Nancy Hawthorne is the Chief Executive Officer (Interim) of Avid Technology. Hawthorne has been a member of the Avid board of directors since 1997 and has worked closely with Avid senior management team as the company has diversified its business and more than doubled revenues in the last five years.
In her tenure as interim CEO Hawthorne will oversee a number of initiatives designed to achieve greater operating efficiencies within and across the company�s Video Audio and Consumer divisions and to solidify Avid�s position as a world leader in designing and developing innovative content creation media production and broadcast solutions.
As chief financial officer of Continental Cablevision Inc. Hawthorne was responsible for treasury mergers and acquisitions investor relations accounting functions and oversaw the company's financial strategy and capital markets activities. Following Continental Cablevision�s merger with US West Inc. she became an executive vice president of the merged company MediaOne.
Hawthorne holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College and a master of business administration degree from the Harvard Business School. |