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Crawford W. Beveridge is a technology industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience.
In his current role Beveridge represents Sun Microsystem's interests in geographies outside of the U.S. particularly in high growth geographies or where Sun has significant investment such as the EU Brazil Russia India and China. Specifically he participates with governments to influence public policy in an effort to ensure that there is a level playing field in technology policy.
Before joining Sun in 1985 as vice president corporate resources he held HR management positions in the United States and Europe with Hewlett-Packard Digital Equipment Corporation and Analog Devices Inc.
In 1991 Beveridge left Sun to become the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise the lead economic development organization for Scotland. In this role he oversaw business development venture capital skills development exports infrastructure and inward investment.
Beveridge returned to Sun in April 2000 as executive vice president of People and Places and Chief Human Resources Officer. In addition to Autodesk Beveridge is a non-executive board member of eSilicon and Scottish Equity Partners Ltd.
Beveridge holds a B.Sc. in Social Sciences from the University of Edinburgh Scotland and an M.Sc. in Industrial Administration from the University of Bradford England. He also holds honorary Doctoral degrees from the University of Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh and Robert Gordons University Aberdeen. He was awarded a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's New Years Honours list in 1995. | 