Leadership

Antonio Pietri

Antonio Pietri

社長兼最高経営責任者(CEO)

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。Setpointでは、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、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、タルサ大学の化学工学諮問委員会の委員を務めています。 2017年に化学工学のMITウォーレンK.ルイスレクチャーシップに選ばれており、業界のイベントでも頻繁に講演を行っています。 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。

Tony Antoun

Tony Antoun

Senior Vice President, Chief Research and Software Development Officer

Tony Antoun is the SVP, Chief Research and Software Development Officer for AspenTech, leading the R&D group to drive product releases, including product development, architecture and standards, product quality (QE), product security, software operations, product documentation and eLearning. In this role, he will also focus on product-specific innovations, including sustainability features and technology research.

Tony has extensive expertise leading development for applications, cloud services & infrastructure and data platforms. He was most recently at MSCI, Inc., where he was Managing Director, and member of the Executive Team, driving digital transformation for financial investment data and modeling. There, he migrated products and services to the cloud and created a OneMSCI central platform and built a new set of Investment-Solutions-As-A-Service applications. Prior to MSCI, Inc., he was at GE Digital as Sr. Vice President, building the Intelligent Edge Platform. He contributed to the development of the Predix Edge2Cloud platform. He also spent 20 years at Microsoft where he held leadership roles in General Management and Software Development, most notably building the Office suite of applications for iPhone, iPad, Mac and web platforms.

Tony holds a BS in Computer Science from Notre Dame University – Louaize.
Chantelle Breithaupt

Chantelle Breithaupt

Chief Financial Officer

Prior to AspenTech, Chantelle spent 7 years with Cisco Systems Inc. She held multiple leadership positions, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance driving the Cisco financial transformation to a recurring revenue business model. In addition, she was the CFO responsible for delivering compliant growth for the $13B Cisco Customer Experience divisional business. Previous roles at Cisco include Vice-President, Finance Americas where Chantelle led the $25B Americas division, partnering with the SVP, Americas Sales.

Before Cisco, Chantelle worked with GE where she held progressive, executive global finance roles. She drove finance and business performance by building winning teams, establishing strong partnerships, processes, and accountability. Through her 15 years with GE, Chantelle completed 3 executive finance leadership programs, worked 10 years in Europe and specialized in both Services and Operations/Supply Chain finance. She is Lean/6-Sigma Black Belt trained, and a champion for diversity leadership development.

Chantelle holds an Honors Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) and is on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Lazardis School of Business & Economics, WLU.

Willie Chan

Willie K. Chan

最高技術責任者

Willie K. Chanは1982年にアスペンテックに入社し、最高技術責任者を務め、化学および精製プロセスのパフォーマンスを最適化するためのコンピューターソフトウェアソリューションの開発において35年以上の経験を果たしてきました。この役職ではアスペンテック製品の技術戦略、研究開発、品質保証機能をグローバルに指揮しています。

Chanは、後にアスペンテックとなるマサチューセッツ工科大学ASPEN研究プログラムのメンバーでした。そして社内でさまざまな上級技術および管理職を歴任してきました。 最近では、技術担当上級副社長を務め、マサチューセッツ州ベッドフォード、テキサス州ヒューストン、中国の上海におけるアスペンテックのR&Dセンターオブエクセレンスの設立を主導しました。彼はまた、分子モデリング、固体プロセスシミュレーション、硫黄回収モデリング、プロセスの安全性、ドック/パイプラインスケジューリング、機械学習、その他のテクノロジーをaspenONEスイートに組み込んで、aspenONEソフトウェア製品の統合を推進しました。また、次世代ユーザーインターフェースの開発、アクティベーションワークフロー、その他の技術進歩も監督しました。

それ以前、Chanは、HYSYS製品ファミリーの統合や、Aspen Engineering Suiteの開発など、アスペンテックでエンジニアリング製品のR&Dリーダーとして多数の役職を歴任しています。彼のアスペンテックでのキャリアは、分離および石油技術の開発を主導することにより始まりました。

Chanは、マサチューセッツ工科大学で化学工学の理学修士号と理学士号を取得しています。

Manish Chawla

Manish Chawla

Senior Vice President, Chief Customer Officer

Manish Chawla is the SVP, Chief Customer Officer for AspenTech, leading our customer success strategy and partner engagement. In this role, he is responsible for driving excellence in customers’ outcomes by focusing on the end-to-end customer experience.

