Charles H. Noski (born August 23, 1952, in

Eureka, California Eureka (Wiyot: ''Jaroujiji'', Hupa: ''do'-wi-lotl-ding'', Karuk: ''uuth'') is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt ...

) was the

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of the Board of Directors of

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from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously held a variety of positions, including the position of

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, and

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, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of

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Education

In 1973, Noski earned a

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in business administration from

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. In 1995, he returned to earn his

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in accounting while continuing to work full-time at Hughes Electronics. The university awarded him an

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in 2007.

Career

In 1973, Noski began his career at accounting firm

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(now

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) where he served for 17 years and was named partner in 1983. In 1990, he joined

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as corporate vice president and controller. In 1992, Hughes named him corporate senior vice president and chief financial officer, in 1996 he was elected vice chairman, and he later became the company's president and chief operating officer. From 1999 to 2002, Noski was senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of

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. In February 2002, he was named vice chairman of the company's board of directors. From 2003 to 2005, Noski was at

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as corporate vice president and chief financial officer; he was a director at the company from 2002 to 2005. In 2003, Noski was elected to the board of directors of Microsoft. In 2010, he was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of

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, and became vice chairman in 2011. He retired from

in 2012 and has since served on the boards of directors of

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and

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. Noski has also been a director of

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and the

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. Noski was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the

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from 2016 through 2019, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and

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. He was appointed to

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's Independent Audit Quality Committee in 2019, and is a past member and Chairman of the

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's Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council and a past member of the

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's Standing Advisory Group. In 2006, Mr. Noski was inducted into the inaugural class of the Financial Executives International Hall of Fame, and in 2021 was named to the Accounting Hall of Fame by the American Accounting Association.

References

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