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Table of Contents
Michael S. Dell — Mr. Dell currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. He has held the title
of Chairman of the Board since he founded the Company in 1984. Mr. Dell also served as Chief Executive Officer of Dell from 1984
until July 2004 and resumed that role in January 2007. He serves on the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum, the
executive committee of the International Business Council, and is a member of the U.S. Business Council. He also sits on the
Technology CEO Council and the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India.
Peter A. Altabef — Peter Altabef joined Dell, after Dell's acquisition of Perot Systems in November 2009, as President of Services,
Dell's global IT services and business solutions unit. In this role, he is responsible for developing and delivering a best-in-class suite
of intelligent, end-to-end IT services and business solutions for global corporations, government, health care, educational institutions
and medium-sized businesses in more than 180 countries around the world. From September 2004 until November 2009, he was
president and chief executive officer of Perot Systems. Before joining Perot Systems in 1993, Mr. Altabef was a partner in the law
firm of Hughes & Luce, in Dallas, Texas. He previously practiced law in New York and served as a law clerk to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He earned a J.D. degree from The University of Chicago Law School and a Bachelor's degree
in economics from Binghamton University. Mr. Altabef is a member of The Bretton Woods Committee and serves on the Americas
International Advisory Council of the International Business Leaders Forum.
Bradley R. Anderson — Mr. Anderson joined us in July 2005 and has served as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Group
since January 2009. In this role, he is responsible for worldwide engineering, design, development and marketing of Dell's enterprise
products, including servers, networking and storage systems. From July 2005 until January 2009, Mr. Anderson served as Senior
Vice President, Business Product Group. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Anderson was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
Industry Standard Servers business at Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP"), where he was responsible for HP's server solutions.
Previously, he was Vice President of Server, Storage, and Infrastructure for HP, where he led the team responsible for server, storage,
peripheral, and infrastructure products. Before joining HP in 1996, Mr. Anderson held top management positions at Cray Research in
executive staff, field marketing, sales, finance, and corporate marketing. Mr. Anderson earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum
Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University. He serves on the Texas
A&M Look College of Engineering Advisory Council.
Paul D. Bell — Mr. Bell has been with us since 1996 and currently serves as President, Public, a position he has held since
January 2009. In this role, he is responsible for leading the teams that help governments, education, healthcare and other public
organizations make full use of information technology. From March 2007 until January 2009, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice
President and President, Americas. In this role, Mr. Bell was responsible for all sales and customer support operations across the
Americas region other than our Consumer business. From February 2000 until March 2007, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice President
and President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to this, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice President, Home and Small Business.
Prior to joining Dell in July 1996, Mr. Bell was a management consultant with Bain & Company for six years, including two years as
a consultant on our account. Mr. Bell received Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts and Business Administration from Pennsylvania State
University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Yale School of Organization and Management.
Jeffrey W. Clarke — Mr. Clarke currently serves as Vice Chairman, Operations and Technology. In this role, in which he has served
since January 2009, he is responsible for worldwide engineering, design and development of Dell's business client products,
including Dell OptiPlexTM Desktops, Latitude Notebooks and Precision Workstations, and production of all company products
worldwide. From January 2003 until January 2009, Mr. Clarke served as Senior Vice President, Business Product Group. Mr. Clarke
joined Dell in 1987 as a quality engineer and has served in a variety of engineering and management roles. In 1995, Mr. Clarke
became the director of desktop development, and from November 2001 to January 2003 he served as Vice President and General
Manager, Relationship Product Group. Mr. Clarke received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Texas at San Antonio.
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