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William Porter serves as a Cadence Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reporting to Michael J. Fister President and CEO. Porter is responsible for managing the company's global finance organization including finance operations information technology and real estate.
Prior to his appointment as CFO Porter served as Corporate Vice President Controller and Assistant Secretary at Cadence. In that role Porter led corporate accounting tax software order management operations and the successful worldwide financial systems implementation.
Before joining Cadence in 1994 Porter spent six years with Apple Computer where he held senior financial reporting and operations positions. From 1976 to 1988 Porter worked for Arthur Andersen & Company where his focus was software and mergers and acquisitions.
Porter received his master and bachelor degrees in business administration from the University of California Berkeley and is a Certified Public Accountant. | 