As Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Sexton oversees all of Avid's financial and administrative functions, including finance, information technology, legal, human resources, investor relations, manufacturing and logistics.
Mr. Sexton brings more than 30 years of business leadership experience to Avid, including substantial experience in growing technology companies and public capital markets. Prior to joining Avid in January 2008, Mr. Sexton served as EVP & CFO of webMethods, Inc., a leading provider of business integration software solutions, where he helped oversee the successful merger of webMethods and Software AG. Prior to that, Mr. Sexton served as EVP & CFO of Infor, Inc., where he was integral to multiple business acquisitions, helping to build Infor into the world's largest private software company. Prior to that, Mr. Sexton was EVP & CFO of Peregrine Systems and was instrumental in the successful turnaround of that company. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Sexton was Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and CFO of MERANT/INTERSOLV during a period of substantial growth.
Mr. Sexton holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.