| Ronald W. Hovsepian |
Ronald W. Hovsepian currently works at Skillsoft Corp., as Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2024, ANSYS, Inc., as Chairman from 2019, SumTotal Systems LLC, as Executive Chairman, Skillsoft Ireland Ltd., as Executive Chairman, Ann Taylor Corp., as Chairman, ECI Software Solutions, Inc., as Director, SiteScape, Inc., as President & Director, Cloud Technology Partners LLC, as Director, Skillsoft (US) LLC, as Director, and Boston College, as Member-Regents Board. Mr. Hovsepian also formerly worked at Micro Focus (US), Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2006 to 2011, Intralinks, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2011 to 2017, Intralinks Holdings, Inc., as President, Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2011 to 2017, Synchronoss Technologies, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer & Director in 2017, Micro Focus Software, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2011, Ann, Inc., as Non-Executive Chairman from 2005 to 2015, Valo Health, Inc., as Chairman, Skillsoft Ltd., as Executive Chairman from 2018 to 2021, Software Luxembourg Holding SA, as Executive Chairman from 2018 to 2021, Pegasystems, Inc., as Independent Director from 2019 to 2021, Bear Stearns Asset Management, Inc., as Managing Director from 2000 to 2002, Actua Corp., as Managing Director-Operations from 2000 to 2003, Churchill Capital Corp. II, as Director, Indigo Ag, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer & Director from 2019 to 2020, and International Business Machines Corp., as Vice President-Global Supply Chain Solutions. Mr. Hovsepian received his undergraduate degree from Boston College. |
| Jennifer Gerchow |
Ms. Jennifer Gerchow, CPA, is a Chief Accounting Officer at ANSYS, Inc. She received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. |
| Judy E. Curran |
Judy E. Curran is currently the Director at Forvia SE, the Non-Executive Director at Iveco Group NV, and the Chief Technologist-Automotive at ANSYS, Inc. Previously, she worked as the Director-Technology Strategy at Ford Motor Co. from 2014 to 2018 and as the Director at MicroVision, Inc. from 2020 to 2024. She also held the position of Assistant Vice President at Danversbank Asset Management. Ms. Curran obtained her undergraduate degree from Lawrence Technological University and her graduate degree from the University of Michigan. |
| Sameer Kher |
Sameer Kher currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Director-Product Development & Systems. Mr. Kher received his graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio), undergraduate degree from the University of Pune, and Masters Business Admin degree from Tepper School of Business. |
| Renee DeMay |
Ms. Renee DeMay is a Chief of Staff to the CEO at ANSYS, Inc. |
| Pyles Rachel |
Pyles Rachel currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance from 2024. Ms. Rachel also formerly worked at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., as Senior Vice President-Finance from 2019 to 2023. Ms. Rachel received her undergraduate degree from Duquesne University. |
| Prithviraj Banerjee |
Prithviraj Banerjee was the founder of AccelChip, Inc. (2000), serving as President & Chief Executive Officer, and Binachip, Inc. (2004), serving as Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer. Current jobs include Director at Computer Science & Telecommunications Board, Director at Turntide Technologies, Inc. since 2019, and Chief Technology Officer at ANSYS, Inc. since 2018. Former jobs include Chairman-Electrical & Computer Engineering at Northwestern University (1996-2004), Independent Director at Cubic Corp. (2018-2021), Independent Director at Cray, Inc. (2013-2019), Director at HP Labs, Inc. (2007-2012), Director at Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology, Senior Vice President-Research at HP, Inc. (2007-2012), Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at ABB Ltd. (2012-2013), Dean at the University of Illinois (2004-2007), MD-Global Technology Research & Development at Accenture LLC (2013-2015), Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at Schneider Electric NV (2015-2017), MD-Global Technology Research & Development at Accenture Technology Labs (2013-2015), Professor at the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign (1985-1996), and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry (California) (2017-2018). Education includes an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1981), a graduate degree (1982), and a doctorate (1984) from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign. |
| Ajei S. Gopal |
Ajei S. Gopal was the founder of ReefEdge, Inc. (2000) and served as Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2000 to 2004. Current jobs include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ANSYS, Inc. since 2017, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ANSYS Italia Srl since 2011, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ANSYS Sweden AB since 2017, Independent Director at Fiserv, Inc. starting in 2024, Executive Vice President at Computer Associates Canada Co., and Trustee at Carnegie Mellon University since 2022. Former jobs include Independent Director at Citrix Systems, Inc. from 2017 to 2021, Executive Vice President-Technology & Development at CA Technologies, Inc. in 2011, Senior Vice President-Software Products & GM at HP, Inc. from 2011 to 2013, CTO-Pervasive Computing Division at International Business Machines Corp. from 1991 to 2000, President & Chief Operating Officer at Gen Digital, Inc. in 2016, Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at Gen Digital, Inc. from 2004 to 2006, Member-Technical Staff at iconectiv LLC, Principal at IBM Research, and Operating Partner at Silver Lake Management Co. LLC from 2013 to 2016. Education includes a doctorate from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. |
| Claire Bramley |
Claire Bramley currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2022 and Xero Ltd., as Chief Financial Officer from 2025. Ms. Bramley also formerly worked at HP, Inc., as Global Controller from 2018 to 2021, SSP Group Plc, as Head-Financial Planning & Analysis from 2005 to 2007, Teradata Corp., as Chief Financial Officer from 2021 to 2025, and Berwin Leighton Services. Ms. Bramley received her undergraduate degree from Loughborough University. |
| James W. Frankola |
