Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Monday that John Thompson was appointed to the company's board of directors, returning the board's size to 10 members.
Thompson, a former chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp. (SYMC), currently serves as the chief executive officer of privately held Virtual Instruments. Previously, he held a number of leadership positions at IBM, including sales, marketing, software development and general manager of IBM Americas.
Thompson currently serves on the board of United Parcel Service (UPS), and he has served on a number of government boards and commissions, including the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee.
In addition to Thompson, Microsoft's board of directors consists of Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman; Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO; Dina Dublon, former chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase; Raymond Gilmartin, former chairman, president and CEO of Merck & Co. Inc.; Reed Hastings, founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix Inc.; Dr. Maria Klawe, president, Harvey Mudd College; David Marquardt, general partner at August Capital; Charles Noski, vice chairman of Bank of America Corp.; and Dr. Helmut Panke, former chairman of the board of management at BMW AG.
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