IDEXX Board of Directors | Bruce L. Claflin

Bruce L. Claflin

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, 3Com Corporation

Independent Director

Age: 73

Director since:
July 2015

Committees:
Audit
Compensation and Talent

Other current public company director service:

Former public company director service:

3Com Corporation

President, Chief Executive Officer, and member of the board of directors (January 2001 – 2006)
President, Chief Operating Officer (August 1998 – January 2001)

Digital Equipment Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

International Business: Experience engaging in international business transactions during his time as President and Chief Executive Officer of 3Com Corporation, a then public company that provided global computer networking solutions, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010, where he established a joint venture in China in partnership with a leading Chinese global telecom solutions provider and at IBM where he lived and worked in Hong Kong and Tokyo and was responsible for IBM’s Asia/South Pacific Area.
Digital: Deep understanding of advanced technology and how it may be utilized to further our corporate strategies and objectives, gained from his senior executive and outside public company roles at other high-technology companies.
Corporate Strategy: Substantial experience developing, executing and overseeing corporate strategy at high-technology companies, including during his tenures as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of 3Com Corporation and serving on the boards of other public companies in the high-technology industry.
Mr. Claflin also brings significant executive leadership, corporate governance, financial acumen, human capital management, innovation and R&D, operations, corporate finance and risk oversight skills and experience to the Board.