People: ANSYS Inc (ANSS.OQ)

ANSS.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Peter Smith

68 2000 Independent Chairman of the Board

James Cashman

59 2000 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Maria Shields

48 1998 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance and Administration

Brian Drew

55 2006 Vice President and General Manager - Central Development Unit

Joseph Fairbanks

58 2001 Vice President - Worldwide Sales and Support

Joshua Fredberg

43 2009 Vice President - Marketing

Patrick Zilvitis

70 2011 Lead Independent Director

Ajei Gopal

51 2011 Independent Director

Ronald Hovsepian

52 2012 Independent Director

William McDermott

51 2007 Independent Director

Bradford Morley

66 2001 Independent Director

Barbara Scherer

57 2013 Independent Director

Michael Thurk

60 2007 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Peter Smith

Mr. Peter J. Smith is Independent Chairman of Board of Ansys, Inc. Mr. Smith joined the Company in 1994 and 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. Mr. Smith is also the past chairman of Bluesocket, Inc., Neartek, Inc. and the Martin Group, and a former director of NxTrend Inc. and Accellos Inc.

James Cashman

Mr. James E. Cashman, III, is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Ansys, Inc. Mr. Cashman served as senior vice president of operations upon joining the Company in September 1997 until 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 1995 to September 1997. From 1992 to 1994, he was vice president of product development and marketing at Metaphase Technology, Inc., a product data management company, which was a joint venture of Structural Dynamics Research Corporation and Control Data Systems. Prior to joining Metaphase, Mr. Cashman was employed by Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, a computer aided design company, from 1976 to 1992, in a number of sales and technical positions. Mr. Cashman is also chairman of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and a past Board member of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Mr. Cashman’s experience includes senior responsibilities in technology, product and market strategy management as well as sales, operational and international functions prior to his general management role with the Company for the past 15 years.

Maria Shields

Ms. Maria T. Shields is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance and Administration of Ansys, Inc. Previously, she served as corporate controller since September 1994 and as a vice president since May 1998. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Shields held various positions as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche LLP, including that of audit manager. Ms. Shields serves as a Director of the First National Bank Pittsburgh Community Board and the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. Ms. Shields holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University.

Brian Drew

Mr. Brian Christopher Drew is Vice President and General Manager - Central Development Unit of Ansys Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Drew was the vice president of Product Development & Internal Services at Fluent Inc. since July 1999. He became Fluent’s Business Unit Director for the Power Generation industry and the ICEPAK business unit in April 1995 after serving as Fluent’s Sales Director for North America since April 1991. Prior to Fluent, Mr. Drew’s industrial experience includes the design of rocket engines and spacesuits at Hamilton Sundstrand and the development of high heat flux cooling systems at Creare Inc. Mr. Drew holds bachelor and master of science degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Joseph Fairbanks

Mr. Joseph C. Fairbanks, Jr., is Vice President - Worldwide Sales and Support of Ansys, Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fairbanks was president and chief operating officer for Black Oak Computer Services Incorporated from August 2000 to October 2001. Prior to Black Oak, Mr. Fairbanks was the vice president, sales and marketing for the IBM Business Unit of Avnet Hallmark, an IBM distributor, from August 1997 to August 2000. Prior to August 1997, Mr. Fairbanks was the director of sales operations for Aspen Technology, a chemical engineering software company. Mr. Fairbanks majored in computer science at West Chester University.

Joshua Fredberg

Mr. Joshua Fredberg is Vice President - Marketing of Ansys, Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Fredberg was vice president of product management and marketing at Vistagy, Inc. from May 2009 to October 2009. From 2001-2009, Mr. Fredberg was with Parametric Technology Corporation, holding the positions of senior vice president of product and market strategy from 2003-2009, vice president of product strategy from 2001-2003 and director of business development in 2001. From 2000-2001, Mr. Fredberg was director of business development at ARIBA. He holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tufts University, a master of science in system engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Patrick Zilvitis

Mr. Patrick J. Zilvitis is Lead Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. Mr. Zilvitis was chief information officer and corporate vice president of The Gillette Company, a global producer of consumer goods, from 1992 through 2000. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Zilvitis managed the Consulting Services business at Digital Equipment Corporation. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Zilvitis served as president of Martin Marietta Data Systems, responsible for its commercial systems integration, software and timesharing businesses and company-wide internal information technology. Mr. Zilvitis started his career with IBM and spent 17 years in sales, product management and general management positions. Notably, he managed IBM’s Personal Computer channel for accounts in 1981, the beginning years of the PC. Mr. Zilvitis formerly served as a director of Stocker Yale, Inc., a specialty optics manufacturer, from 2004 to 2009, and has been an independent IT consultant since his retirement from Gillette.

