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Carl Bass joined Autodesk in September 1993 and serves as Chief Executive Officer and President.
From June 2004 to April 2006, Mr. Bass served as Chief Operating Officer. From February 2002 to June
2004, Mr. Bass served as Senior Executive Vice President, Design Solutions Group. From August 2001
to February 2002, Mr. Bass served as Executive Vice President, Emerging Business and Chief Strategy
Officer. From June 1999 to July 2001, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Buzzsaw.com,
Inc., a spin-off from Autodesk. He has also held other executive positions within Autodesk. Mr. Bass also
served as a director of Serena Software, Inc., but voluntarily resigned from that position effective March
2006 when Spyglass Merger was merged with and into Serena Software, Inc.
Mark A. Bertelsen joined the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in 1972 and was the firm’s
managing partner from 1991 to 1996. Mr. Bertelsen is a director of Informatica Corporation.
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.
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.
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.
See “Corporate Governance” and “Executive Compensation—Director Compensation” below for
additional information regarding the Board of Directors.