CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

13 July 2007

Company News

Bill McDermott Named to ANSYS, Inc. Board of Directors

ANSYS, Inc . announced that its board of directors has elected Bill McDermott, President and Chief Executive Officer of SAP Americas & Asia Pacific Japan, to the ANSYS board. He also has been appointed to the Compensation Committee.

Since 2002, McDermott has been an executive and Corporate Officer at SAP. He is currently responsible for managing SAP's business activities throughout North and South America as well as Asia Pacific.

Prior to SAP, McDermott served as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations at Siebel Systems and as President of Gartner, Inc. He spent 17 years at Xerox Corporation holding various senior management positions including President of U.S. Major Account Organization and Senior Vice President / General Manager of Xerox Business Systems. McDermott has a B.S. degree in business administration from Dowling College and an MBA from Northwestern University. He serves on the board of directors of Under Armour, a performance apparel company dedicated to technologically advanced products, and PAETEC Communications, a nationwide integrated communications provider.

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