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D. Craig Nordlund is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Agilent Technologies. Nordlund utilizes his broad legal background with Agilent by supervising the company's global legal function including intellectual property law, legal policies, compliance, commercial law, employment law, as well as merger and acquisition and litigation support.
Nordlund's experience in corporate law spans more than two decades, beginning with his first job as an attorney with the Palo Alto law firm o f Ware & Friedenrich in 1974, and later as in-house counsel with Hewlett-Packard Company in 1977. Over the course of the following years, he held positions ascending from senior attorney and assistant general counsel, to associate general counsel and secretary. From 1987 to 1999, Nordlund managed Hewlett-Packard's U.S. general legal operations and served as HP's corporate secretary where he had responsibility for the company's annual shareholders' meetings, Board of Directors formalities, corporate governance issues and shareholder relations. He was named Agilent's senior vice president, general counsel and secretary in May 1999.
Nordlund currently serves as secretary for the Agilent Technologies Foundation, and is an officer and director of a number of Agilent subsidiaries. He has been a director of the Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union since 1985.
Nordlund, who was born in 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, received a bachelor's degree in political science and journalism from Stanford University and a law degree from Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the California Bar Association, the American Corporate Counsel Association, and the American Society of Corporate Secretaries. His leadership in the field of corporate law is reflected through various roles, including past service as national chairman of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, as well as chairman of its national Securities Law Committee. Nordlund was a founding director of the Bay Area Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA) and served on the national ACCA Board of Directors from 1996-2001. He also serves on the board of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) and is a member of the local Junior Achievement advisory board. | 