Aspen Technology Appoints Chantelle Breithaupt as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
March 02 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZPN), a global leader in asset
optimization software, has appointed Chantelle Breithaupt as Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Breithaupt will join
AspenTech on March 22, 2021.
Breithaupt joins AspenTech from Cisco where she was most
recently Senior Vice President, Finance for its Customer Experience
organization to transform Cisco's entire $50B partner and customer
journey. While at Cisco, Breithaupt contributed to the growth of
its Americas and Services business divisions through the transition
to new business models, implementation of clear accountability
frameworks and a rigorous approach to execution across the finance
organization. In 2018, Breithaupt was awarded the YWCA Silicon
Valley Tribute to Women Award, recognizing excellence in both
finance and contributions to Silicon Valley leadership.
“I am very pleased to welcome Chantelle Breithaupt to the
AspenTech team. She brings extensive experience running finance
organizations at scale, executing transformational initiatives, and
building great, diverse teams,” commented Antonio Pietri, President
and Chief Executive Officer at Aspen Technology. “Chantelle joins
AspenTech as we continue our drive for sustained double-digit
growth and best-in-class profitability on our journey to our goal
of one billion dollars in annual spend. Chantelle’s expertise and
experience will be of significant value to us in this journey.”
Prior to Cisco, Breithaupt was with General Electric (GE) where
she began her career as a graduate of its two-year Finance
Leadership Program. At GE, Breithaupt held several management
positions before becoming CFO, Global Supply Chain, EMEA and
ultimately CFO, GE Healthcare Services, EMEA.
“I look forward to supporting AspenTech at this pivotal moment
in its 40-year journey. I am impressed with the ambition and
market-leading technology that underpin its growth trajectory. I
look forward to building on the solid foundation to accelerate
agility and transformation within the finance organization and
across the company,” commented Chantelle Breithaupt.
Breithaupt will succeed Karl Johnsen, whose departure from
AspenTech was announced in February. Breithaupt and Johnsen will
work through a transition period, and Johnsen will continue in the
Company in an advisory role through June 30. “I want to thank Karl
for his accomplishments at AspenTech and wish him every success in
his next venture,” Pietri concluded.
About Aspen Technology
Aspen Technology (AspenTech) is a global leader in asset
optimization software. Its solutions address complex, industrial
environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design,
operation and maintenance lifecycle. AspenTech uniquely combines
decades of process modelling expertise with artificial
intelligence. Its 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
safer, greener, longer and faster. Visit AspenTech.com to find out
more.
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