• SYMANTEC CORP Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 4.78 M
    Mr. Thompson has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since April 1999, and as President from April 1999 to January 2002. Mr. Thompson joined Symantec after 28 years at IBM Corporation, a global information technology company, where he held senior executive positions in sales, marketing and software development. In his last assignment, he was general manager of IBM Americas and a member of the company's Worldwide Management Council. Mr. Thompson is a member of the board of directors of Seagate Technology, Inc. and United Parcel Service, Inc.
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    On January 8, 2008, Symantec Corporation announced the appointment of Enrique T. Salem, age 42, as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. From April 2007 to January 2008, Mr. Salem served as the Company's Group President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing. From May 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Salem served as the Company's Group President, Consumer Products. Mr. Salem previously served as Senior Vice President, Consumer Products and Solutions from February 2006 to May 2006, Senior Vice President, Security Products and Solutions from January 2006 to February 2006, and as Senior Vice President, Network and Gateway Security Solutions from June 2004 to February 2006. Prior to joining the Company, from April 2002 to June 2004, he was President and CEO of Brightmail Incorporated, an anti-spam software company that was acquired by the Company. From January 2001 to April 2002, Mr. Salem served as Senior Vice President of Products and Technology at Oblix Inc., an identity-based security products developer, and from October 1999 to January 2001, he was Vice President of Technology and Operations at Ask Jeeves Inc., an online search engine provider. From 1990 to October 1999, Mr. Salem led the security business unit at the Company. Mr. Salem received a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from Dartmouth College.
    Total Compensation: $ 2.33 M
    Mr. Beer has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 28, 2006. From September 1991 to February 2006, Mr. Beer held various management positions in finance and operations at American Airlines Inc., a passenger airline company, including leading the airline's European and Asia Pacific businesses. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMR Corporation and AMR's principal subsidiary, American Airlines, since January 2004. Mr. Beer holds a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from Imperial College, London University and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.
    George W. Harrington - Chief Accounting Officer
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    Mr. Harrington has served as our Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2007. In this capacity, Mr. Harrington serves as the Company's principal accounting officer. Mr. Harrington joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Finance Operations in May 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Harrington had served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BMC Software, Inc., a software solutions provider, from March 2004 to September 2005, and had served in a variety of senior finance roles at International Business Machines Corporation ('IBM'), a global information technology company, since 1981. As vice president of Finance for IBM Software Group, Mr. Harrington was the senior executive responsible for all financial and IT aspects of IBM's $13 billion software organization. Mr. Harrington also served as the Chief Accountant for IBM Corporation. In addition, he served as vice president, Finance for IBM Americas, responsible for all financial aspects of a $38 billion IBM division. Mr. Harrington also served in a range of finance leadership positions for IBM's Americas, Asia Pacific and European operations. Mr. Harrington earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Masters in Business Administration from Brigham Young University.
    Arthur F. Courville - General Counsel
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    Mr. Courville has served as our Executive Vice President since May 2006, General Counsel since February 2006 and as Secretary since 1999. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs from July 2005 to February 2006, and as Vice President and General Counsel from 1999 to July 2005. Mr. Courville joined Symantec in 1993, and was promoted to Director of the Legal Department in 1994. In 1997, Mr. Courville took the position of Director of Product Management for the Internet Tools Business Unit of Symantec, where he was responsible for all product management activities related to Java programming and HTML editing products. Mr. Courville later returned to the legal department as Senior Director before his appointment as Vice President and General Counsel in 1999. Before joining Symantec, Mr. Courville practiced law with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Mr. Courville holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University, a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
    Rebecca Ranninger - Executive VP
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    Ms. Ranninger has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since May 2006. Ms. Ranninger previously served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources from January 2000 to May 2006. From September 1997 to January 2000, she held the position of Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to 1997, Ms. Ranninger served for over six years in the Legal Department. Before joining Symantec in 1991, Ms. Ranninger was a business litigator with the law firm of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. Ms. Ranninger graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree, earned a bachelor's degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University.