Ajei Gopal

Dr. Ajei S. Gopal is Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. Dr. Gopal has been operating partner and director, value creation at Silver Lake since April 2013. Prior to Silver Lake, he was senior vice president of software products at Hewlett Packard Company (HP) since 2011. Prior to joining HP, Dr. Gopal was executive vice president at CA Technologies, Inc., which he joined in 2006. From 2004 to 2006, he was the executive vice president and chief technology officer of Symantec Corporation. Prior to 2004, Dr. Gopal served as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of ReefEdge Networks, Inc., a company he co-founded in 2000. Before that, he worked at IBM from 1991 to 2000, initially at IBM Research, and later in IBM’s Software Group. He began his career as a member of the technical staff in the Applied Research Division at Bell Communications Research.

Ronald Hovsepian

Mr. Ronald W. Hovsepian is Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. Mr. Hovsepian has served as president, chief executive officer and director of Intralinks, Inc. since December 2011. Previously, Mr. Hovsepian served as president and chief executive officer of Novell, Inc. from 2005 to 2011. He joined Novell in 2003 and served, among other roles, as executive vice president and president of worldwide field operations. Prior to Novell, Mr. Hovsepian was a managing director with Bear Stearns Asset Management, a technology venture capital fund, from February to December 2002. From March 2000 to February 2002, Mr. Hovsepian served as managing director for Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm. He started his career at IBM Corporation and held management and executive positions for almost 17 years, including worldwide general manager of IBM’s Distribution industries and the executive responsible for global hardware and software development, sales, marketing and services related to that industry. Mr. Hovsepian currently serves as non-executive chairman of the board of ANN, Inc.

William McDermott

Mr. William R. McDermott is Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. In February 2010, Mr. McDermott was appointed co-CEO of SAP AG and he has been a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG since 2008. Prior to that appointment, Mr. McDermott was the president and chief executive officer of SAP Global Field Operations. Prior to SAP, Mr. McDermott served as executive vice president of Worldwide Sales & Operations at Siebel Systems and as president of Gartner, Inc. He spent 17 years at Xerox Corporation holding various senior management positions including president of U.S. Major Account Organization and senior vice president/general manager of Xerox Business Systems. He serves on the board of directors of Under Armour, Inc., a performance apparel company dedicated to technologically advanced products.

Bradford Morley

Mr. Bradford C. Morley is Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. From 1994 through 2007, 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.

Barbara Scherer

Ms. Barbara V. Scherer has been appointed as Independent Director of ANSYS, Inc., effective April 26, 2013. Ms. Scherer is the former SVP, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Plantronics, Inc. In this position, she was responsible for all aspects of the company's financial management, as well as information technology, legal and investor relations. She retired from Plantronics in September 2012 after having served as CFO since joining in 1997. Prior to Plantronics, Ms. Scherer held various executive management positions spanning eleven years in the disk drive industry, was an associate with The Boston Consulting Group, and was a member of the corporate finance team at ARCO in Los Angeles. Ms. Scherer received bachelors degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. from the School of Management at Yale University.

Michael Thurk

Mr. Michael C. Thurk is Independent Director of Ansys, Inc. Mr. Thurk is currently the managing partner for Mariposa Consulting, LLC, which provides business and technical consulting for emerging communications companies. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Thurk served as chief operating officer and member of the board at Avaya, Inc. He also held the position of president of Avaya’s Global Communications Solutions and was previously a group vice president of systems at Avaya since 2002. Mr. Thurk has also held management positions at Ericsson and several U.S. data communications companies. At Ericsson, he was executive vice president of Division Data Backbone and Optical Networks and president of Ericsson Datacom, Inc. Before Ericsson, Mr. Thurk was president of Xyplex Networks and a vice president with General DataComm. Prior to that, he worked for Digital Equipment Corporation.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Peter Smith

203,380

James Cashman

4,351,930

Maria Shields

1,556,100

Brian Drew

1,160,470

Joseph Fairbanks

1,593,790

Joshua Fredberg

1,192,110

Patrick Zilvitis

--

Ajei Gopal

--

Ronald Hovsepian

--

William McDermott

--

Bradford Morley

--

Barbara Scherer

--

Michael Thurk

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Peter Smith

98,388 1,563,146

James Cashman

1,264,818 44,612,720

Maria Shields

178,974 6,243,048

Brian Drew

58,000 1,936,620

Joseph Fairbanks

81,500 2,898,676

Joshua Fredberg

2,445 35,966

Patrick Zilvitis

0 0

Ajei Gopal

0 0

Ronald Hovsepian

0 0

William McDermott

0 0

Bradford Morley

0 0

Barbara Scherer

0 0

Michael Thurk

0 0
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