AspenTech Appoints Gary Weiss as New Chief Operating Officer
August 09 2018 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), the asset optimization
software company, has named Gary Weiss to be Chief Operating
Officer, a new position within the company.
In this new role, Weiss will be responsible for customer-facing
operations and product leadership across AspenTech’s portfolio of
asset optimization solutions in the engineering design and
manufacturing and supply chain areas. He brings to AspenTech more
than 25 years of experience in the software industry where he
successfully led several organizations to scale their go-to-market
operations.
Weiss joins AspenTech from OpenText, where he held several
leadership roles in various business units of the organization. His
last role was as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the
OpenText Security, Discovery and Analytics business. His prior
responsibilities included being SVP of Cloud Services, as well as
SVP and GM of its Information Exchange business unit that led to
the transformative acquisition of GXS for the Canadian software
leader.
“We have been evaluating our organizational structure to ensure
that we are best aligned to capitalize on the significant
opportunity we have developed by broadening our vision and
expanding our market potential. Gary’s appointment is an important
component of this process, and AspenTech will benefit from his
extensive experience in successfully scaling companies,” said
Antonio Pietri, President and Chief Executive Officer of
AspenTech.
“I am thrilled to join AspenTech at this exciting time,” said
Weiss. “AspenTech is ideally positioned to deliver the next
generation of asset optimization solutions for capital-intensive
industries and I am looking forward to working with our customers
to push the boundaries of their asset performance and maximize
their value.”
About AspenTech
AspenTech is a leading software supplier for optimizing asset
performance. Our products thrive in complex, industrial
environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design,
operation and maintenance lifecycle. AspenTech uniquely combines
decades of process modeling expertise with big data
machine-learning. Our purpose-built software platform automates
knowledge work and builds sustainable competitive advantage by
delivering high returns over the entire asset lifecycle. As a
result, companies in capital-intensive industries can maximize
uptime and push the limits of performance, running their assets
faster, safer, longer and greener. Visit AspenTech.com to find out
more.
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