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    On October 23, 2007, Geraldine B. Laybourne, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Oxygen Media Corporation, was appointed by the Board of Directors of Symantec Corporation as an independent director of the Company. Ms. Laybourne's appointment is effective as of January 1, 2008.
    George Reyes - Director
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    Mr. Reyes has been a member of Symantec's Board since July 2000. Mr. Reyes became the Chief Financial Officer of Google Inc., an advertising and Internet search solutions provider, in July 2002. Prior to joining Google, he served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for ONI Systems Corporation, an optical networking company, from February 2002 until June 2002. Prior to ONI Systems, Mr. Reyes spent 13 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc., a provider of network computing products and services, where he served in a number of finance roles, with his last position as Vice President - Treasurer from April 1999 to September 2001. Mr. Reyes is a member of the board of directors of BEA Systems, Inc.
    V. Paul Unruh - Director
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    Mr. Unruh was appointed to the Board in July 2005 following the acquisition of Veritas. Mr. Unruh had served on Veritas' board of directors since 2003. Mr. Unruh retired as Vice Chairman of the Bechtel Group, Inc., a global engineering and construction services company, in June 2003. During his 25-year tenure with Bechtel, Mr. Unruh held various positions in management including President of Bechtel Enterprises, Bechtel's finance, development and ownership arm, from July 1997 to January 2001 and Chief Financial Officer from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Unruh is a member of the board of directors of Move, Inc., Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. and two private companies.
    Michael A. Brown - Director
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    Mr. Brown was appointed to the Board in July 2005 following the acquisition of Veritas Software Corporation. Mr. Brown had served on the Veritas board of directors since 2003. Mr. Brown is currently the Chairman of Line 6, Inc., a provider of musical instruments, amplifiers and audio gear that incorporate digital signal processing. From 1984 until September 2002, Mr. Brown held various senior management positions at Quantum Corporation, most recently as Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2002 and Chairman of the Board from 1998 to 2003. Mr. Brown is a member of the board of directors of Quantum Corporation, Nektar Therapeutics and two private companies.
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    Mr. Dangeard joined Symantec's Board in January 2007. Mr. Dangeard has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomson S.A., a provider of digital video technologies, solutions and services, since September 15, 2004. From September 2002 to September 2004, Mr. Dangeard was Senior Executive Vice President of France Telecom and non-executive Chairman of Thomson. He joined Thomson in April 1997 as Senior Executive Vice President and became a member of the Thomson board of directors in March 1999 and was appointed vice chairman in July 2001. From September 1989 to April 1997, Mr. Dangeard was managing director of SG Warburg & Co. Ltd (later SBC Warburg) and from 1995, he was also chairman of SBC Warburg (France). Prior to that, he was a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and London. Mr. Dangeard serves on the board of Electricite de France. He graduated from the ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, from the Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques and from Harvard Law School.
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    Mr. Schulman has been a member of Symantec's Board since March 2000. Mr. Schulman has served as Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Mobile USA, a cellular phone service provider, since August 2001, and also served as a member of the board of directors of Virgin Mobile USA since October 2001. From May 2000 until May 2001, Mr. Schulman was President and Chief Executive Officer of priceline.com Incorporated, an online travel company, after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer from July 1999.
    Robert S. Miller - Director
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    Mr. Miller was appointed to the Board in September 1994. Since January 2007, Mr. Miller has served as Executive Chairman of Delphi Corporation, an auto parts supplier. From July 2005 until January 2007, Mr. Miller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Delphi Corporation. From January 2004 to June 2006, Mr. Miller was non-executive Chairman of Federal Mogul Corporation, an auto parts supplier. From September 2001 until December 2003, Mr. Miller was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, a large steel producer. Mr. Miller is a member of the board of directors of UAL Corporation and two private companies. Prior to joining Bethlehem Steel, Mr. Miller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis upon the departure of Federal-Mogul's top executive in September 2000. Delphi Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code in October 2005, and Federal Mogul Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Corporation and certain of their subsidiaries, filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code in October 2001.
