Crawford Beveridge

Crawford Beveridge in São Paulo, Brazil in 2008

Crawford W. Beveridge 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, England. He was given the honor of a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E) 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 to take the position of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise.[5] In 2000, Beveridge 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 was executive vice president and chairman, EMEA, APAC and the Americas of Sun in 2007.[8][9]

He chairs the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisers.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Iain (13 July 1999). "An eight-year reign with its share of calamities and successes". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  2. ↑ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html
  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?". BusinessWeek. May 12, 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sun Microsystems Inc.". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sun king keeps shining on Scotland". The Scotsman. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Executive Bios: Crawford Beveridge". Former web site. Sun Microsystems. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Scottish Government, Council of Economic Advisers - Membership". Retrieved 29 March 2014.

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