Stephen M. Jennings, Chairman of the Board of Aspen Technology, Inc., is a Director of the Monitor Group, a family of professional service firms which provides customized solutions designed to enhance the competitiveness of its clients. During his 16 years with the Monitor Group, Mr. Jennings 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.

Mr. Jennings received his M.A. Oxon from Oxford University, where he studied PP&E as a Marshall Scholar. He earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in Economics at Dartmouth College. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Aspen Technology, Inc., Mr. Jennings is a member of Monitor's Board of Directors and is responsible for the firm's consulting operations in the Americas. Mr. Jennings also is currently a member of the Board of Directors of LTX Corporation.

Mr. Casey has served as one of our directors since 2004. In addition to serving on Aspen's Board, Mr. Casey serves on the board of two startup companies. Also, since 2001, Mr. Casey has been an information strategy and operations consultant to technology and financial services companies. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Casey served as president and chief operating officer of Exodus Communications, Inc., an Internet infrastructure services provider. From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Casey served as chief technology officer and president of Wang Global, Inc. Mr. Casey previously held executive management positions at Lotus Development Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Francis College.

Mark E. Fusco joined AspenTech as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2005, bringing to that role more than 14 years of executive management experience in global IT consulting and software development. Most recently, Mr. Fusco served as President and COO of Ajilon Consulting USA, a $513 million IT consulting firm with 40 offices and over 4,000 employees. Mr. Fusco joined the Ajilon Consulting executive team in 1999 with the acquisition of Software Quality Partners (SQP), an IT consulting firm specializing in software quality assurance and testing which he co-founded in 1990 and led as President until its sale. Mr. Fusco is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and has served as a member of AspenTech's Board of Directors since 2003.

Dr Simon Orebi Gann has more than 30 years of executive management experience in Information Technology. His last line role was as Executive Committee member and CIO of BP Integrated Supply and Trading, where he led the creation of modern supply, trading and risk management systems and established BP’s first modern data center. He was previously Managing Director of Technology and Business Strategy at the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE), where he was responsible for the creation and implementation of LIFFE CONNECT, the world-leading automated trading platform. Prior to that, Dr Orebi Gann held senior IT executive positions at Marks & Spencer, where he developed and implemented consumer products supply chain systems, established a data center, and installed the first voice and data communication systems. He has also served on two British government advisory committees, recommending priorities for funding of IT research. In addition to his membership on the Board of Directors for Aspen Technology, Dr Orebi Gann currently serves on the board of Next Generation Data Ltd., the builder and operator of the U.K.’s largest data center, and has also served on the board of Mapinfo. Dr Orebi Gann holds a BA in Physics, MA (Oxon) and his doctorate (D.Phil) in Physics from Oxford University.

Gary E. Haroian has served as one of our directors since 2003. He also currently serves as a director of A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE), a leader in the development and production of a new generation of Lithium Ion batteries currently used in several markets including transportation and grid stabilization; Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEI), a developer and manufacturer of storage and security appliances for leading hardware and software companies; and Antenna Software, Inc., a leading provider of mobile enterprise solutions. Mr. Haroian previously served on the board of directors from 2009 to 2010, of Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA), a provider of enterprise marketing management software acquired by IBM in 2010; from 2005 to 2010, of Phase Forward Incorporated (NASDAQ: PFWD), a provider of clinical trials and drug safety software acquired by Oracle in 2010; from 2005 to 2007, of Authorize.Net Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANET) (formerly known as Lightbridge, Inc.), a provider of transaction and payment processing services; from 2004 to 2006, of Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMBT), a provider of database management solutions that was taken private in 2007; and Silverback Technologies, a privately held early stage company that provided network security management software to small and medium-sized companies and was acquired by Dell in 2007. Mr. Haroian holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

Joan C. McArdle is a Senior Vice President with Massachusetts Capital Resource Company (MCRC), a private investment company which makes mezzanine investments in emerging growth and middle market companies. Prior to joining MCRC in 1985, Ms. McArdle was employed by the First National Bank of Boston in a variety of capacities, leaving the firm as a Vice President in the Large Corporate/Multinational Group. In addition to her membership on the Board of Directors for Aspen Technology, Inc., she currently serves on the Board of Directors for a number of private companies, and is a member of the Board of Governors of New England Medical Center. Ms. McArdle received an AB degree in English from Smith College.

Robert M. Whelan, Jr. brings over 35 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience to AspenTech’s board of directors. He also serves on the ARIAD Pharmaceuticals board of directors. Since 2001, Mr. Whelan has been President of Whelan & Company, LLC, providing financial consulting, valuation and strategic services to public and private companies in the technology, healthcare and alternative energy industries.

From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Whelan served as Vice Chairman, Prudential Volpe Technology Group, the technology investment banking and research division of Prudential Securities formed when Prudential acquired Volpe Brown Whelan & Company in 1999. Prior to then, Mr. Whelan was a senior executive with Volpe Brown Whelan, a private technology and investment banking, brokerage and asset management firm. Previously, Mr. Whelan was Managing Director, New York Regional and High Technology Groups at Prudential Securities, and Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance at Hambrecht & Quist, Inc.

Mr. Whelan received a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College and a M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.