Crawford Beveridge

{{Short description|Scottish-American technology executive}}

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File:Crawford Beveridge.jpg, Brazil, in 2008]]

Crawford W. Beveridge CBE is a Scottish-American technology executive.

Beveridge, originally from Scotland, attended the University of Edinburgh, earning a B.Sc. in social science. He followed that with an M.Sc. in industrial administration from the University of Bradford.

He was given the honour of a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1995{{cite news |title=An eight-year reign with its share of calamities and successes |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/43138496.html?dids=43138496:43138496&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13%2C+1999&author=Iain+Wilson+Chief+Reporter&pub=The+Herald&desc=An+eight-year+reign+with+its+share+of+calamities+and+successes&pqatl=google |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605053226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/43138496.html?dids=43138496:43138496&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13,+1999&author=Iain+Wilson+Chief+Reporter&pub=The+Herald&desc=An+eight-year+reign+with+its+share+of+calamities+and+successes&pqatl=google |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 June 2011 |work=The Herald (Glasgow) |date=13 July 1999 |accessdate=3 April 2010 | first=Iain | last=Wilson}} and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html |title=The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008113046/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html |archive-date=8 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Beveridge's business background included Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment Corp. and Analog Devices.{{cite book |title=DEC is dead, long live DEC: the lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation |url=https://archive.org/details/decisdeadlongliv00scherich |url-access=limited |authorlink=Edgar H. Schein |last=Schein |first=Edgar H. |page=[https://archive.org/details/decisdeadlongliv00scherich/page/105 105] |year=2003 |publisher=Berrett-Koehler Publishers |isbn=978-1-57675-225-8 }} In 1985, he joined Sun Microsystems as vice president of corporate resources, where he stayed until 1991,{{cite book |title=High noon: the inside story of Scott McNealy and the rise of Sun Microsystems |last=Southwick |first=Karen |page=[https://archive.org/details/highnoon00kare/page/19 19] |year=1999 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |isbn=978-0-471-29713-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/highnoon00kare/page/19 }} when he left and took the position of chief executive of Scottish Enterprise.{{cite book |title=World class: thriving locally in the global economy |url=https://archive.org/details/worldclassthrivi00kant |url-access=registration |authorlink=Rosabeth Moss Kanter |last=Kanter |first=Rosabeth Moss |page=[https://archive.org/details/worldclassthrivi00kant/page/368 368] |year=1995 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-684-81129-1 }}

In 2000, he returned to Sun to fill the position of executive vice president of people and places and chief human resources officer. He was a board member of corporations outside of Sun, including Autodesk,{{cite news |title=To Autodesk – and Beyond? |url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2004/tc20040512_0146_tc147.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040513193909/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2004/tc20040512_0146_tc147.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2004 |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=12 May 2004 |accessdate=3 April 2010 }} Memec and Scottish Equity Partners.{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=547660&privcapId=34903&previousCapId=34903&previousTitle=Sun%20Microsystems%20Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929125613/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=547660&privcapId=34903&previousCapId=34903&previousTitle=Sun%20Microsystems%20Inc. |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2012 |title=Sun Microsystems Inc. |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=3 April 2010 }} He is a non-executive chairman of the board in Autodesk and as of July 2016, Beveridge owns approximately $1.9 million worth of Autodesk shares.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidermole.com/insider/beveridge-crawford-w | title=BEVERIDGE CRAWFORD Insider Trading | publisher=InsiderMole.com | access-date=15 July 2016}}

He was executive vice president and chairman, EMEA, APAC and the Americas of Sun in 2007.{{cite news |title=Sun king keeps shining on Scotland |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/business/Sun-king-keeps-shining-on.4489688.jp |work=The Scotsman |date=14 September 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2010 }}{{Cite web |title= Executive Bios: Crawford Beveridge |publisher= Sun Microsystems |work= Former web site |url= http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/mgt_beveridge.html |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060615171158/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/mgt_beveridge.html |archivedate= 15 June 2006 |accessdate= 8 September 2013 }}

He chairs the Scottish government's Council of Economic Advisers.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/Council-Economic-Advisers/Membership |title=Scottish Government, Council of Economic Advisers – Membership |accessdate=29 March 2014 }}