Ansys Appoints Robert Calderoni and Ravi Vijayaraghavan to the Board of Directors
February 19 2020 - 4:19PM
Ansys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS) today announced that Robert Calderoni
and Ravi Vijayaraghavan have accepted appointments to the Ansys,
Inc. Board of Directors effective March 1, 2020 – bringing with
them decades of executive strategy and technological innovation, as
well as business and financial experience.
Robert Calderoni has more than three decades of executive
experience leading large, multinational software, technology and
service companies. He currently serves as the chairman of Citrix
Systems, Inc., a multinational software company that provides
applications, software as a service and cloud computing
technologies. Prior to his current role, he was the executive
chairman of Citrix and served as its interim chief executive
officer and president. Previously, he was the chairman and chief
executive officer of Ariba, Inc., a cloud applications and business
network company until it was acquired by SAP AG and served as a
member of the global managing board and president of SAP Cloud at
SAP. Prior to joining Ariba, he held senior finance roles at Apple
and IBM and served as chief financial officer of Avery Dennison
Corporation, a publicly traded industrial materials company.
Ravi Vijayaraghavan is a senior partner at Bain & Company,
Inc., a management consulting firm, and director and head of its
Asia-Pacific technology practice, as well as a member of its global
partner promotion and compensation committee. Over his 25-year
career, Ravi has played an integral leadership role in establishing
and expanding Bain’s technology and telecommunication practice
across the Asia-Pacific region. He is a senior member of
Bain’s mergers & acquisitions, private equity and
telecommunications, media and technology practices. His
experience spans a broad range of technology markets, including
software, hardware, semiconductors, and services, as well as mobile
and fixed telecommunications operations across geographies in North
America, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the board of overseers
for WGBH, a Boston-based public broadcaster, and previously served
as a member of the board of the Singapore Land Authority.
“We are proud to have Bob Calderoni and Ravi Vijayaraghavan join
the Ansys board,” said Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ansys chairman of the
board. “Bob has a deep knowledge of engineering technology
challenges, a strategic vision and a proven track record of success
in bringing innovative digital solutions to market. Ravi brings
extensive experience and expertise in business transformation and
the global operational management of high-tech companies.”
“Both Bob and Ravi are accomplished leaders with tremendous
experience in business management, innovation and finance,” said
Ajei Gopal, president and CEO of Ansys. “Their expertise will
complement our strategy of pervasive engineering simulation and
strengthen our ability to help customers achieve digital
transformation.”
About Ansys
If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of pervasive engineering
simulation, we help the world’s most innovative companies deliver
radically better products to their customers. By offering the best
and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is
headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
Ansys and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and
feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or
trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States
or other countries.
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