Crawford Beveridge

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Crawford Beveridge
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Beveridge in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008
Born
Crawford W. Beveridge

Scotland
Education
  • B.Sc. in Social Science, University of Edinburgh
  • M.Sc. in Industrial Administration, University of Bradford
OccupationTechnology executive
Employers
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Scottish Enterprise
  • Autodesk
TitleChair, Council of Economic Advisers (Scotland)
Board member of
  • Autodesk (Non-Executive Chairman)
  • Memec
  • Scottish Equity Partners
Honours
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (1995)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) (2016)

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 honour 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 of 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]

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Iain (13 July 1999). "An eight-year reign with its share of calamities and successes". The Herald (Glasgow) . Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows". Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Schein, Edgar H. (2003). DEC is dead, long live DEC: the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation . Berrett-Koehler Publishers. p.  105. ISBN   978-1-57675-225-8.
  4. ↑ Southwick, Karen (1999). High noon: the inside story of Scott McNealy and the rise of Sun Microsystems . John Wiley and Sons. p.  19. ISBN   978-0-471-29713-0.
  5. ↑ Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1995). World class: thriving locally in the global economy . Simon & Schuster. p.  368. ISBN   978-0-684-81129-1.
  6. ↑ "To Autodesk – and Beyond?". Bloomberg Businessweek . 12 May 2004. Archived from the original on 13 May 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sun Microsystems Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek . Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "BEVERIDGE CRAWFORD Insider Trading". InsiderMole.com. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sun king keeps shining on Scotland". The Scotsman . 14 September 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Executive Bios: Crawford Beveridge". Former web site. Sun Microsystems. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Scottish Government, Council of Economic Advisers – Membership" . Retrieved 29 March 2014.


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