People: ANSYS Inc (ANSS.OQ)

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.