(AFX) - NAME -- Cara Carleton Sneed Fiorina.
BIRTHDATE -- Sept. 6, 1954, in Austin, Texas.
EDUCATION -- Bachelor's degree in medieval history and philosophy, Stanford University, 1976; master's in business administration degree, University of Maryland, 1980; master's of science degree in management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989.
EXPERIENCE -- Sales, marketing and other executive positions, including head of North American network systems, at AT&T Corp., 1980-1996. Managed spinoff of equipment/research division into Lucent Technologies Inc. in 1996. President, Lucent's global service provider business, 1998-1999. Chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co., 1999-2005; she was chairwoman 2000-05. On the boards of Cybertrust Inc. and Revolution Health Group.
FAMILY -- Husband, Frank Fiorina; two stepdaughters.
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