Aspen Technology Inc.

David “Woody” Woodruff joined AspenTech in 2003 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Regional Sales and Services, Americas. Woodruff brings more than 20 years of senior executive and management experience in high tech companies to this role, having most recently served as Vice President, North America Operations for Invensys. In this and previous roles at Invensys, he managed over $350 million in customer engagements and grew the Western Operations business by 20% per year. Prior to joining Invensys, Woodruff held several senior-level positions in sales, operations, and marketing at companies such as Honeywell, ABB, and Fisher Controls. He holds a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Manolis Kotzabasakis joined AspenTech in 1997, and is responsible for AspenTech’s worldwide sales operations and business development. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Marketing, directing the company’s activities related to business planning, corporate and product marketing, alliances, and mergers and acquisitions. Kotzabasakis served as Chief Executive Officer at Linnhoff March, a process software and design firm, prior to his association with AspenTech. He was an associate professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1992. Kotzabasakis holds PhD and MSc degrees in Chemical Engineering from UMIST, and a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

Steve Pringle joined AspenTech in 1996 and serves as Senior Vice President, Global Consulting Services. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Products, after serving in previous roles at AspenTech as Vice President, Manufacturing/Supply Chain; Senior Vice President, Enterprise Solutions Software Development; and Vice President, Consulting Services. During his earlier career, Pringle acquired extensive experience in the process industry software business, initially with Duke Energy (formerly Texas Eastern Corp.), and subsequently with Bethany International, and Scientific Software-Intercomp (SSI). In 1990, he founded and led as President Kinesix Corp., a division of SSI, until he joined AspenTech. Pringle holds both MSc and BS degrees from Louisiana Tech.

Jeremy is a Director of Financial planning and analysis at Aspen Technology, a global software provider. Jeremy has ten years of Operational and financial analysis and financial management experience in the financial, consulting and software industries, including financial process design and operational control positions in the US and abroad. Jeremy earned his MBA with a finance concentration in 2005 at Boston College Carroll School of Management, and a BA in Economics from Colgate University in 1997.

Gary Haroian has served on the Network Engines board of directors since June 2003. He also works as a consultant and advisor to technology companies. Most recently, Gary served as chief financial officer, chief operating officer and interim chief executive officer at Bowstreet Software. Previously, he served as senior vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer at Concord Communications Inc. and held executive positions at Stratus Technologies Inc. Gary also serves as director for Aspen Technology, Inc. and Silverback Technologies, Inc.

Stephen M. Jennings is a partner and director of the Monitor Group where he has managed domestic and international projects and relationships in a wide variety of industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals and financial services to consumer goods manufacturing and primary metals. He has also done considerable work in the area of corporate strategy and the enhancement of shareholder value. Steve is a member of Monitor's Office of the Chairman and of the Consulting Group's Global Operating Executive with specific responsibilities for North American operations. Steve is an investor in New Profit, Inc. and has been actively involved in New Profit activities over the years. In addition to advising the Institute on its next phase, Steve is partnering closely with the Institute on the development and application of approaches to address the role that corporations play in creating social benefit.

David McKenna is a partner at Advent International, a global private equity firm. His work at Advent includes retail and distribution sector transactions and for two years McKenna headed the Hong Kong office, where he focused on buyouts in Greater China and Southeast Asia. In addition, McKenna has co-led or participated in a number of Advent investments, including Boart Longyear, Keystone Automotive Operations Inc., Li & Fung (Distribution) Ltd., Inframetrics Inc., Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc., Moulin International Holdings Ltd. and Creative Multimedia Corp. David McKenna's private equity experience also includes three years as a senior dealmaker with Bain Capital, working on large buyouts in the industrial, retail and consumer sectors. McKenna began his career as a consultant with The Monitor Group, a leading strategy consulting firm. He graduated cum laude with an AB from Dartmouth College.