Antonio Pietriはアスペンテックの社長兼CEOであり、取締役会のメンバーでもあります。Pietriは、社長兼CEOの現職に就任する以前、ワールドワイドフィールドオペレーション担当取締役副社長として、グローバルセールス、セールスオペレーション、プロフェッショナルサービス、およびカスタマーサポート&トレーニングを率いていました。さらに、シンガポールおよび中国・北京を拠点として、アジア太平洋の地域オペレーションを担当する上級副社長兼マネージングディレクターとしての経験もあります。

Pietriは、1996年のSetpoint, Inc.社の買収に伴ってアスペンテックに入社しました。Pietriは、Setpointで、幅広いセールス、サービス導入、およびコンサルティングの役割に従事し、その際ヨーロッパの石油精製所およびプロセス製造現場におけるアスペンテックソリューションの統合を監督しました。2002年に、Pietriはビジネスコンサルティング担当副社長としてシンガポールに異動となり、その後アジア太平洋リージョンのマネージングディレクターに昇進しました。

Pietriは、製油所向けの高度制御と多変数コントローラーに焦点を当てたアプリケーションエンジニアとして、ABB Simconでキャリアをスタートさせました。Pietriはヒューストン大学でMBAを、タルサ大学で化学工学の理学士号をそれぞれ取得しています。

Robert M. Whelan, Jr.は、35年以上におよぶ企業金融と投資銀行の経験を携えてアスペンテックの取締役会に加わりました。2001年以降、WhelanはWhelan & Company, LLCの社長を務め、テクノロジー、ヘルスケア、および代替エネルギー業界の公共・民間の両企業に対して財務コンサルティング、評価および戦略に関するサービスを提供してきました。

1999年から2001年にかけては、Prudential Volpe Technology Groupの副会長を務めました。同グループは、1999年にPrudential SecuritiesがVolpe Brown Whelan & Companyを買収した際に、Prudential Securitiesのテクノロジー投資銀行業務および調査部門として設立されました。それ以前は、テクノロジーおよびヘルスケア企業のための投資銀行業務、仲買業務、および資産管理を行う民間企業であるVolpe Brown Whelanのシニアエグゼクティブでした。また、その前にはPrudential SecuritiesのNew York Regional and High Technology Groupsにおけるマネージングディレクター、およびHambrecht & Quist, Inc.のマネージングディレクター兼コーポレートファイナンス担当主任を歴任しています。

Whelanはダートマス大学で歴史学の学士号を、スタンフォード大学経営大学院でMBAを取得しています。

Patrick M. Antkowiak is president of CEM Technology Advisors, LLC, a strategy and technology consulting business. He spent over 38 years in increasingly senior roles at Northrop Grumman Corporation, including as the company’s Chief Technology Officer from 2014 to 2018, and retired in 2019 as the company’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, having led the company’s technology development strategy and execution, focusing the company on competitive differentiation in emerging technology areas across the space, airborne, maritime, ground and cyber domains.

Mr. Antkowiak currently serves on the board of directors for the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, a non-profit organization focused on accelerating the development and adoption of innovative robotics technologies and workforce strategies for the nation. He is also a member of The Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering Dean’s advisory board.

Mr. Antkowiak received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, his master’s degree from the University of Maryland and completed the General Manager’s Program at the Harvard Business School.

Thomas F. Bogan served as Vice Chairman at Workday, Inc. from February 2020 to January 2022, and previously served as Executive Vice President of Workday’s Planning business unit. Mr. Bogan joined Workday from Adaptive Insights, where he was Chief Executive Officer and a director from January 2015 until its acquisition by Workday in August 2018.

From 2007 until January 2019, he was a director of Apptio, Inc., including its Chair from 2012 to January 2019. He was a director of Citrix Systems, Inc. from 2003 to June 2016, including its Chair from 2004 to 2015, a director of PTC, Inc. from 2011 to June 2015 and a director of Rally Software Development Corp. from 2009 to July 2015.

Mr. Bogan has also served as a director and executive officer of various public and privately-held companies, including Greylock Partners, Rational Software, Avatar Technologies and Pacific Data. He received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Stonehill College.

Karen Golz joined the Aspen Technology board of directors in March 2021. Golz is a retired partner of Ernst & Young (EY), where she held various senior leadership positions during her 40-year tenure, including most recently, Global Vice Chair, Japan (2016-2017). In addition to accounting, financial reporting and audit expertise, Golz brings considerable experience in international and regulatory matters. As Global Vice Chair of Professional Practice (2010-2016), Golz oversaw accounting, auditing, regulatory, tools and methodologies and supported innovation within EY’s Global Assurance practice. Prior to that, Golz held the Americas and Global Vice-Chair of Professional Ethics/Independence.

Karen Golz is a board and audit committee member of Analog Devices, Inc. and Osteon Holdings/Exactech.  She is senior advisor to The Boston Consulting Group’s Audit and Risk Committee and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow and sits on the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Foundation. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and is a certified public accountant.

David Henshall served as President & CEO of Citrix Systems, a leading multinational provider of cloud computing and virtualization technology, where he held executive roles for nearly twenty years. Prior to his role as President, CEO and Director of Citrix, Mr. Henshall served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company’s worldwide finance, operations and administration organizations.

Before joining Citrix, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Rational Software Corporation, a software company acquired by IBM Corporation, and also held various finance positions at Cypress Semiconductor and Samsung. He currently also serves as a member of the board of directors at Everbridge, Inc., Feedzai, Inc. and HashiCorp, Inc.

Mr. Henshall holds a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Arizona and a M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

Ram R. Krishnan has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Emerson since February 2021. Mr. Krishnan has extensive experience across Emerson’s Automation Solutions and Commercial & Residential Solutions businesses.

Mr. Krishnan joined Emerson in 1994 as a project engineer and held several management roles of increasing responsibility. He was named President of Climate Technologies in Asia in 2011, serving in Hong Kong. He returned to the United States as Vice President of Profit Planning and Perfect Execution in 2015, a role he held until 2016, when he became Group President of Flow Solutions. He was named Chief Operating Officer of Final Control in January 2017 and became the Group President of Final Control in November 2017 following the successful $3.15 billion acquisition of Pentair’s valves and controls business.

As Chief Operating Officer of Emerson, Mr. Krishnan oversees global supply chain operations, information technology and mergers and acquisitions. He has a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in business administration from Xavier University.

Arlen R. Shenkman is a global technology executive with more than 25 years of experience leading high-growth businesses and transforming companies. He is currently President and CFO at Boomi, a global provider of cloud integration and automation technology with more than 20,000 customers in 30 countries. At Boomi, Arlen is responsible for all financial and operational management functions across the business.

Prior to this role, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Citrix from 2019 through 2022, where he was responsible for the company’s financial and capital management strategies, ESG, budgeting and planning, accounting, tax and treasury, investor relations, strategic alliances and M&A. From 2015 to 2017, Mr. Shenkman served as Chief Financial Officer of SAP’s largest business unit, responsible for all finance functions in North America, including forecasting and planning, identifying efficiencies and ensuring the region’s overall financial health. He previously served as SAP’s Global Head of Corporate Development from 2012 to 2015 and was a principal architect of SAP’s rapid transformation into a cloud company.

Mr. Shenkman has a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, an M.B.A. from the Fox School of Business at Temple University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from George Washington University. He has also completed the London Business School’s Corporate Finance Program and is the Chair of the Operating Committee and member of the Audit Committee and Board of Directors of Commvault Systems Inc., a data protection and information management software company.