Symantec Appoints Sue Barsamian To Its Board of Directors
January 08 2019 - 5:30PM
Business Wire
Sue Barsamian is the Former Chief Sales and
Marketing Officer for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software
As Previously Announced, Rick Hill, Chairman of
Marvell Technology Group, Joins Board
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced that its Board of
Directors (the “Board”) appointed Sue Barsamian and Richard S.
“Rick” Hill as members of the Board, effective January 7, 2019.
Under a Board Refreshment Plan announced on September 17, 2018,
it was announced that Rick Hill would join the Symantec Board
following its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held
on December 3, 2018. As part of the ongoing refreshment process,
the Board has appointed an additional independent Board member, Sue
Barsamian. With the addition of these independent directors, and
the previously announced retirement of Mr. Robert S. Miller and Ms.
Geraldine Laybourne, the Symantec Board has 13 members. Rick Hill
will serve as a member of Symantec’s Audit Committee of the
Board.
Greg Clark, Symantec President and CEO said, “We are excited to
have these two highly qualified directors on our Board. Sue brings
a strong cybersecurity background and a depth of experience in
leading global sales, marketing and channel organizations in the
enterprise software industry. This expertise will complement and
strengthen our current Board experience. I am also pleased to have
Rick formally appointed, after serving in a board observer role for
the past several months. Our Board and management team are focused
on positioning Symantec for growth and enhancing stockholder
value.”
About Sue Barsamian
Ms. Barsamian previously served as the Executive Vice President,
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Software, successfully spinning the division out from HPE and
merging with Micro Focus International, plc to form the
7th largest software company in the world. From 2006 to 2016,
Ms. Barsamian served in various executive roles at Hewlett Packard
including SVP and GM of Enterprise Security Products, the company’s
cybersecurity portfolio and SVP of Worldwide Indirect Sales. Prior
to joining Hewlett Packard, Ms. Barsamian was Vice President,
Global Go-to-Market at Mercury Interactive Corporation and held
various leadership positions at Critical Path, Inc. and Verity,
Inc. Ms. Barsamian serves on the board of directors of Box, Inc.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
from Kansas State University and completed her post-graduate
studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
About Richard S. Hill
Mr. Hill has served as Chairman of the board of directors of
Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor company, since May
2016 and as a member of the boards of directors of Arrow
Electronics, Inc., an electronic components and enterprise
computing solutions company, since 2006, Cabot Microelectronics
Corporation, a chemical mechanical planarization supplier, since
June 2012, and Xperi, an electronic devices development company,
since August 2012 and as its Chairman since March 2013. Previously,
Mr. Hill served on the boards of directors of several
technology companies, including Autodesk, Inc. from March 2016 to
June 2018, Yahoo! Inc. from April 2016 to June 2017, Planar
Systems, Inc. from June 2013 to December 2015 and LSI Corporation
from 2007 to May 2014. Mr. Hill also served as CEO of Novellus
Systems, Inc. from December 1993 to June 2012 and held the title of
Chairman/CEO at Novellus from May 1996 to June 2012. Mr. Hill
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering from the
University of Illinois in Chicago and a Master of Business
Administration from Syracuse University.
About Symantec
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world's leading cyber
security company, helps organizations, governments and people
secure their most important data wherever it lives. Organizations
across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated
solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints,
cloud and infrastructure. Likewise, a global community of more than
50 million people and families rely on Symantec's Norton and
LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and
across their devices. Symantec operates one of the world's largest
civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to see and
protect against the most advanced threats. For additional
information, please visit www.symantec.com or connect with us on
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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