Manish is an experienced technology executive, most recently working as the Global General Manager, Industrial Sector, at IBM. In this role, his scope was broad, leading the IBM portfolio growth across a rapidly transforming set of industries that spanned Automotive, Electronics/High Tech, Aerospace & Defense, in addition to his many years of leading Energy, Resources and Manufacturing industries. He co-led IBM’s work around Energy Transition, Sustainability and Industry 4.0 including IBM’s focus on hybrid cloud and the Industrial Edge for Manufacturing and Resources.

Prior to joining IBM in 2008, Manish worked at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) from 1999 to 2007 and consulted with several global clients on a variety of transformation initiatives at scale. Before joining KPMG in 1999, Manish worked with Accenture in India and the UK for three years and was focused on manufacturing cost reduction projects as well as ERP implementations.

Manish earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and immediately matriculated at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he obtained his MBA.


Stuart Harris

Stuart Harris

Senior Vice President, Strategy

Stuart Harris is the Senior Vice President, Strategy for AspenTech, responsible for leading strategy development and delivering sustained and differentiated performance. He also leads the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program and its investor relations function.

Stuart has extensive international experience in automation and asset management within the process industries, including leading strategic planning, global marketing, digital strategy and industry programs. Most recently, he worked as Group President, Digital Transformation for Emerson’s Automation Solutions business, an $11.4B enterprise. While at Emerson, Stuart also led the company’s Plantweb Optics business, the integrated platform for data management and analytics.

Stuart earned a Higher National Certificate, Business and Finance from De Montfort University, in addition to a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management and a Master of Science degree in Marketing, from Staffordshire University.

Rasha Hasaneen

Rasha Hasaneen

Chief Product and Sustainability Officer

Rasha Hasaneen joined AspenTech in 2023 as Chief Product and Sustainability Officer with responsibility for the strategy and execution of all product-related activities including product marketing. She leads enterprise-wide sustainability efforts and collaborates across all business units to develop and execute on key initiatives.

Rasha most recently served as Vice President of Innovation and Product Management Excellence at Trane Technologies and the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy and Efficient Spaces. Through various leadership roles, Rasha has transformed the customer experience for companies including Ingersoll Rand, General Electric, SAP, Hitachi, Lucent Technologies and General Motors. Rasha is a seasoned executive with a broad background in product management, product marketing, sustainability, engineering, strategy, planning and lean thinking.

Rasha has an interdisciplinary PhD in Sustainability spanning the chemical engineering, business and public policy disciplines from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Engineering and Management in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University. She is also a registered Professional Engineer.

Kimberley Hirsch

Kimberley Hirsch

Vice President and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer

Kim Hirsch has been an HR leader at AspenTech since joining in 2011 and is currently serving as interim Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She is responsible for development and engagement of the company’s diverse, growing global workforce. Kim is a trusted advisor to colleagues throughout the organization and is recognized as an enabler of transformation and business results. Kim has more than 20 years of experience developing initiatives for optimizing global workforce outcomes, with special emphasis on strategic HR consulting, employee engagement and predictive analytics.

Prior to AspenTech, Kim held HR and Sales Operations roles at PTC, and began her career in Finance, working at State Street Bank.  Kim holds a master’s degree in Human Resources from Suffolk University and a BS in Business Management from Providence College.

Mark Mouritsen

Mark Mouritsen

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Mark Mouritsen joined AspenTech in 2023 as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer with responsibility for setting the strategic vision, priorities and goals for legal and compliance, aligned with the company’s broader business objectives. He serves as a legal and business advisor to the company’s senior leadership team on the wide variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters impacting AspenTech and the industry.

Prior to AspenTech, Mark was SVP, Legal – Global Operations at Dell, where he led the legal team supporting the company’s global manufacturing, procurement, logistics, trade compliance and supply chain resilency activities. He spent almost 19 years directing legal matters for Dell across many business units and regions. In 2019, Mark relocated to Singapore to lead the company’s legal team in Asia Pacific, Japan and China. His extensive experience spans a wide range of legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and corporate governance.

Mark received both his B.A. and J.D. degrees with honors from the University of Texas and was admitted to the bar in Texas.

Nicole Rennalls

Nicole Rennalls

VP and General Manager, AspenTech DataWorks

Nicole Rennalls joined AspenTech in 2022 and serves as Vice President and General Manager, AspenTech DataWorks, which provides flexible data mobility and integrated data management, edge and cloud infrastructure, and a production-grade AI environment to build, deploy and host at enterprise speed and scale, empowering our customers to get actionable insights faster than ever with our next-generation industrial AI solutions.

