Crawford W. Beveridge

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is a

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technology executive. Beveridge, originally from Scotland, attended the

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, earning a B.Sc. in

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. He followed that with an M.Sc. in industrial administration from the

University of Bradford The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but ...

. He was given the honour of a

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in 1995 and was elected a Fellow of the

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in 2016. Beveridge's business background included

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, Digital Equipment Corp. and

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. In 1985, he joined

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as vice president of corporate resources, where he stayed until 1991, when he left and took the position of chief executive of

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. In 2000, he returned to Sun to fill the position of executive vice president of people and places and

chief human resources officer A chief human resources officer (CHRO) or chief people officer (CPO) is a corporate officer who oversees all aspects of human resource management and industrial relations policies, practices and operations for an organization. Similar job titles i ...

. He was a board member of corporations outside of Sun, including

Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that provides software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquarte ...

, Memec and Scottish Equity Partners. He is a non-executive chairman of the board in Autodesk and as of July 2016, Beveridge owns approximately $1.9 million worth of Autodesk shares. He was executive vice president and chairman, EMEA, APAC and the Americas of Sun in 2007. He chairs the

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's Council of Economic Advisers.

References

External links

Crawford Beveridge Bio Page on Autodesk
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