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Name (plus bio) Position
Mark L Kent General Manager
Andrew J. Filipowski Director

As managing director, EMEA, Mark is responsible for growing Astea's business in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions. He brings tremendous drive, energy and substantial operational and commercial experience to Astea, having run a variety of UK/EMEA operations as either CEO, Managing Director or General Manager for Information Builders Inc, Bachman Information Systems Inc, Bluestone Software/HP, Aonix Europe/THALES and eGrail Inc/FILENET. More recently he has acted as an advising and business consultant to a variety of Venture Capital firms and "angel" investors, assisting them in the restructure of data management/database vendors, real-time data management providers and multi-media/telecommunications enterprises. Mark is a qualified Accountant and studied business and computer management at Southampton University.

Organization Position Status
Bluestone Software, Inc. General Manager Current
Information Builders Inc. General Manager Current
Astea International, Inc. Current
Southampton University Accountant Former
Southampton University Business and Computer Management Former

Mr. Filipowski currently serves as CEO of Divine, Inc. (Divine), a corporate Internet venture catalyst with $300 million in capital. In 1987, Mr. Filipowski founded PLATINUM technology, inc. and served as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, until its sale to Computer Associates in 1999. He is a Director of Bluestone Software, Blue Rhino Corporation, and other for-profit and charitable boards. In 1990, Mr. Filipowski was awarded the KPMG Peat Marwick's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch's Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Organization Position Status
Divine Corporation CEO Current
Salem Capital Partners, LP Current
Bluestone Software, Inc. Director Current
Blue Rhino Corporation Director Current
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