Prior to AspenTech, Ms. Rennalls was President of Global Traffic Technologies, a subsidiary of Vontier Corporation and maker of traffic priority control systems for municipalities worldwide. She also held leadership positions at Tektronix and Eaton Corporation.

Based in our Houston, TX office, Ms. Rennalls is passionate about inclusion and diversity. As chair of ID&E at Vontier, she helped set their equality goals and implement a multi-year strategy. She brings this focus to AspenTech, along with emphasis on customer insight, innovation, team development and continuous improvement.

She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Steve Santy

Steve Santy

Chief Integration Officer

Steve Santy leads our Business Transformation Office, overseeing and driving strategic priorities across our transformation pillars. He also leads the Emerson Commercial Organization team in AspenTech, which provides enablement to Emerson through go-to-market collaboration and support.

Steve has more than 30 years of experience in leading commercial and operations teams. Prior to joining AspenTech, Steve served as President of Emerson’s Exploration & Production software business unit. Steve joined Emerson in 1998, where he held several global leadership roles in commercial strategy, business development, operations and product development. Before, Steve worked for MTI Analytical Instruments and Andros, Inc.

Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Physical Chemistry from the University of California.

Lawrence Schwartz

Lawrence Schwartz

上級副社長兼最高マーケティング責任者

Lawrence Schwartzは、2018年に上級副社長兼最高マーケティング責任者(CMO)としてアスペンテックに加わりました。彼はコーポレートマーケティングの責任者で、これまで成長企業において20年以上に渡り世界クラスのマーケティング組織を構築してきた経験を持ちます。

直近では、80か国以上で事業を展開している70億ドルのソフトウェアおよびクラウドポートフォリオ管理会社であるSoftwareONEでCMOを務めました。SoftwareONE在籍中、彼はマスコミと業界の認識を高め、多様なデジタル需要創出ポートフォリオを構築し、新しいブランディングとメッセージングを展開し、複数の国際イベントを主導し、さまざまなフォーラムでソートリーダーシップを開発し、市場にいくつかの新しい製品を立ち上げました。SoftwareONEの前は、企業向けの情報可用性ソフトウェアソリューションの大手プロバイダーであるAttunityのCMOを務めていました。それ以前は、EMC、E Ink Corporation、Tokutekでマーケティングおよび製品管理の上級職を歴任しました。

Schwartzは業界のカンファレンスで人気のある講演者であり、数多くの出版物で引用されています。彼はハーバードビジネススクールでMBAを取得し、マサチューセッツ工科大学で機械工学の理学修士号を取得し、同じくマサチューセッツ工科大学で航空宇宙工学の理学士号を取得しています。

Filipe  Soares-Pinto

Filipe Soares-Pinto

Senior Vice President, Global Sales

Filipe Soares-Pinto serves as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, based out of Houston, Texas.

Prior to his current role, Filipe was AspenTech’s SVP of Sales and Operations in Growth Markets, which included Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. Earlier, he was the SVP of Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore, having relocated from Brazil where he served as Vice President of Latin America. Previously, he was the Vice President of Southern Asia, based in Thailand. 

Filipe joined AspenTech in 2002 through the acquisition of Hyprotech.

Filipe holds an MBA from ESADE Business School in Spain and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the UK.

Sophia Xu

Sophia Xu

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Sophia Xu is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, responsible for strategic acquisitions and inorganic growth initiatives. She leads internal and external teams in all stages of M&A transaction process including M&A strategy formulation, deal sourcing, business case analysis, due diligence, valuation, negotiation, definitive agreement and board approval.

Prior to AspenTech, Sophia held leadership positions at Progress Software and Verizon Communications. She was part of the Strategy, Corporate Development & Planning team that led the transformation of Verizon from a legacy wireline business into a leading wireless carrier and a diversified player in technology services. Sophia spent the earlier part of her career on Wall Street, advising blue chip corporate clients on acquisition/divestiture/joint venture opportunities, arranging financings of syndicated bank loans, bonds, public and private equity. She was a Vice President at J.P. Morgan Investment Banking in New York and London. Over her career, Sophia has completed over $145 billion of transactions spanning US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Sophia holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BA with Honors from Mount Holyoke College.