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]
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]