James W. Frankola currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021, Gazzang, Inc., as CFO, Secretary, Treasurer & Director, Skillsoft Corp., as Independent Director from 2024, 23andMe Holding Co., as Independent Director from 2024, and Hortonworks, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Frankola also formerly worked at International Business Machines Corp., as Director-Financial Analysis, ActivIdentity, Inc., as Director from 2006 to 2010, Cvent Holding Corp., as Independent Director from 2021 to 2023, Cloudera (UK) Ltd., as Chief Financial Officer & Director from 2012 to 2021, Cvent, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021 to 2023, Avery Dennison Corp., as Vice President-Finance & Business Development from 1997 to 2001, Ariba, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2008, Yodlee, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President from 2010 to 2012, and Cloudera, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer from 2012 to 2021. Mr. Frankola received his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University and Masters Business Admin degree from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Ravi K. Vijayaraghavan |
Ravi K. Vijayaraghavan currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020 and Bain & Co., Inc., as Director & Head-Asia Pacific Technology Practice from 2019. Mr. Vijayaraghavan also formerly worked at Singapore Land Authority, as Director from 2004 to 2006 and WGBH Educational Foundation, as Member-Overseers Board from 2017 to 2020. |
| Alec D. Gallimore |
Alec D. Gallimore is the founder of ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. since 1999, holding the title of Chief Executive Officer. Current jobs include Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. since 2017, Non-Executive Director at Bechtel Group, Inc., Director at Bechtel Corp. since 2021, Professor & Dean-Engineering at the University of Michigan since 2016, Trustee at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Trustee at The Henry Ford since 2022, and Chief Academic Officer at Duke University since 2023. Former job includes Independent Director at PagerDuty, Inc. from 2020 to 2023. Education includes a doctorate from Princeton University and an undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
| Robert M. Calderoni |
Robert M. Calderoni currently works at KLA Corp., as Chairman from 2022 and ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020. Mr. Calderoni also formerly worked at Ariba, Inc., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2012, Citrix Systems, Inc., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2021 to 2022, GoTo Group, Inc., as Chairman from 2019 to 2020, Anaplan, Inc., as Chairman, Juniper Networks, Inc., as Independent Director from 2003 to 2019, Accelerated Global Technology Corp., as Director, Sitecore Danmark A, as Director, Apple, Inc., as Senior Vice President-Finance from 1996 to 1997, Avery Dennison Corp., as Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President from 1997 to 2001, International Business Machines Corp., as Chief Financial Officer-Storage Systems Division, and SAP SE, as President-SAP Cloud from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Calderoni received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University. |
| Barbara Vaughn Scherer |
Barbara Vaughn Scherer currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2013. Ms. Scherer also formerly worked at Keithley Instruments LLC, as Director from 2004 to 2010, Ultra Clean Technology Systems & Service, Inc., as Director, Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc., as Independent Director, NETGEAR, Inc., as Independent Director from 2011 to 2024, Atlantic Richfield Co., Inc., as Member-Corporate Finance, Plantronics, Inc., as CFO, Senior VP-Finance & Administration from 1998 to 2012, The Boston Consulting Group, Inc., as Associate, Micropolis Corp., as Chief Financial Officer, and StreamLogic, Inc., as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Scherer received her undergraduate degree in 1978 from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Masters Business Admin degree in 1983 from Yale School of Management. |
| Glenda M. Dorchak |
Glenda M. Dorchak currently works at Wolfspeed, Inc., as Independent Director from 2020, ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2019, GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc., as Director from 2019, Cerebras Systems, Inc., as Director from 2024, National Association of Corporate Directors, as Member, and San Jose Museum of Art, as Trustee. Ms. Dorchak also formerly worked at Value America, Inc., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2000, Intrinsyc Technologies Corp., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2008, VirtualLogix, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2010, International Business Machines Corp., as Director & General Manager-PC Direct US from 1974 to 1998, Energy Focus, Inc., as Independent Director from 2015 to 2019, Viavi Solutions, Inc., as Independent Director from 2019 to 2021, Intrinsyc Technologies Corp., as Independent Director from 2003 to 2004, Mellanox Technologies, Inc., as Independent Director from 2009 to 2020, Mellanox Technologies Ltd., as Director from 2009 to 2020, ON Semiconductor Connectivity Solutions, Inc., as Independent Director from 2018 to 2019, Mirametrix, Inc., as Director, Bright Machines, Inc., as Director, Intel Corp., as Vice President & GM-Intel Broadband Products Group, Spansion, Inc., as Executive VP & General Manager-Global Business from 2012 to 2013, and Intel Communications Group, as Chief Operating Officer & Vice President from 2001 to 2006. |
| Anil Chakravarthy |
Anil Chakravarthy currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Independent Director from 2021 and Adobe, Inc., as President-Digital Experience from 2021. Dr. Chakravarthy also formerly worked at Informatica LLC, as Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2020, Informatica, Inc. (California), as Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2020, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, as Director, USAA Federal Savings Bank, as Director from 2015 to 2020, VeriSign, Inc., as Director-Product Management from 2001 to 2004, Gen Digital, Inc., as Executive Vice President-Information Security in 2013, LogicTier, Inc., as Vice President-Marketing, and McKinsey & Co., Inc., as Engagement Manager from 1995 to 2000. Dr. Chakravarthy received his graduate degree and doctorate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi. |
