Advanced Computer-Aided Engineering Group / PeopleSoft Inc. / General Electric Corporation / Merix Corporation / Tektronix Inc. / Autodesk Inc. / Novellus Systems Inc. / Teradyne Inc. / Nanosys Inc. / Business Objects S.A. / Claris Clear Choice for Claris Corp. / Virage Inc. / SAP Group / Symantec Corporation / Applied Materials Inc. / Avnet Inc. / Information Systems / Adobe Systems Incorporated / Myriad Investments LLC / IBM Corporation / SoloPower Inc. / Intel Corporation / Design Tools Group / D.F. King & Co. Inc. / Reciprocal Inc. / SmartForest Ventures / Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd. / Synopsys Inc. / Apple Computer Inc. / Parametric Technology Corporation / NEC Electronics / Nasdaq Stock Market / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
M&A / General or Shareholder Meeting / /
IndustryTerm
enterprise software / registered public accounting / Delaware law / media communication software / imaging / secure e-commerce services / energy / business intelligence software / storage management software / bank / 3D design software / manufacturing / venture capital / software industries / component manufacturing operations / Internet Availability / infrastructure / healthcare / printing / software / electronics / semiconductor products / information technology applications / electronics distributor / semiconductor fabrication equipment / /
Organization
Arizona Governor’s Council on Innovation and Technology / office of the President / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Audit Committee of KPMG LLP / Governance Committee / Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee / Worldwide Field Organization / Board of the Business Objects SAP / /
Person
A. Coleman John Schwarz / Deborah A. Coleman / Sasson Somekh / Alfred Castino / Bruce R. Chizen / Steven C. Walske / Chi-Foon Chan / John Schwarz / Roy Vallee / Al Castino / / /
Position
Corporate Secretary / President / BROKER / Vice President / Chief Executive Officer / attention Corporate Secretary / Chief Financial Officer / Vice President / Vice President / Engineering and General Manager / DesignWare Operations / director this year / Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive / Group Vice President / Vice Chairman of the Board / Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board / General Manager / Graphics Products Division / Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / chair of the Technical Advisory Board / Managing Director / Executive / Vice President of Operations / President and Chief Executive Officer / strategic advisor / President and a Director / dealer / Executive Vice President / Products and Marketing / Chief Financial Officer / General Manager / Microprocessor Division / General Partner / Manager / Chairman / Chief Executive Officer and a Director / General Manager / Vice President and General Manager / Vice President of Materials Operations / President / Chief Executive Officer and a Director / Brian E. Cabrera Vice President / General Counsel and Corporate Secretary / Vice President and General Manager / Consumer Products Division / President and Chief Operating Officer / Officer / member of the board of directors / GENERAL INFORMATION This proxy statement / Chief Operating Officer / chairman / director / Vice President of Finance / co-chair / Vice President of Application Engineering and Services / Executive Vice President / Chief Business Strategist / broker for instructions / Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing / Chairman of the Board / board member / member / member / Executive Board / General Manager / Industry Solutions unit / Vice President of Finance and then Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / /
Product
2D / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Delaware / /
Technology
information technology / business intelligence / semiconductor / /
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