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Associates. Mr. Calisi holds a Bachelor
of Science degree from the State
University of New York at Empire State
and has received executive training at the
Wharton School. Mr. Calisi holds several
copyrights for software innovations from
1981 through 1986 and is an associate of the
IEEE Committee. Mr. Calisi became an
executive officer of Symantec in May 1996.
Dieter Giesbrecht is Vice President,
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
of Symantec. Mr. Giesbrecht joined
Symantec in September 1996. From 1995
until joining Symantec, he was Vice
President of Attachmate Europe based in
Paris, France and was responsible for the
EMEA region. From 1991 to 1995, he
held several executive functions within
Lotus Development Europe including
Managing Director UK and Managing
Director Central Europe. He has a
degree in Electronics Engineering from
the Technical University of Furtwangen
located in Germany. Mr. Giesbrecht is a
member of the Institute of Directors.
Enrique T. Salem is Vice President,
Security and Assistance Business Unit
and Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Salem
joined Symantec in April 1990 and has
held numerous positions including
Director of Development and General
Manager of Advanced Utilities Group.
Previous to joining Symantec, he was
Vice President in Security Pacific
National Bank, Merchant Bank Division,
where he was responsible for the develop-
ment and deployment of a global trading
system. Mr. Salem holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree in Computer Science from
Dartmouth College. He is a member of
the Board of Directors of the Software
Council of Southern California and a
member of the IEEE. Mr. Salem became
an executive officer of Symantec in
October 1996.
Dana E. Siebert is Vice President,
Americas. Previously, Mr. Siebert served
Information with respect to this Item
may be found in the section captioned
“Executive Compensation” appearing in
the definitive Proxy Statement to be
delivered to stockholders in connection
with the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on September 17,
1998. Such information is incorporated
herein by reference.
Information with respect to this Item
may be found in the section captioned
“Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management”
appearing in the definitive Proxy
Statement to be delivered to stockhold-
ers in connection with the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders to be held on
September 17, 1998. Such information is
incorporated herein by reference.
Information with respect to this Item
may be found in the section captioned
“Executive Compensation - Certain
Transactions” appearing in the definitive
Proxy Statement to be delivered to
stockholders in connection with the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held on September 17, 1998. Such infor-
mation is incorporated herein by reference.
as Vice President, Worldwide Sales of
Symantec and prior to that, Vice President,
Worldwide Services of Symantec. Mr.
Siebert joined Symantec in September
1987. From 1985 to 1987, he was a Sales
Manager at THINK Technologies where
he was responsible for U.S. corporate,
OEM and international sales. Previously,
he held a number of sales management po-
sitions in high technology companies in-
cluding Computerland Corporation,
Wang Laboratories, and Burroughs Cor-
poration. Mr. Siebert is a member of the
Board of Directors of TimeLine Solutions
and Percon, Inc. Mr. Siebert holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from the University of
New Hampshire and is a member of the
Software Publishers Association.
Derek Witte is Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of Symantec. Mr.
Witte joined Symantec in October 1990.
From October 1987 until joining
Symantec, Mr. Witte was Associate
General Counsel and later Director of
Legal Services for Claris Corporation, a
software subsidiary of Apple Computer,
Inc. Between January and October 1987,
Mr. Witte was Assistant General Counsel
at Worlds of Wonder, Inc. Previously,
Mr. Witte practiced law with the San
Francisco-based law firms of Brobeck,
Phleger & Harrison and Heller Ehrman
White and McAuliffe during the periods
between 1981 and 1983 and 1983 and 1987,
respectively. Mr. Witte holds a law degree
and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics
from the University of California at
Berkeley. Mr. Witte has been a member
of the California bar since 1981.
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Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. is the President
and Chief Executive Officer of
Symantec. He has served as a director of
Symantec since November 1983 and as
the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Symantec since October 1986.
Mr. Eubanks also served as Symantec’s
Chairman of the Board from November
1983 to October 1986 and from
November 1990 to January 1993.
Previously, Mr. Eubanks was Vice
President of Digital Research, Inc.’s
commercial systems division where he
was responsible for the development and
marketing of all system software prod-
ucts. He left Digital Research, Inc. in
September 1983. Mr. Eubanks founded
Compiler Systems, Inc. and authored its
products: CBASIC, one of the first suc-
cessful languages on personal computers,
and CB80, a compiled version of CBA-
SIC. Compiler Systems, Inc. was
acquired by Digital Research, Inc. in
August of 1981. Mr. Eubanks received his
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from Oklahoma State
University. He received his Masters
degree in Computer Science from Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey,
California. Mr. Eubanks was a commis-
sioned officer in the United States Navy
from 1970 to 1979 serving in the Nuclear
Submarine Force. Mr. Eubanks is a
member of the IEEE and ACM.
Howard A. Bain III is currently Vice
President, Worldwide Operations and
CFO, at Symantec Corporation.
Mr. Bain has over twenty-five years of
experience in all phases of corporate
operations and challenges. Prior to join-
ing Symantec in October 1991 as Vice
President, Finance, he was CFO for sev-
eral private venture financed technology
companies (RTP semiconductor manu-
facturing equipment, BiCMOS SRAMs,
laser-based large screen projection sys-
tems for HDTV and computer graphics
applications, and high performance disk
drives for personal computers) where he
assisted those management teams in
growing their businesses through raising
over $50 million in venture capital and
controlling hyper-growth. His previous
experience includes senior financial and
accounting management positions with
Fairchild Camera and Instrument
Corporation and as a consultant with
Arthur Andersen & Company. Mr. Bain
is a CPA and holds a B.S. from
California Polytechnic University.
Christopher Calisi is Vice President,
Remote Productivity Solutions Business
Unit of Symantec. From 1992 to 1996,
Mr. Calisi held several positions within
Symantec’s Remote Access Business
Unit, including Development Manager,
Director of Development, General
Manager and most recently, Vice
President, Communication Products.
Mr. Calisi joined Symantec in 1992 from
Unify Corporation, a relational database
and 4GL tools vendor where he served as
the Manager of Sales Engineers. Prior to
Unify Corporation, Mr. Calisi held
development positions with several rela-
tional database vendors, including
Britton Lee, Oracle and Computer
Information required by this Item with respect to Directors may be found in the sec-
tion captioned “Election of Symantec Directors” appearing in the definitive Proxy
Statement to be delivered to stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held on September 17, 1998 (the “Proxy Statement”). Such infor-
mation is incorporated herein by reference. Information required by this Item with
respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, may be found in the section captioned “Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance” appearing in the Proxy Statement.
Executive Officers of the Registrant:
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Name Age Position
Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. 51 President and Chief Executive Officer
Howard A. Bain III 52 Vice President, Worldwide Operations
and Chief Financial Officer
Christopher Calisi 38 Vice President,
Remote Productivity Solutions Business Unit
Dieter Giesbrecht 54 Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
(“EMEA”)
Enrique T. Salem 32 Vice President, Security and Assistance Business
Unit and Chief Technical Officer
Dana E. Siebert 38 Vice President, Americas
Derek Witte 41 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Executive officers are chosen by and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
There is no family relationship between any director or executive officer of Symantec
and any other director or executive officer of Symantec.