Bret Schaefer

Who is Bret Schaefer?

Bret Schaefer is the Vice President of Shareholder Value Finance.

Bret reports to Michael Lehman, Executive Vice President, Corporate

Resources and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Bret has

responsibility for Investor Relations and Finance business partnering

to Product Business Units, Marketing and Corporate Resources.

Previous to his current role, Bret held the position of Vice President

of Finance for the Global Sales Organization with responsibility for

finance oversight across deal management, revenue management, revenue

recognition, financial planning, sales compensation and Sarbanes Oxley

Internal Controls for all financial processes in the field. Bret has

also served as the Vice President of Finance for World Wide Operations

responsible for the finance support across Sun's manufacturing and

distribution activities worldwide.

In his 14 years at Sun, Bret has also held a broad range of Finance and

operational positions that addressed Internal Audit, Software

Operations and Engineering, and Sales and Marketing. As the Finance and

Sales Operations Director for the Computer Systems business in Southern

Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Bret built the financial management

and legal entity structure for this $1 billion selling unit. In his

role as Controller for Sales Operations, he lead the field

implementation of global financial processes for Credit, Foreign

Exchange Forecasting, Financial Flash, Sales Compensation, and

nonstandard Transaction Management.

Prior to Sun, Bret spent nine years with Price Waterhouse, where he

primarily responsible for auditing large multinational companies out of

the San Francisco office, along with spending two years in London in

both audit and management consulting roles.

Bret received his Bachelors in History from the University of Chicago in 1979, and his MBA from the same institution in 1982.

He is a member of the AICPA and CSCPA societies.