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CAST Management Team
CAST Management Team
Vincent Delaroche, Chairman and CEO
Vincent Delaroche founded CAST in 1990 with the vision that language analysis technology
would change the face of software engineering and application development. He is
now leading CAST in helping organizations change application development from a not
so well understood science into a performance-driven, transparent one. Besides overseeing
CAST operations, Vincent Delaroche also acts as Chief Product Strategist, leading
the company to become the pioneer and world leader in Application Intelligence.
In 2005, Mr. Delaroche moved to the United States along with key business functions
including corporate and product marketing where he now runs the company from New
York City. This move has turned the French software vendor into even more of a global
company. Mr. Delaroche was trained in a French engineering school and held both
technical and business positions within technology companies and consulting firms
before founding CAST in 1990. Mr. Delaroche took the company public on EuroNext
in May 1999, making it one of the first French software companies listed in the
French New Market.
François Ruchon, Chief Financial Officer
François Ruchon is responsible for overseeing all of finance 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 the insurance broker Gras-Savoye, he was controller and was also involved in
M&A activities. He holds degrees in Information Technology and business administration
from French colleges and an MBA with a major in Information Systems Management from
the City University of London.
Ian Henderson, Senior Vice President Worldwide Field Operations
Ian Henderson is a seasoned business leader with extensive international experience
in both enterprise software and hardware, including 15 years in sales leadership.
Throughout his career, he has repeatedly delivered significant revenue and margin
growth gains and has successfully managed several business turnarounds. 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, (NASDAQ: NTAP), he managed EMEA growth to more than
$235 million in annual revenue. Before joining Network Appliance, Henderson spent
eight years with Hyperion Solutions (NASDAQ: HYSL). As Vice President, Northern
Europe he negotiated Hyperion's largest European technology contract with Benckiser
BV, a Dutch Consumer products group. He also led the successful integration of the
post-merger Hyperion Software and Arbor Software businesses in the majority of Europe.
Before Hyperion, 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.
Gérard Karsenti, EVP 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
relationships with application vendors and ISVs as well as the development of indirect
channels. In his previous positions at CAST, Mr. Karsenti started European
operations and established CAST's subsidiaries in 8 European countries and he also
managed corporate marketing. Prior to CAST, Mr. Karsenti held sales management positions
at Sybase, after a career in sales in technology companies such as Computer Associates
and Xerox. He earned a MBA from Pennsylvania State University. An International
Executive, he has lived and worked in Europe and the United States.
Marc Zablit, VP Business Development - SI's & Technology ISV's
Marc Zablit is responsible for business development and strategic alliances. He
has been instrumental in developing CAST relationships with ISV's in the field of
Application Development and Governance such as Compuware, IBM, Mercury, Serena and
CA. Mr Zablit has overall responsibility for building partnerships with leading
systems integrators such as IBM Global Services, Accenture, CSC, Cap Gemini and
Atosorigin.
Prior to joining CAST, Mr. Zablit was VP Marketing EMEA for Trilogy, an American
ERP vendor. An engineer by training, Mr. Zablit took up a career in IT project management
and team management in major consulting firms before earning an MBA at INSEAD in
Paris in 1995.
Lev Lesokhin, VP 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 compan |