D Craig Nordlund

D. Craig Nordlund is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Agilent Technologies. Nordlund utilizes his broad legal background with Agilent by supervising the company’s global legal function including intellectual property law, legal policies, compliance, commercial law, employment law, as well as merger and acquisition and litigation support. Nordlund's experience in corporate law spans more than three decades, beginning with his first job as an attorney with the Palo Alto law firm of Ware & Friedenrich (now DLA Piper) in 1974, and later as in-house counsel with Hewlett-Packard Company in 1977. Over the course of the following years, he held positions ascending from senior attorney and assistant general counsel, to associate general counsel and secretary. From 1987 to 1999, Nordlund managed Hewlett-Packard's U.S. general legal operations and served as HP’s corporate secretary where he had responsibility for the company’s annual shareholders' meetings, Board of Directors formalities, corporate governance issues and shareholder relations. He was named Agilent's senior vice president, general counsel and secretary in May 1999. Nordlund currently serves as secretary for the Agilent Technologies Foundation, and is an officer and director of a number of Agilent subsidiaries. He has been a director of the Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union since 1985. Nordlund received a bachelor's degree in political science and journalism from Stanford University and a law degree from Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the California Bar Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), and the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. His leadership in the field of corporate law is reflected through various roles, including past service as national chairman of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, as well as chairman of its national Securities Law Committee. He is currently on the board of directors of the Council of Institutional Investors and was a founding director of the Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel where he also served on the national ACC Board of Directors. He also serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice (SVCCJ) and is a member of the local Junior Achievement advisory board.