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Management Team - CAST
CAST Management Team
Vincent Delaroche
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Vincent Delaroche founded CAST in 1990 with the vision that language analysis technology
would change the face of business software development. In CAST, he is developing
a long term venture that is helping business IT organizations mature their software
development from an obscure art into a performance-driven profession. Introducing
an agent of industrialization into business IT, and establishing the new market
around it, are the primary motivation for Mr. Delaroche, as well as building a company
whose culture, integrity and principles are always placed before business. In 2005,
Mr. Delaroche moved from Paris, France, to the United States where he now runs the
company from New York City.
Mr. Delaroche has published numerous papers in the realm of software engineering,
made major contributions to a book called Software Quality, published in French
in 1992, and speaks widely at business IT and engineering conferences. He founded
the first IT expertise publication in France, IT Expert, which is still one of the
leading French language IT publications. In 1999, he led the first software IPO
on the Euronext, and has since pioneered innovative financial instruments for publicly
traded software firms in France. Prior to CAST, Mr. Delaroche was a software engineer,
then pre-sales and then sales professional at Hewlett Packard and Fujitsu. He then
built a RDBMS center of excellence as an independent business unit at ARC Info,
one of the leading software vendors in supervision and control systems for industrial
processes in Europe.
Mr. Delaroche holds degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering. He enjoys
competing in classic regattas and collecting rare wines. Mr. Delaroche is a permanent
member of the Classic Yacht Club and owns one of the few remaining Fife sailboats,
built in 1937
François Ruchon
Chief Financial Officer
François Ruchon is responsible for overseeing all of Finance & Administration for
CAST and its subsidiaries, as well as serving on CAST’s board of directors. He is
also in charge of investor relations. Prior to joining CAST, Mr. Ruchon held finance
and management accounting positions for several companies. In his last position
at Gras Savoye Willis, the largest insurance broker in France, he was Controller
and was also involved in M&A activities.
Mr. Ruchon holds degrees in Computer Science and International Affairs from the
French University and the European Management Institute, as well as an MBA with
a major in Information Systems Management from the CASS Business School in London.
He enjoys fine wines and cigars, likes to travel and study Epicurean Philosophy.
Ian Henderson
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field
Operations

Ian Henderson is a seasoned business leader with extensive international experience
in executive positions in the high tech industry. He has repeatedly delivered significant
revenue and margin growth, and successfully managed several business turnarounds.
Mr. Henderson has held general management positions in both the enterprise hardware
and software sectors. In his last year as Vice President Sales at Princeton Softech,
a private company providing database archiving solutions to the Fortune 100, he
doubled US sales productivity. Prior to Princeton Softech, during three years as
Vice President, EMEA for Network Appliance, he managed EMEA growth to more than
$235 million in annual revenue. Before joining Network Appliance, Mr. Henderson
spent eight years with Hyperion Solutions. As Vice President, Northern Europe he
negotiated Hyperion's largest European technology contract. He also led the successful
integration of the post-merger Hyperion Software and Arbor Software businesses in
the majority of Europe.
Before Hyperion, Mr. Henderson held sales and sales management positions with a
number of other enterprise software companies. He studied Business Studies at the
University of the West of England. When outside the office, Mr. Henderson enjoys
skiing, cycling, hiking, choral singing, travel, golf and reading.
Gerard Karsenti
Executive Vice President of Business Development
- Enterprise Software Vendors

Gérard Karsenti is one of CAST’s founders and board members. He is responsible for
driving the corporate initiative establishing CAST business with respect to enterprise
software as well as the development of business relationships and indirect channels
with the key ERP vendors.
In his previous positions at CAST, Mr. Karsenti established CAST's subsidiaries
in several European countries. He also managed corporate marketing. Prior to CAST,
Mr. Karsenti held sales management positions at Sybase, after a career in sales
in technology companies including Computer Associates and Xerox. At Sybase, he was
responsible for the largest international deal ever signed by Sybase at the time.
Mr. Karsenti earned an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and a degree from
the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce at CERAM in France. An international executive,
he has lived and worked in Europe and the United States. When not working for CAST,
he likes to practice paragliding, swim and read.
Marc Zablit
Vice President of Business Development -
SI's & Technology ISV's

