the 8-bit focus group. From 1988 through 2000, Mr. Fister
was promoted to a series of engineering positions, and elected corporate Vice President in 2000.
Per-Kristian Halvorsen has served as the Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Intuit, Inc. since
February 2006. Previously, he was Vice President and Director of the Solutions and Services Research
Center at HPLabs from 2000 to 2005. Previously, Dr. Halvorsen served as Director and Principal Scientist
of the Information Sciences and Technologies Laboratory at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from
June 1992 until June 2000. Dr. Halvorsen is a member of the Board of Directors of FinnTech and Finn.
Steven L. Scheid has served as Chairman of Janus Capital Group, Inc. since January 2004. He served
as Chief Executive Officer of Janus Capital Group Inc. from April 2004 to December 2005. Previously,
Mr. Scheid served as an independent business consultant from February 2002 to April 2004, Vice Chairman
of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. from July 1999 to February 2002, as President of the Schwab Retail Group
from October 2000 to February 2002 and as the Chief Financial Officer of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. from
June 1996 to July 1999. Mr. Scheid is a director of PMI Group, Inc.
Mary Alice Taylor is an independent business consultant. Previously, Ms. Taylor served as Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of HomeGrocer.com from September 1999 to September
2000. Ms. Taylor served as Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Technology of CitiCorp from
January 1997 until September 1999 and served as Senior Vice President of Federal Express Corporation
from September 1991 until December 1996. Ms. Taylor is a director of The Allstate Corporation and Blue
Nile, Inc.
Larry W. Wangberg served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of TechTV, previously
ZDTV, Inc., from August 1997 until his retirement in June 2002. Previously, Mr. Wangberg was Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of StarSight Telecast, Inc., an interactive program guide
company, from February 1995 to August 1997. Mr. Wangberg is a director of Charter Communications, Inc.
and ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Arrangements for Nomination to the Board of Directors
Pursuant to the employment agreements between the Company and each of Carol A. Bartz and Carl
Bass, the Company has agreed to continue to nominate Ms. Bartz and Mr. Bass to serve as members of the
Company’s Board of Directors for as long as such individuals are employed by the Company.
Executive Officers
The information concerning Autodesk’s executive officers required by this Item is incorporated by
reference herein to the section of this Report at the end of Part I, entitled “Executive Officers of the
Registrant.”