Robert E. Beauchamp Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Robert "Bob" Beauchamp is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC), a leading global enterprise management solutions company.
Joining the company in 1988 as a sales executive, Beauchamp rose rapidly, serving in key leadership positions in research and development, strategic marketing and corporate development. Named to lead BMC in 2001, Beauchamp led the company's highly successful transformation from a mainframe tools vendor to one that delivers the industry's most strategic enterprise management and automation solutions, enabling customers to automate their IT and prove its business value.
Beauchamp currently serves on the boards of National Oilwell Varco, Memorial-Hermann Healthcare System, Baylor University, and the Houston Police Foundation. He serves in a number of prominent industry and civic organizations.
Beauchamp holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science degree in management from Houston Baptist University.
Jon Barfield Independent Director, Lead Director
Mr. Barfield has served as our Lead Director since January 2010 and has been a director since 2001.
Mr. Barfield has served since 1995 as the Chairman and President of The Bartech Group, Inc., a privately held talent acquisition and management firm specializing in the placement of engineering and information technology professionals, business process consulting services, and managing the staffing of requirements of regional and global corporations. Mr. Barfield is also a director of CMS Energy Corporation and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc., both public companies. He is also a director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Detroit Renaissance Inc.
Mr. Bloom has been a director since 2007. Mr. Bloom has served since March 2010 as Chief Executive Officer of eMeter, Inc., a privately held software company. Mr. Bloom was a business consultant from December 2006 to March 2010. Mr. Bloom served as Vice Chairman and President of Symantec from July 2005 to March 2006. Mr. Bloom joined Symantec through its merger with VERITAS Software Corporation, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer from November 2000 to January 2002, and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2002 to July 2005. Mr. Bloom joined VERITAS after a 14-year career with Oracle Corporation, rising to the rank of Executive Vice President. Mr. Bloom also serves on the board of Taleo Corporation, a public company.
Mr. Bloom has served since March 2010 as the Chief Executive Officer of eMeter Inc., a privately held software company. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University where he currently serves on the President's Cabinet and is the Chairman of the Board of the Cal Poly Foundation.
Mr. Gafner has been a director since 1987. Mr. Gafner has served since 1998 as the Chief Executive Officer of the Farsight Group, a privately held company that specializes in advanced communications equipment and consulting. He was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Comstream Corporation, a privately held manufacturer of high-speed satellite earth stations for data distribution, from July 1988 to July 1997.
Mr. Hawkins has been a director since May 2010. Mr. Hawkins has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Autodesk, Inc. since April 2009. Prior to joining Autodesk, Mr. Hawkins served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Information Technology at Logitech International S.A. from April 2006 to April 2009. He was employed by Dell Inc. in various finance roles from 2000 to 2006, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance for worldwide procurement and logistics. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Hawkins was employed by Hewlett-Packard Company for 18 years in finance and business-management roles.
Mr. James has been a director since May 2010. Mr. James is the former Chief Operating Officer of Accenture Ltd., and served as Vice Chairman of Accenture Ltd. from 2001 to 2004. He also served in the advisory position of International Chairman of Accenture, from August 2004 to 2006. Mr. James serves as a director of the following public companies: Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Jenkins has been a director since 2004. Mr. Jenkins currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text Corporation, a publicly traded software company and a leader in providing enterprise content management. Mr. Jenkins was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text in August 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Open Text from July 1997 to July 2005. From December 1994 to July 1997, Mr. Jenkins held progressive executive positions with Open Text.
Mr. Lavigne has been a director since 2008. Mr. Lavigne is currently a management consultant specializing in the areas of corporate finance, accounting and strategy. Mr. Lavigne retired in March 2005 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Genentech, Inc. He joined Genentech in July, 1982 and was named Controller in 1983 and built Genentech's operating financial functions. In 1986, he was promoted to Vice President and assumed the Chief Financial Officer position in September 1988. Mr. Lavigne became Senior Vice President in July 1994 and Executive Vice President in March, 1997. Mr. Lavigne was a member of Genentech's Executive Committee and chairman of its 401(k) Plan Committee. Genentech's revenues grew significantly during Mr. Lavigne's tenure; from $40 million when he became Controller in 1983, to over $300 million when he became the Chief Financial Officer and over $6.6 billion in 2005. During Mr. Lavigne's tenure, he was responsible for Genentech's Financial, Corporate Relations and Information Technology groups and was named the Best Chief Financial Officer in Biotech in 2005 in the Institutional Investor survey. In June 2006, he received the Bay Area Chief Financial Officer of the Year-Hall of Fame-Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Lavigne serves on the boards of Accuray Incorporated and Allergan, Inc., both public companies, and SafeNet, Inc., a private company. Mr. Lavigne is also a member of the Pacific SW Audit Committee Network of Audit Committee Chairs and Deloitte's Life Sciences Advisory Board. Mr. Lavigne also serves as a trustee of the California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Babson College and Babson Global, Children's Hospital Oakland and the Seven Hills School. Mr. Lavigne previously served on our Board from October 2004 to February 2007. Mr. Lavigne earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Babson College in 1969 and an M.B.A. from Temple University in 1976.
Ms. O'Neil has been a director since 2002. She is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Street Advisors, LLC, a company that she founded in 2001. Liberty Street Advisors, LLC advises public and private companies on corporate governance, risk management, strategy development, infrastructure needs, leadership alignment and execution of change initiatives. Prior to her work at Liberty Street Advisors, Ms. O'Neil was employed at IBM as General Manager of the company's Global Financial Markets Infrastructure Group from January 2001 to September 2001. Prior to joining IBM, Ms. O'Neil served for 24 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in a series of executive roles including Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Ms. O'Neil is a member of the board of directors of Guidance Software, a public company. Ms. O'Neil also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Motley Fool Funds and is a member of the board of directors of MetLife Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.
Mr. Tinsley has been a director since 1997. He is an Advisory Director at General Atlantic Partners, a private equity investment firm. He previously served as a Partner at General Atlantic, as President and Chief Operating Officer of Baan Company N.V. and as a Director at McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mr. Tinsley serves on the boards of Net1 UEPS Technologies, Inc., a public company, and Critical Path, a private company.