| 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, Indigo Ag, Inc., as Director from 2024, 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 2003 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, Valo Health LLC, as Chairman, 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, and International Business Machines Corp., as Vice President-Global Supply Chain Solutions. Mr. Hovsepian received his undergraduate degree from Boston College. |
| Pyles Rachel |
Pyles Rachel is currently the Chief Financial Officer at ANSYS, Inc. Prior to this role, Ms. Rachel served as the Senior Vice President-Finance at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Ms. Rachel obtained an undergraduate degree from Duquesne University of The Holy Spirit. |
| Renee DeMay |
Renee DeMay currently works at ANSYS, Inc., as Chief of Staff from 2018. |
| Sameer Kher |
Sameer Kher has a current job as the Director of Product Development & Systems at ANSYS, Inc. |
| Nicole Anasenes |
Currently, Nicole Anasenes holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at ANSYS, Inc. She is also on the board of Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology.
She previously was Chief Financial & Operating Officer at Squarespace, Inc., CFO & Vice President-Software Middleware Group at International Business Machines Corp. and Chief Financial Officer of Infor, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer of Infor Global Solutions, Inc. (a subsidiary of Infor, Inc.).
She received an undergraduate degree from New York University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Prithviraj Banerjee |
Prithviraj Banerjee was the founder of AccelChip, Inc. (founded in 2000) and Binachip, Inc. (founded in 2004) where he held the titles of President & CEO and Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer respectively. He is currently a Director at Computer Science & Telecommunications Board, Director at Turntide Technologies, Inc. (since 2019), and Chief Technology Officer at ANSYS, Inc. (since 2018). Dr. Banerjee's 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), 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-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), and Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry (California) (2017-2018). Dr. Banerjee's education includes an undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1981), and graduate and doctorate degrees from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign (1982 and 1984 respectively). |
| Jennifer Gerchow |
Jennifer Gerchow is currently the Chief Accounting Officer at ANSYS, Inc. She obtained an undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University. |
| Ajei S. Gopal |
Ajei S. Gopal was the founder of ReefEdge, Inc. (founded in 2000) where he served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director from 2000 to 2004. He is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ANSYS, Inc. since 2011. He is also an Independent Director at Fiserv, Inc. since 2024 and holds the position of Executive Vice President at Computer Associates Canada Co. Dr. Gopal previously held positions as an 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, and CTO-Pervasive Computing Division at International Business Machines Corp. from 1991 to 2000. He also served as the President & Chief Operating Officer at Gen Digital Inc. in 2016 and as the Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP from 2004 to 2006. Dr. Gopal has also worked at iconectiv LLC and IBM Research in technical roles. He was an Operating Partner at Silver Lake Management Co. LLC from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Gopal holds a doctorate degree from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. |
| James W. Frankola |
James W. Frankola is currently an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. and Cvent, Inc. He previously served as CFO, Secretary, Treasurer & Director at Gazzang, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Director at Cloudera (UK) Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer at Hortonworks, Inc. Prior to these roles, he held various financial positions at International Business Machines Corp., Avery Dennison Corp., Ariba, Inc., and Yodlee, Inc. He also served as Director at ActivIdentity, Inc. and Independent Director at Cvent Holding Corp. Mr. Frankola received an undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from The Leonard N Stern School of Business. |
| Ravi K. Vijayaraghavan |
Ravi K. Vijayaraghavan is currently an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. He previously worked as a Partner at Bain & Co., Inc. from 1995 to 2019. Prior to that, he was a Director at Singapore Land Authority and a Member-Overseers Board at WGBH Educational Foundation. |
| Alec D. Gallimore |
Alec D. Gallimore is the founder of ElectroDynamic Applications, Inc. (founded in 1999) where he holds the title of Chief Executive Officer. He is currently working as an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. since 2017, as a Non-Executive Director at Bechtel Group, Inc., as a Professor & Dean-Engineering at the University of Michigan since 1992, as a Trustee at the Institute for Defense Analyses, as a Trustee at The Henry Ford since 2022, and as the Chief Academic Officer at Duke University starting in 2023. Dr. Gallimore previously worked as an Independent Director at PagerDuty, Inc. from 2020 to 2023. He obtained a doctorate degree 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 Citrix Systems, Inc., as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer from 2021 to 2022, Ariba, Inc., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2012, 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 Member-SAP Global Managing Board from 2013 to 2014. Mr. Calderoni received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University. |
| Barbara Vaughn Scherer |
Barbara Vaughn Scherer is an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc., NETGEAR, Inc., and Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. She previously worked as a Director at Keithley Instruments LLC, CFO and Senior VP-Finance & Administration at Plantronics, Inc., and held various financial positions at Micropolis Corp. and StreamLogic, Inc. She was also a Member-Corporate Finance at Atlantic Richfield Co., Inc. and an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Scherer received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1978 and her MBA from Yale School of Management in 1983. |
| Anil Chakravarthy |
Anil Chakravarthy is currently an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. and the President-Digital Experience at Adobe, Inc. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer at Informatica LLC and Informatica, Inc. (California) from 2013 to 2020. Anil also held positions as the Director of Product Management at VeriSign, Inc., Director at Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Director at USAA Federal Savings Bank from 2015 to 2020. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President of Information Security at Gen Digital Inc. in 2013. Anil started his career as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 1995 to 2000. He holds graduate and doctorate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi. Dr. Chakravarthy's current job(s) include Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. and President-Digital Experience at Adobe, Inc. |
| Claire Bramley |
Claire Bramley is currently an Independent Director at ANSYS, Inc. and the Chief Financial & Accounting Officer at Teradata Corp. Previously, she worked as the Global Controller at HP, Inc. from 2018 to 2021. She also held positions as the Chief Financial Officer & Finance Controller at SSP Group Plc and briefly worked at Berwin Leighton Services. Ms. Bramley completed her undergraduate degree at Loughborough University. |
| Glenda M. Dorchak |
Glenda M. Dorchak is currently an Independent Director at Wolfspeed, Inc., ANSYS, Inc., GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc., GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc., a Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and a Trustee at the San Jose Museum of Art. Previously, she served as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Value America, Inc. from 1999 to 2000, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Intrinsyc Technologies Corp. from 2006 to 2008, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of VirtualLogix, Inc. from 2009 to 2010, Director & General Manager-PC Direct US at International Business Machines Corp. from 1974 to 1998, Independent Director at Energy Focus, Inc. from 2015 to 2019, Independent Director at Viavi Solutions, Inc. from 2019 to 2021, Independent Director at Intrinsyc Technologies Corp. from 2003 to 2004, Independent Director at Mellanox Technologies, Inc. from 2009 to 2020, Director at Mellanox Technologies Ltd. from 2009 to 2020, Independent Director at ON Semiconductor Connectivity Solutions, Inc. from 2018 to 2019, Director at Mirametrix, Inc., Director at Bright Machines, Inc., Vice President & GM-Intel Broadband Products Group at Intel Corp. from 2001 to 2006, Chief Operating Officer & Vice President at Intel Communications Group, and Executive VP & General Manager-Global Business at Spansion Inc. from 2012 to 2013. |
