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Name
A. George Battle
Position
Board Member
From January 2004 to August 2005, Mr. Battle served as Executive Chairman at Ask Jeeves, Inc., a provider of information search and retrieval services. From December 2000 until January 2004, Mr. Battle served as Chief Executive Officer at Ask Jeeves. From 1968 until his retirement in 1995, Mr. Battle was an employee and then partner at Arthur Andersen LLP and Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture Ltd.), global accounting and consulting firms. Mr. Battle’s last position at Andersen Consulting was Managing Partner, Market Development, responsible for Andersen Consulting’s worldwide industry activities, its Change Management and Strategic Services offerings, and worldwide marketing and advertising. Mr. Battle is also a director at Expedia Group, Inc. In the last five years, Mr. Battle served on the boards of Workday, Inc., Netflix, Inc. and LinkedIn Corporation. Mr. Battle received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Business School.