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Proxy Statement
Vivek Paul
Director since 2005
Mr. Paul, age 56, is a private investor. He founded KineticGlue, an enterprise social media company, in 2008,
and the company was sold to BMC Software in 2013. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Paul was a Partner at TPG
(formerly Texas Pacific Group), a private equity investment firm. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Paul served as Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wipro, Ltd., a provider of integrated business, technology and process
solutions, and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro Technologies, Wipro’s global information technology, product
engineering, and business process services segments. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Paul was General Manager of the
Global CT Business at General Electric’s Medical Systems Division. From 1993 to 1995, he served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Wipro GE Medical Systems Limited. Mr. Paul holds a Bachelor of Engineering
from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Mr. Paul serves as a Consulting Professor at Stanford University.
Mr. Paul brings to the Board of Directors his past experience as chief executive officer/general manager of large
organizations, as an investor and as an entrepreneur. He has extensive international business knowledge,
expertise in organizational leadership, technology, entrepreneurial thinking, as well as financial evaluation of
business plans, and risk scenarios. Several of his team members at prior companies have gone on to become
public company CEOs, and Mr. Paul brings valuable mentoring skills. Based on these experiences, qualifications
and attributes, the Board of Directors has concluded that Mr. Paul is qualified to serve as a director.
Lawrence F. Probst III
Director since 1991, Chairman since 1994
Mr. Probst, age 65, has been our Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 1994. He was employed by EA
from 1984 to September 2008 serving as our Chief Executive Officer from May 1991 until April 2007 and as
President from 1991 until 1998. Mr. Probst also served as our Executive Chairman from March 2013 until
December 2014. Mr. Probst serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee
and is a member of the International Olympic Committee. Mr. Probst is also a director of Blackhawk Network
Holdings, Inc. Mr. Probst holds a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware.
Mr. Probst served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer for more than 15 years and has served as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors for over 20 years. Mr. Probst contributes to the Board of Directors his deep
understanding of the Company’s operational and strategic business goals and direct experience with Company
and industry-specific opportunities and challenges. Based on these experiences, qualifications and attributes, the
Board of Directors has concluded that Mr. Probst is qualified to serve as a director.
Richard A. Simonson
Director since 2006, Lead Director since 2009
Mr. Simonson, age 56, has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sabre Corporation
since March 2013. Previously, Mr. Simonson served as President, Business Operations and Chief Financial
Officer of Rearden Commerce from April 2011 through May 2012. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Simonson held a
number of executive positions at Nokia Corporation, including Executive Vice President, Head of Mobile Phones
and Sourcing, Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President & Head of Customer Finance. Mr. Simonson is also a
director of Silver Spring Networks. Mr. Simonson holds a B.S. degree from the Colorado School of Mines and an
M.B.A. from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Simonson has extensive financial expertise, corporate governance and risk management experience. He also
has extensive experience with the strategic and operational challenges of leading a global company. Based on
these experiences, qualifications and attributes, the Board of Directors has concluded that Mr. Simonson is
qualified to serve as a director.
Luis A. Ubiñas
Director since 2010
Mr. Ubiñas, age 52, served as President of the Ford Foundation from January 2008 to September 2013. Prior to
joining the Ford Foundation, Mr. Ubiñas spent 18 years with McKinsey & Company, where he held various
positions, including Managing Director of the firm’s west coast media practice working with technology,
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