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| | Brad Smith: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, Legal & Corporate Affairs |
 | | Smith previously worked for five years as Deputy General Counsel for Worldwide Sales, and before that, he spent three years managing the company's European Law and Corporate Affairs group, based in Paris. |
 | | Before joining Microsoft, Smith was a partner at Covington and Burling, having worked in the firms Washington, D.C. and London offices and represented a number of companies in the computing industry. |
 | | Smith graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University, where he received the Class of 1901 Medal, the Dewitt Clinton Poole Memorial Prize, and the Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Award, the highest award given to a graduating senior at commencement. |
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