Board of Directors
- Sun's full board of directors is elected annually
- The majority of Sun's board members are independent
- In addition to the Chairman of the Board, Sun has an independent Presiding Director, James Barksdale.
- Sun's board of directors and each of its committees have the authority to retain outside advisors
Jonathan I. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Director since 2006
Mr. Schwartz has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2006, as President and Chief Operating Officer from April 2004 to April 2006, as Executive Vice President, Software from July 2002 to April 2004, as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Planning from July 2000 to July 2002, and as Vice President, Ventures Fund from October 1999 to July 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Schwartz served in several other positions with Sun.
Scott G. McNealy
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Founder, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Director since 1982
Mr. McNealy is a Founder of Sun and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2006, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from April 2004 to April 2006, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2002 to April 2004, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to June 2002, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer from December 1984 to April 1999, as President and Chief Operating Officer from February 1984 to December 1984 and as Vice President of Operations from February 1982 to February 1984.
James L. Barksdale
President and Chief Executive Officer, Barksdale Management Corporation
Director since 1999
Mr. Barksdale has served as Chairman and President of Barksdale Management Corporation, an investment management company, since April 1999. He has served as Chairman of The Barksdale Group, LLC, a venture capital firm, since April 1999. Mr. Barksdale served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Netscape Communications Corporation, an Internet company, from January 1995 until March 1999, when Netscape was acquired by America Online, Inc. He is also a director of Time Warner Inc. and Federal Express Corporation. He is a Special Limited Partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers.
Stephen M. Bennett
Private Investor and Consultant
Director since 2004
Mr. Bennett has been a member of the Board of Directors of Intuit Inc. since January 2000 and served as Intuit's President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2000 to December 2007. Prior to joining Intuit, a financial management software company, Mr. Bennett spent 23 years with General Electric Corporation. From December 1999 to January 2000, Mr. Bennett was an Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of GE Capital, the financial services subsidiary of General Electric Corporation. From July 1999 to November 1999 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Capital e-Business, and he was President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Capital Vendor Financial Services from April 1996 through June 1999.
Peter L.S. Currie
President, Currie Capital LLC
Director since 2006
Mr. Currie is President of Currie Capital LLC. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Netscape and McCaw Cellular. He also serves on the boards of Clearwire Corp., CNET Networks Inc. and Safeco Corp.
Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.
Former Chairman and CEO, Informix Corporation
Director since 2006
Mr. Finocchio has been a deans executive professor at Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business, since September 2000. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Informix Corporation, an information management software company, from July 1997 to July 1999 and Chairman of Informix from July 1997 to September 2000. From December 1988 to May 1997, Mr. Finocchio was employed by 3COM Corporation, a global data networking company, where he held various positions, most recently serving as President, 3COM Systems. Mr. Finocchio serves as a director of Altera Corporation and Echelon Corporation.
James H. Greene, Jr.
Member, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P.
Director since 2008
Since January 1996, Mr. Greene has been a member of KKR & Co. L.L.C., the general partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., or KKR, a private equity investment firm. Mr. Greene also serves as a director of Aricent Inc., Avago Technologies, Inc., NuVox, Inc., SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Western New York Energy, L.L.C. and Zhone Technologies, Inc.
Michael E. Marks
Senior Advisor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P.
Director since 2007
Mr. Marks has served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Motors since August 2007, as a member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., a private equity firm (KKR), since from January 2006 until January 2007 and as a Senior Advisor at KKR from January 2007 to the present. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Marks served as Chief Executive Officer of Flextronics, a leading electronics manufacturing services provider for which he remains Chairman of the Board. He joined Flextronics as a director in 1991 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 1994. He is a director of Crocs, Flextronics, SanDisk Corp. and Schlumberger Limited.
Patricia E. Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Paley Center for Media
Director since 2005
Ms. Mitchell has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Paley Center for Media since March 2007. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a private non-profit media enterprise, from March 2000 to March 2006. She is also a director of Bank of America Corporation.
M. Kenneth Oshman
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Corporation
Director since 1988
Mr. Oshman has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 1989 and Chief Executive Officer since December 1988 of Echelon Corporation, a provider of control networking products and services for automation systems. He served as President of Echelon from December 1988 to September 2001.
P. Anthony Ridder
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Knight Ridder
Director since 2006
Mr. Ridder is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Knight Ridder and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The McClatchy Company, the second-largest newspaper company in the United States. He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Knight Ridder in 1995, served as company President beginning in 1989, and joined the corporate staff as President of the Newspaper Division in 1986.
