Crawford Beveridge Explained

Crawford W. Beveridge CBE is a Scottish-American technology executive.

Beveridge, originally from Scotland, attended the University of Edinburgh, earning a B.Sc. in social science. He followed that with an M.Sc. in industrial administration from the University of Bradford.

He was given the honor of a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1995[1] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2016.[2]

Beveridge's business background included Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corp. and Analog Devices.[3] In 1985, he joined Sun Microsystems as vice president of corporate resources, where he stayed until 1991,[4] when he left and took the position of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise.[5]

In 2000, he returned to Sun to fill the position of executive vice president people and places and chief human resources officer.[3] He was a board member of corporations outside of Sun, including Autodesk,[6] Memec and Scottish Equity Partners.[7] He is a non-executive chairman of the board in Autodesk and as of July 2016, Beveridge owns approximately $1.9 million worth of Autodesk shares.[8]

He was executive vice president and chairman, EMEA, APAC and the Americas of Sun in 2007.[9] [10]

He chairs the Scottish government's Council of Economic Advisers.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: An eight-year reign with its share of calamities and successes . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605053226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/43138496.html?dids=43138496:43138496&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13,+1999&author=Iain+Wilson+Chief+Reporter&pub=The+Herald&desc=An+eight-year+reign+with+its+share+of+calamities+and+successes&pqatl=google . dead . 5 June 2011 . . 13 July 1999 . 3 April 2010 . Iain . Wilson.
  2. Web site: The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161008113046/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html . 8 October 2016 . dead .
  3. Book: Schein, Edgar H. . Edgar H. Schein

    . DEC is dead, long live DEC: the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation . limited . Edgar H. Schein . 105 . 2003 . Berrett-Koehler Publishers . 978-1-57675-225-8 .

  4. Book: Southwick, Karen . High noon: the inside story of Scott McNealy and the rise of Sun Microsystems . 19 . 1999 . . 978-0-471-29713-0 . registration .
  5. Book: Kanter, Rosabeth Moss . Rosabeth Moss Kanter

    . World class: thriving locally in the global economy . registration . Rosabeth Moss Kanter . 368 . 1995 . . 978-0-684-81129-1 .

  6. News: To Autodesk — and Beyond? . https://web.archive.org/web/20040513193909/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2004/tc20040512_0146_tc147.htm . dead . 13 May 2004 . . 12 May 2004 . 3 April 2010 .
  7. Web site: Sun Microsystems Inc. . https://web.archive.org/web/20120929125613/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=547660&privcapId=34903&previousCapId=34903&previousTitle=Sun%20Microsystems%20Inc. . dead . 29 September 2012 . . 3 April 2010 .
  8. Web site: BEVERIDGE CRAWFORD Insider Trading . InsiderMole.com . 15 July 2016.
  9. News: Sun king keeps shining on Scotland . . 14 September 2008 . 3 April 2010 .
  10. Web site: Executive Bios: Crawford Beveridge . Sun Microsystems . Former web site . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060615171158/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/mgt_beveridge.html . 15 June 2006 . 8 September 2013 .
  11. Web site: Scottish Government, Council of Economic Advisers - Membership . 29 March 2014 .

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