Ashfaq Munshi
Ashfaq Munshi | |
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| Born | December 11, 1961 Ahmedabad, India |
| Occupation(s) | CEO, MSC Software |
Ashfaq Munshi is the Interim Chief Executive Officer and President of MSC Software as of March 11, 2009. [1] Prior to this post, he was the CEO of Level5 Networks, a leading innovator of high performance ethernet network interface cards, from December 2005 until its merger with Solare Flare Inc. [2]
Education
Mr. Munshi holds a bachelors degree in physics and applied mathematics from Harvard University. He also performed his graduate studies in business at the Stanford Executive Program and graduate studies in computer science at Brown University and the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Career
Ashfaq Munshi has a unique mix of 20 years of entrepreneurship, engineering, marketing, and management experience. He has founded four Silicon Valley companies: Radiance, Vivecon, SpecialtyMD (acquired by Ventro), and Commerce Engine (became Ariba). Earlier in his career, he served as a corporate vice president at Applied Materials, where he was responsible for software and automation. Prior to Applied Materials, Ashfaq was vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Business Unit at SGI. He began his executive career at Oracle Corporation where he was director of development and marketing. Ashfaq currently serves as an advisor to Transitive Corporation and is on the Dean's Leadership Council for the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
References
- ^ "MSC Software Names Ashfaq Munshi as Interim CEO". MSC Software. Retrieved 2009-5-12.
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