Group Executive Committee Dr Alain de Rouvray Chairman and CEO since January 28, 1991 Chairman of the Strategic Committee, member of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee and member of the Technology and Marketing Committee. Founder of ESI Group Company, Alain de Rouvray has been the General Manager since its creation. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris (1967), a degree from La Sorbonne (Economic sciences (1967), and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Berkeley (1971). Alain de Rouvray started his career as Research Engineer at Ecole Polytechnique (Solid Mechanics Laboratory) in 1972; he then became Director of the Advanced Mechanics Department for the international software subsidiary of CISI Group from 1972 to 1976. In 1973, he founded ESI SA and was the CEO and Commercial Director from 1973 to 1990. For a more detailed biography, click here. Dr Vincent Chaillou Board Member and COO for Edition Operations Board member since July 1st, 2004. Member of the Strategic Committee and member of the Technology and Marketing Committee. Vincent Chaillou holds a PhD in civil engineering from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (1973) and an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (1971). Before joining ESI Group in 1994, he was General Manager of the AEC business unit of Computervision for worldwide operations (which has now merged with PTC). During his 16 years with Computervision, he served several management positions in sales, marketing and general management, specifically of Asia-Pacific. From 1994-1998, he was Regional Vice-President for the American territory within ESI Group, and since May 2004 President and CEO of ESI Software India and ESI US R&D. Dr Christopher St. John COO of Field and Support Operations Dr Christopher St.John holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Imperial College in London, England. Prior to joining ESI Group in July 2008, Dr Christopher St.John served in several executive roles at MSC.Software, including head of their Operations in Europe and later in Asia Pacific. He brings 30 years of experience in general management in the CAE and enterprise simulations software industry. Mr Laurent Bastian Chief Financial Officer Laurent Bastian holds an Advanced Research Diploma in Physics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Ulm, a Civil Engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and a Diploma of Accounting and Finance (DPECF). Laurent Bastian started his professional career in 1993 as a civil engineer at Vinci. From 1997 to 2003 he worked with Arthur Andersen in audit and consulting. In 2003 he joined the DCNS group and held different positions in the Group Financial Controlling department before taking in 2009 the post as Head of Group Controlling at Albioma (ex.Sechilienne Sidec). Mrs Corinne Romefort-Régnier Corporate Governance and Financial Communication Manager Corinne Romefort-Régnier is Corporate Governance and Financial Communication Manager. In her role, she is also the secretary of the Board of directors and the Group Executive Committee. She holds a Master in corporate communication from La Sorbonne - Paris and a Master in economics from Dauphine – Paris. Prior to joining ESI in 1991, she spent some years in Polaroid company, in charge of marketing and communication for the Export Operations. Dr Peter Schmitt Executive Vice President Sales and Operational Marketing Dr Peter Schmitt is a graduate of the Karlsruhe Technical University and received a doctorate in manufacturing engineering from the University of Stuttgart. Prior to joining ESI Group in February 2015, Dr Peter Schmitt served in several executive roles in the PLM market. After spending 5 years at the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, he joined Delta Industrie Informatik GmbH as Vice President of Sales. After the acquisition by Dassault Systèmes in 2000, he became Managing Director of DELMIA GmbH, then Vice President of the Marketing and Business Development with Dassault Systèmes Delmia, and was later appointed Vice President of Sales for the Americas in the Manufacturing Business segment of Dassault Systèmes. Mr Mike Salari Executive Vice President Engineering Services Mike Salari holds a Bachelor and Master’s Degree of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Oklahoma. He joined ESI in December 2008 upon the acquisition of Mindware Engineering, a high-end CFD engineering service provider with offices in the United States, Germany and India, which he founded in 2003. Mike Salari started his career in virtual engineering in the early 1990s. He worked very closely with OEMs in automotive, aerospace, and power generation industries to develop and implement CFD based processes and customized solutions. He was one of the partners and VP of Operations at ICEM CFD Engineering, when the company was acquired by ANSYS in 2000. Dr Marco Gremaud Executive Managing Director for EMEA Marco Gremaud holds a Ph.D. in Material Science from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. After a first post-doc in the Mechanical Department of the University of Berkeley (US) and a second one in the Welding Institute of the University of Osaka (J), he joined in 1993 - as Managing Director - Calcom SA, a spin-off company from EPFL dedicated to modelling in the field of metallurgy. Calcom SA was acquired by ESI Group in December 2002. Marco Gremaud brings 20 years of experience as company director, including international sales management in the CAE domain with proven experience in formulating marketing and product management strategies, implementing operational plans with major world OEM’s, Tier 1 and Tier2 companies in automotive, aerospace, energy, and heavy industry sectors. Mr Christian Matzen Executive Vice President, Immersive Virtual Prototyping Christian Matzen is a graduate of the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) and received an Executive MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. Christian Matzen joined ESI Group in August 2011 with the acquisition of IC.IDO GmbH that he ran as General Manager since 2005. Prior to his tenure at IC.IDO he led as CFO/COO the rapid growth of an enterprise security business spinning off from Siemens Computer Systems. In 2004 he sold the company to Cyberguard Inc. now being part of Intel Security. Over the last decade Christian worked closely with OEMs in manufacturing industries around the world to shape the future of immersive virtual engineering. Mr Cristian Tanasescu Executive Vice President, Systems Modeling and Data Analytics Cristian Tanasescu holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (Romania). Prior to joining ESI Group in March 2016, Cristian Tanasescu served in several executive roles in the High Performance Computing and Data Analytics markets. After spending 3 years at Siemens-Nixdorf, he joined Silicon Graphics as the head of supercomputing applications and benchmarking organization. In 2009 he became Vice President of Applications and Engineering at SGI in US, and was later appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Visual Analytics business unit at SGI. See also: Scientific Committee
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