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Jeff Clarke (born July 1961 in Ithaca, New York) is an American businessman. Currently he is the CEO of Kodak, and a member of the Autodesk board of directors.
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Education
Clarke earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1983 and a master's degree in business administration from Northeastern University in 1985.
Career
Clarke was hired by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1985, and came to Compaq when it purchased DEC in 1998. Compaq appointed him as chief financial officer in March 2001. He was executive vice president of global operations for HP, where he was responsible for HP’s worldwide supply chain, manufacturing, procurement and Internet operations. He also co-led the US$19 billion merger integration of HP and Compaq.
Clarke was named chief operating officer for CA (formerly Computer Associates) in April 2004 to stabilize operations amidst a probe by the SEC. At CA he was responsible for sales, services, distribution, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, information technology, corporate strategy and planning.
Clarke was promoted to chief executive officer and president of Cendant's travel distribution services in April 2006. Clarke next served as the Chairman of Travelport, Inc., a private, travel technology firm, where he served as CEO from 2006 to 2011, after leading its sale from Cendant Corporation to the Blackstone Group for US$4.3 billion in 2006.
As Travelport CEO, he reorganized the company around three brands, engineered the acquisition of Worldspan and coordinated the sale of Orbitz Worldwide in an initial public offering on July 20, 2007.
On March 12, 2014, he was named the new CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Kodak.
Boards and honors
Clarke was formerly a member of the Red Hat board of directors. He served as a director for Compuware Corporation, an enterprise software company, from 2013 to 2014. In March 2016, Clarke joined the board of directors at Autodesk, a multinational software corporation. Clarke was chairman of the board of Orbitz Worldwide from 2007-2014.
Clarke has also served on the Geneseo Foundation Board of Directors, where he delivered the address for the college’s 145th undergraduate commencement.
Clarke is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeastern University.
In January 2007, Business Travel News named Clarke one of the 25 most influential executives for 2006. Clarke has addressed such issues as the carbon footprint of the travel industry.