    David L. Mahoney - Director
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    Mr. Mahoney was appointed to the Board in April 2003. Mr. Mahoney previously served as co-Chief Executive Officer of McKesson HBOC, Inc., a healthcare services company, and as Chief Executive Officer of iMcKesson LLC, also a healthcare services company, from July 1999 to February 2001. Mr. Mahoney is a member of the board of directors of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, Tercica Incorporated and several non-profit organizations.
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    Mr. Coleman was appointed to the Board in January 2003. Mr. Coleman is a Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cassatt Corporation, a provider of solutions to automate information technology operations. Previously Mr. Coleman was co-founder of BEA Systems, Inc., an enterprise application and service infrastructure software provider, where he served as Chairman of the Board from the company's inception in 1995 until August 2002, Chief Strategy Officer from October 2001 to August 2002, and Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to October 2001. Mr. Coleman is a member of the board of directors of Palm, Inc.
    Total Compensation: $ 4.21 M
    Stephen C. Markowski - Divisional Vice President
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    Mr. Markowski has served as our Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer since July 2005, and is responsible for worldwide accounting operations (non-revenue), tax, treasury and external reporting. Mr. Markowski also served as Acting Chief Financial Officer from December 2005 to February 2006. Prior to that time, he served in a variety of positions with Symantec, most recently as Vice President of Accounting, Tax & Treasury from October 2001 to July 2006 and as Tax Director from August 1990 to June 1998. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Markowski was with KPMG LLP, a public accounting firm, for nine years, primarily working in tax. Mr. Markowski holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Santa Clara University. Stephen C. Markowski, who served as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer until January 18, 2007, will continue in his current position as Vice President of Finance of the Company.
    Total Compensation: $ 3.73 M
    Gregory W. Hughes - President, Divisional
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    Mr. Hughes has served as our Group President, Global Services since April 2007. He joined Symantec through the company's merger with Veritas in July 2005. At Veritas, Mr. Hughes most recently served as Executive Vice President, Global Services from October 2003 to July 2005. Mr. Hughes joined Veritas after a 10-year career at McKinsey & Co., a global management consulting service provider, where he most recently served as a Partner. During his 10-year career at McKinsey, he founded and led the North American Software Industry practice and worked as a consultant to senior executives across a range of industries on information-technology related issues. Mr. Hughes holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    Gregory S. Butterfield - President, Divisional
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    Mr. Butterfield has served as our Group President, Altiris Business Unit since April 2007 when we acquired Altiris, Inc. From February 2000 to April 2007, Mr. Butterfield served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Altiris and as Chairman of the Board of Altiris from April 2004 to April 2007. Prior to joining Altiris, Mr. Butterfield served as Vice President, Sales for Legato Systems, Inc., a backup software company, from July 1999 to February 2000. From June 1996 to July 1999, Mr. Butterfield served as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Vinca, a fault tolerance and high availability company. From June 1994 to June 1996, Mr. Butterfield was the Regional Director of the Rocky Mountain Region for Novell, Inc., a provider of Internet business solutions. From January 1992 to June 1994, Mr. Butterfield was Vice President of North American Sales for WordPerfect Corporation, a software company. Mr. Butterfield also serves on the board of directors of Omniture, Inc. Mr. Butterfield holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Brigham Young University. Until a permanent replacement for Kristof Hagerman is determined, Gregory S. Butterfield would be the interim leader of Symantec's Data Center Management group in addition to his current responsibility for leading Symantec's Altiris Business Unit.
    Janice D. Chaffin - President, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 2.92 M
    Ms. Chaffin has served as our Group President, Consumer Business Unit since April 2007. From May 2006 to April 2007, Ms. Chaffin served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Chaffin joined Symantec in May 2003 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to Symantec, Ms. Chaffin spent 21 years at Hewlett-Packard Company, a global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services, where she held a variety of marketing and business management positions and most recently served as Vice President of Enterprise Marketing and Solutions. Ms. Chaffin is a member of the Board of Directors of Informatica Corporation, an enterprise data integration software and services provider. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor's degree and earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a Henry Ford Scholar.