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36
PART III
Item 10: Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
Information required by this Item with respect to Directors may be found in the section captioned “Election of
Symantec Directors” appearing in the definitive Proxy Statement that we will deliver to stockholders in connection
with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on September 15, 1999. That information 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
John W. Thompson 50 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Greg Myers 49 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance
Christopher Calisi 39 Vice President, Remote Productivity Solutions Business Unit
Dieter Giesbrecht 55 Vice President, Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”)
Keith Robinson 42 Vice President, Americas
Enrique T. Salem 33 Vice President, Security and Assistance Business Unit and
Chief Technical Officer
Dana E. Siebert 39 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services
Derek Witte 42 Vice President, Worldwide Operations
The Board of Directors chooses executive officers, who then serve at the Board’s discretion. There is no family
relationship between any of our directors or executive officers and any other director or executive officer of Symantec.
John W. Thompson has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, since
May 1999. Mr. Thompson joined Symantec after 28 years at IBM Corporation. In his most recent position as General
Manager of IBM Americas, he was responsible for sales and support of IBM’s technology products and services in the
United States, Canada and Latin America. Prior to his position with IBM Americas, he was General Manager,
Personal Software Products, responsible for the development and marketing of O/S2, IBM’s Intel-based operating
systems and other products. Mr. Thompson is a member of the board of directors, Fortune Brands, Inc. and the
Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). He has served as chairman of the Florida A&M University
Industry Cluster and the Illinois Governor’s Human Resource Advisory Council. Mr. Thompson holds an
undergraduate degree in business administration from Florida A&M University and a master’s degree in management
science from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Greg Myers has served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Symantec Corporation since
January 1999. Mr. Myers is responsible for worldwide finance, business development and investor relations. Previous
to his appointment as the Company’s CFO in January 1999, Mr. Myers was Symantec’s Vice President of Finance,
where he was responsible for world-wide accounting, financial and strategic planning and business development. From
1997 through mid-1998 Mr. Myers was Vice President of financial planning and analysis for Symantec. In this role,
Mr. Myers managed the Company’s strategic planning process, the Company’s budget and financial planning function
and the worldwide financial controller organization. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Myers was the director of financial
planning and analysis function, where he was responsible for the budget, forecasting and financial analysis functions
within Symantec. Before joining Symantec in 1993, Mr. Myers was with Novell Corporation for five years as their
director of financial planning and analysis. Prior to Novell, Mr. Myers has held various financial management
positions for a number of companies within Silicon Valley since 1975. Mr. Myers holds an undergraduate degree from
Cal-State University at Hayward and Masters in Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara.
Christopher Calisi has served as Vice President, Remote Productivity Solutions Business Unit of Symantec since
September 1996. From July 1992 to August 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