Chairman of the Board and former CEO – ANSYS, Inc.
Peter J. Smith has been Chairman of our Board of Directors since July 1995. Mr. Smith served as President until April 1999 and Chief Executive Officer until February 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was Vice President of European Operations for Digital Equipment Corporation from November 1991 to March 1994. Previously, he managed Digital's worldwide applications development and marketing activities, including its engineering systems group which focused on CAD and CAM, graphics and general engineering software business. Mr. Smith is also a Director of Accellos Inc., a supply chain software solutions company. He is the past Chairman of Bluesocket, Inc., Neartek, Inc. and the Martin Group, and a former Director of NxTrend Inc.
James E. Cashman III has been our Chief Executive Officer since February 2000 and President since April 1999. Mr. Cashman served as our Senior Vice President of Operations from September 1997 to April 1999. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cashman was Vice President of Marketing and International Operations at PAR Technology Corporation, a computer software and hardware company involved in transaction processing, from May 1995 to September 1997. From September 1994 to May 1995, he was Vice President of Product Development and Marketing at Metaphase Technology, Inc., a product data management company. Prior to joining Metaphase, Mr. Cashman was employed by Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, a computer aided design company, from 1976 to 1994 in a number of sales and technical positions. Mr. Cashman is also a Director of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and a Board Member of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
General Manager and Chief Technology Officer – Ansoft LLC
Dr. Zoltan Cendes has served as a Director of the Company since July 2008 and most recently was the General Manager and Chief Technology Officer of Ansoft, LLC. From 1996 to 2008, Dr. Cendes served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Technology Officer at Ansoft Corporation, which he founded in 1984. Prior to forming Ansoft, Dr. Cendes worked for six years as an engineer at General Electric Corporation. In 1980, he was appointed Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at McGill University and, in 1982, joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he served as Professor until 1996. A fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Dr. Cendes received the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (IEEE AP-S) Distinguished Achievement Award in 2008. In addition, he has served on the editorial board of IEEE Spectrum, on the International Steering Committee of the COMPUMAG Conference, and as an IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer.
Bill McDermott has served as a Director of the Company since July 2007. Mr. McDermott is the President & CEO of SAP Global field Operation for SAP AG and a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, the largest business software company in the world. Prior to joining SAP, McDermott served as executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations at Siebel Systems, and president of Gartner, Inc., where he led the company's core operations. He spent 17 years at Xerox Corporation, where he progressively rose through the ranks to become the company's youngest corporate officer and division president. Mr. McDermott is also a Director of Under Armour, a performance apparel company dedicated to technologically advanced products, and PAETEC Communications, a nationwide integrated communications provider. In 2005, McDermott was elected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Jacqueline C. Morby has served as a Director of the Company since February 1994. Ms. Morby began semi-retirement and became Senior Director of TA Associates, Inc. in 2003 and was Managing Director or a partner of TA Associates, Inc. or its predecessor from 1982 to 2003. Ms. Morby is also a Director of J&B Software, Inc., a transaction processing software and services company, Axioma, Inc., a financial software company, and Pacific Life Corporation, a life insurance company.
Bradford C. Morley has served as a Director of the Company since February 2001. From 1994 through 2005, Mr. Morley served as a Director for various high technology software companies, including Computer Aided Design Software, Inc., Camax Manufacturing Technologies, and CoCreate Software, Inc., where he served as Chairman of the Board. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Morley was President of Applicon, Inc., a CAD/CAM subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd. Prior to that time, Mr. Morley was employed for fifteen years at Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager.
John F. Smith has served as a Director of the Company since December 1995. Mr. Smith is currently a venture partner in Flagship Ventures, an investment group that initiates and manages companies from the earliest stage of technology innovations. Mr. Smith served as the President of Perseptive Biosystems, a life sciences company, from July 1996 to 1999, and as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Digital Equipment Corporation from 1986 through 1994. Mr. Smith is a Director of DataCore Software Corporation, a privately-held software vendor specializing in storage control, storage management and storage consolidation.
Michael Thurk has served as a Director of the Company since May 2007. Mr. Thurk is the former Chief Operating Officer of Avaya, a leading global provider of communications networks and services for businesses. Thurk has more than 30 years of data and telecommunications experience, including management positions at Ericsson, Digital Equipment and several U.S. data communications companies. At Ericsson, he was Executive Vice President, Data Backbone and Optical Networks Division. Before his assignment with Ericsson, he was president of Boston-based Xyplex Networks, a network equipment developer. Thurk was senior vice president for two years with General DataComm, with responsibility for marketing and service. Prior to that, he worked for 14 years with Digital Equipment, in senior roles and as a vice president responsible for enterprise network and telecommunications related businesses. He began his career at GTE. Mr. Thurk is also a Director of ACME Packet.
Patrick J. Zilvitis has served as a Director of the Company since July 2000. Mr. Zilvitis was Chief Information Officer and Corporate Vice President of The Gillette Company, a global producer of consumer goods, from 1992 through 2000. Prior to 1992, Mr. Zilvitis managed the Consulting Services business at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Zilvitis is a Director of StockerYale, Inc., a provider of advanced illumination and optical products and services.
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Mar 19, 2010
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Chairman of the Board and former CEO – ANSYS, Inc.
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