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Annual Report
Mr. Riccitiello has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Electronic Arts since April 2007. Prior to
re-joining Electronic Arts, he was a co-founder and Managing Partner at Elevation Partners, a private equity
fund. From October 1997 to April 2004, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts.
Prior to joining Electronic Arts, Mr. Riccitiello served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the worldwide
bakery division at Sara Lee Corporation. Before joining Sara Lee, he served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Wilson Sporting Goods Co. and has also held executive management positions at Haagen-Dazs,
PepsiCo, Inc. and The Clorox Company. Mr. Riccitiello holds a B.S. degree from the University of California,
Berkeley. Mr. Riccitiello served as a director of Hyperion Solutions Corporation from July 2002 to April 2007.
He serves on the Board of Directors of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and on the Board of Councilors
of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Mr. Brown has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since April 2008. Prior to joining
Electronic Arts, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of McAfee, Inc., a security
technology company from March 2006 until March 2008. From January 2005 until March 2006, Mr. Brown was
McAfee’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brown served as President and Chief
Financial Officer of MicroStrategy Incorporated, a business intelligence software provider, from 2000 until
2004. Mr. Brown serves on the Board of Directors of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. Mr. Brown received an
M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in
Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Gibeau was named President, EA Games Label in June 2007. Prior to that time, he had served as Executive
Vice President, General Manager, North America Publishing beginning in September 2005. From 2002 until
September 2005, he was Senior Vice President of North American Marketing. Mr. Gibeau has held various
publishing positions since joining the company in 1991. Mr. Gibeau holds a B.S. degree from the University of
Southern California and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Moore was named President, EA SPORTS, in September 2007. From January 2003 until he joined
Electronic Arts, Mr. Moore was with Microsoft where he served as head of Xbox marketing and was later named
as Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division, a position
in which he led both the Xbox and Games for Windows businesses. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Moore was
President and Chief Operating Officer of SEGA of America, where he was responsible for overseeing SEGA’s
video game business in North America. Before joining SEGA, Mr. Moore was Senior Vice President of
Marketing at Reebok International Ltd. Mr. Moore serves on the Board of Directors for Timberland Company.
Mr. Moore holds a bachelor’s degree from Keele University, United Kingdom, and a Master’s degree from
California State University, Long Beach.
Mr. Karp was named Executive Vice President, EA Play Label in April 2011. From May 2009 to March 2011,
Mr. Karp served as the Chief Revenue Officer for the EA Games Label. From October 2008 to May 2009, he
served as the Chief Executive Officer of MEVIO. From March 2006 to October 2008, he served as Senior Vice
President of Marketing Worldwide for Electronic Arts. Mr. Karp holds a B.S. degree in Communications from
Arizona State University.
Ms. Smith was named Executive Vice President, Global Publishing in February 2010. From November 2008
until February 2010, Ms. Smith served Electronic Arts in a variety of capacities. From September 2005 until
November 2008, she led The Sims Label, first as Executive Vice President and General Manager of The Sims
Franchise, and then as President of The Sims Label. From March 1998 until September 2005, she served as
Executive Vice President and General Manager, North American Publishing. From 1984 to March 1998,
Ms. Smith held a variety of positions within the sales organization of Electronic Arts. Ms. Smith holds a B.S.
degree in management and organizational behavior from the University of San Francisco.
Mr. Linzner has served as Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs since March 2005. From April
2004 to March 2005, he served as Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. From October 2002 to
April 2004, Mr. Linzner held the position of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Business Affairs and from July
1999 to October 2002, he held the position of Vice President of Worldwide Business Affairs. Prior to joining
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