Marc Zablit is responsible for strategic alliances with key go-to-market partners.
His scope of responsibility encompasses a broad portfolio of IT market players,
including application development ISVs and global systems integrators. Mr. Zablit
has been instrumental in building several strong partnerships, and is responsible
for expanding these relationships and establishing new ones.
Prior to joining CAST, Mr. Zablit was Vice President of EMEA Marketing for Trilogy,
an American ERP vendor. Prior to Trilogy, Mr. Zablit was involved in growing and
selling a software start-up in San Francisco. Prior to that, Mr. Zablit was a software
engineer, a project manager and then a business unit manager at several major European
systems integrators.
Mr. Zablit earned a degree in Engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure de
Paris, and an MBA at INSEAD. Mr. Zablit enjoys mountain climbing, tennis, international
politics and transactional analysis.
Lev Lesokhin
Vice President of Worldwide Marketing

Lev Lesokhin is responsible for all of CAST's strategic marketing activities worldwide.
Mr. Lesokhin comes to CAST from SAP, where he was Director, Global SME Marketing,
a team that oversees the strategy, product marketing, rollout planning and communication
for SAP’s mid-market products.
Prior to SAP, Mr. Lesokhin was at the Corporate Executive Board as the project leader
at the Applications Executive Council, where he worked with the heads of applications
organizations at Fortune 1000 companies to identify best management practices. Mr.
Lesokhin also served several years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, dealing
with issues of business strategy, IT management, metrics and outsourcing. He began
his career at the Mitre Corporation before moving to the private sector, where he
has many years of direct experience as a developer and manager of development teams,
and has managed large client relationships for a regional systems integrator.
Mr. Lesokhin holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He enjoys classical
piano, ice hockey, cycling, and an occasional chess match.
Olivier Bonsignour
Vice President of Product Development

Olivier Bonsignour is responsible for Research & Development and Product Management
in a continual effort to build the world’s most advanced Application Intelligence
technology.
Prior to joining CAST, Mr Bonsignour was the CIO for DGA, the advanced research
division of the French Ministry of Defense. Prior to that role, also at DGA, he
was in charge of application development and a project director working on IT systems
that support operations. A pioneer in the development of distributed systems and
object oriented development, he joined CAST after having been an early adopter of
CAST technology in 1996.
Mr. Bonsignour holds a graduate degree in engineering and computer science from
the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon, and a Master’s in Management
from the executive program at IAE Aix-en-Provence. In his free time, Mr. Bonsignour
enjoys swimming, cycling and skiing, as well as sailing his boat off the coast of
France.
Bill Curtis
Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist

Bill Curtis is an industry luminary who is responsible for influencing CAST’s scientific
and strategic direction, as well as helping CAST educate the IT market to the importance
of managing and measuring the quality of its software. He is best known for leading
development of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) which has become the global standard
for evaluating the capability of software development organizations.
Prior to joining CAST, Dr. Curtis was a Co-Founder of TeraQuest, the global leader
in CMM-based services, which was acquired by Borland. Prior to TeraQuest, he directed
the Software Process Program at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie
Mellon University. Prior to the SEI he directed research on intelligent user interface
technology and the software design process at MCC, the fifth generation computer
research consortium in Austin, Texas. Before MCC he developed a software productivity
and quality measurement system for ITT, managed research on software practices and
metrics at GE Space Division, and taught statistics at the University of Washington.
Dr. Curtis holds a Ph.D. from Texas Christian University, an M.A. from the University
of Texas, and a B.A. from Eckerd College. He was recently elected a Fellow of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to software
process improvement and measurement. In his free time Dr. Curtis enjoys traveling,
writing, photography, helping with his daughter’s homework, and University of Texas
football.
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