Synopsys Inc. has appointed Alfred "Al" J. Castino and John G. Schwarz to its Board of Directors, bringing the number of independent directors on the Board to seven. Castino will serve on Synopsys' Audit Committee, while Schwarz will serve on the company's Compensation Committee. Both new directors will also serve on the company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
"The appointment of these two outstanding professionals brings valuable expertise to an already strong Board," said Aart de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys. "In addition to their excellent business experience and judgment, their vision, values and enthusiasm will serve Synopsys and its stakeholders well. Al is an extremely qualified financial expert from one of the top-ten software companies in the world. John has tremendous operating experience in technology companies and today is CEO of the world's leading business intelligence player in enterprise software."
Castino has been senior vice president and CFO for Autodesk Inc. for the past five years. In this role, he has responsibility for finance, purchasing, information technology, business development and investor relations. He previously served as CFO for Virage Inc., and as senior vice president and CFO for PeopleSoft in Pleasanton, CA. Other prior experience includes a role as controller for Chiron Corp. He also worked for Sun Microsystems for eight years in a series of key domestic and international finance assignments, and at Hewlett-Packard Co. for seven years, where he held various divisional finance management positions.
Schwarz has served as CEO of Business Objects for nearly two years. As CEO, he has ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the company, including strategy, operations, finance, product engineering, marketing and business development. Prior to joining Business Objects, he held executive management roles at Symantec Corp. in Cupertino, CA, and Reciprocal Inc. in New York. He spent the first 25 years of his career at IBM, where he had various technical and general management assignments.
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