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Bernard Morneau is OSIsoft's Executive Vice President. Bernard is responsible for operations as well as overseeing the management team of OSIsoft. A seasoned executive with deep engineering and technological experience as well as a proven record of successful sales and general operations management, Bernard joined OSIsoft in May 2001. He served as general manager of OSIsoft Canada as well as sales executive for Eastern Canada. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Bernard was involved with the sales and distribution of OSIsoft products in Canada for seven years. A graduate of the University of Ottawa in Chemical Engineering in 1978, Bernard has occupied diverse positions in the metallurgical, chemical and oil and gas industries in eastern Canada. In 1991, he co-founded Cogexel, which then became an OSIsoft Distributorship in Canada.

Ron Kolz is Vice President of Sales, North America for OSIsoft. He has held various positions in sales, marketing and operations at OSIsoft during the past eight years. Prior to joining OSIsoft, he worked for Ernst & Young in management consulting and Bailey Controls (now ABB). Ron earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Jon Peterson is OSIsoft's Vice President of Engineering. Jon commenced working with OSIsoft in 1992 and prior to this role led the PI server group, demonstrating strong leadership in both the PI flagship technology and product rollouts. Jon had 9 years experience working in Process Engineering before coming to OSIsoft. Jon earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Lothar Gebhard is OSIsoft's Vice President Sales for Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA). He is a 20 year veteran of the software and IT business and has been working at SAP since 1992. His last position was Senior Vice President, Industry Solution Management for Service Industries, which included Utilities, Professional Services and Facility Management. Lothar graduated as an engineer with an MBA in 1987 from the Fachhochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft in Gie en-Friedberg.

As Vice President of Research, Ray Verhoeff oversees the design of new platform concepts to ensure our customers can easily configure PI and the RtPM Platform. Ray began his career with the company in 1993 as a software engineer and developed the PI System's SQL language implementation. In 1997, he assumed the role of Group Leader for the PI Server for Windows NT and UNIX. Prior to OSIsoft, he worked for Champion International and Icotron as a process control engineer. A native of Toronto, Canada, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto in 1981. He completed a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 1983.

Gregg Le Blanc is OSIsoft's Director of Technical Strategy. Gregg has been with the company for about eight years now. He has been playing with OSIsoft's new technology, and working with customers, development, marketing, and sales throughout his tenure there. He is also a member of OSIsoft's Technical Steering Committee (TSC) which is responsible for crafting OSIsoft's Product Development Roadmap. Gregg has recently received his Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.

Jimmy Goldman jimmy@performancesystems.com , Government Industry Director, came to Performance Systems after serving as Government Industry Manager for OSIsoft, Inc. Before serving in various leadership positions in the private sector with an expertise in all levels of government marketing and procurement, he served as the Regional Director of American Israel Public Affairs Committee as well as being an elected official from West Texas. His career has taken him to various governments across the globe in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Central America. Mr. Goldman holds a BBA degree in Organizational Management from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Ray Hall is a Development Manager at OSIsoft. Prior to his position at OSIsoft, Mr. Hall was VP of Development for Sequencia. Prior positions include control development at AccuRay and process engineering at Evanite Fiber. Mr. Hall has a BS in Chemical Engineering from OSU and an MS in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.